I certainly wanted to work on a Santa Wonky Log Cabin quilt
for Christmas 2025…didn’t happen!
I want to include it in my
‘Let's Get Wonky’ Lecture - trunk show.
It begins with a pile of fun Christmas fabric strips.
And a Santa fabric I fussy cut for the centers of these
WONKY Log Cabin Blocks.
It’s the same technique of making a traditional Log Cabin
but wonky means uneven sides, uneven strips.
The center block - at least 5 sides.
Building around it, clockwise, with strips.
Santa was the center of the log cabin block,
the black fabric was second piece, just keep adding strips.
I sewed the same fabric strip for each
of the 12 blocks before moving to the next one.
You can stay structured or use random fabric selection.
Keep building around and around,
Trimming each piece to even out that
side of the block after the strip is sewn and pressed.
I wanted big blocks sew I kept adding until I got to
a size I could trim up using my 14” square ruler.
Make sure to keep the block itself WONKY when trimming
I built my block to larger than 19” and squares them up.
When making winky..you will use more fabric than
Actually needed and constantly trim down.
Sew there’s a bit of waste.
Placing blocks on the design wall is sew FUN.
Twist and turn til you eyes like the layout.
You can see here all the blocks are squared up,
But the block LOOKS wonky inside that square.
That’s what you want to achieve.
I only added a side and bottom border for a bit more size
and wonky surprise.
The top was finished and I made a huge wonky log cabin for the back.
I had some light color GRUNGE in my stash
To finish the backing.
I have the batting and binding made.
Sew quilting happens when I feel like quilting.
