Granny Cabin Quilt - the Liberty Quilting Cotton one

October 30, 2026

We're jumping back into our 2025 time machine this week to share another of our Makes of the Month from the year we not only brought back the MOTM, but vended at QuiltCon as well. If you want to follow along, so far, we have shared:

But back to this beauty.

Okay. March 2025. We'd been home from Phoenix for about a week, unpacking bins and tying up all the loose ends from the eight months or so of preparing to vend at QuiltCon. We were mentally and physically exhausted. We knew we needed a simple make for the month, something repetitive and fast and ideally with very little trimming. Enter Granny Cabin.

Inspired by the simple patchwork of log cabin and granny square blocks, Granny Cabin trades small piecing for strip piecing, which makes the whole thing come together quickly and efficiently. Nested seams are an added bonus.

Another bonus of the Granny Cabin Quilt? The throw size (finishing as a 58" square) uses 10 FQs, and wouldn't you know it, we came home from QuiltCon with our Betty Blue still carrying some gorgeous 10-piece Betty Blue Bundles - FQ bundles we made especially for QuiltCon that each highlight a single color family in a depth of saturation and hue. So then the hard part became deciding which bundle to use. And with which Liberty Fabrics background. You can see our options above. And see what we chose below.

With our fabric decided, we jumped in. We didn't make a mock up for this one (y'all, QuiltCon took us OUT), but we did make a plan before cutting. We decided the very bottom, darkest pink would be the center of each block. Then FQs 1 - 4 (from the top down) would make the B block and FQs 5 - 9 would make the A block. So, looking from the top down, we have Color 10, Color 9, Color 8, Color 7, Color 5, Color 6, Color 4, Color 3, Color 2, Color 1.

You can see above how the top square will be our center square and then the left/below side shows the Block B fabrics in their gradient from center to outer part of the block. And then the right/above side shows the Block A fabrics in their gradient from center to outer part of the block.

Our biggest tip for cutting a Granny Cabin is to NOT square up your FQs (or prewash, or do anything else that may shrink your fabric) before cutting. Colors 4 and 9 use every inch of the 18" x 21" in a FQ, and there is virtually no room for error.

Now, normally with a quilt with this much strip piecing, we would have beautiful photos of our sewn strips falling off the back of sewing machine like long ribbons of quilty candy. But, once again, I will plead QuiltCon Exhaustion to explain why we have not a single photo of the strip piecing process, but imagine Meghan and I at our machines, in blissful silence, headphones in, coming back to planet earth as we each strip piece ourselves back to a sense of normalcy while listening to our own podcasts and audiobooks (I looked it up; I read Long Bright River by Liz Moore during this time, and I loved it).

So, strip piecing done, we began assembling our blocks. Above are our B Blocks, the lighter of the two palettes. The pattern shows you how to make the needed quarter blocks, half blocks, and full blocks, and you can see all three above.

And now we have our A Blocks, shown above. These are the darker of the two, and actually get their finishing touch when we add the sashing in a later step. They will have one more point to them when they are all sewn together. But peep a little sneak peek of what that will look like below.

And the finished blocks together.

Okay, A and B Blocks done, next up is the sashing, which uses units we call Block C to add the final points to the A Blocks. It's where the final design really comes to life.

And with all the elements sewn, it's time to assemble this quilt top. Granny Cabin goes together row by row, a block row and then a sashing row, on repeat. The pattern includes pressing directions that allow all seams to nest so this process continues to be quick and satisfying.

Do you see it coming together?

Row 1: Quarter A Block, C Block sashing, Half B Block, C Block sashing, Half A Block, C Block sashing, Half B Block, C Block sashing, Quarter A Block
Row 2: Block C and sashing row
Row 3: Half B Block, C Block sashing, Full A Block, C Block sashing, Full B Block, C Block sashing, Full A Block, C Block sashing, Half B Block

Almost there...

See how that Block C sashing finishes off the A Blocks like magic? And, seeing this palette come together the way we were imagining was so fun too. Not working with a mock-up this time meant we were just trusting that we were on the right track, so to see that the subtle gradient of the brighter coral block pair with the lighter pink block as well as it did? Ego boosts all around. And the small blue floral background is such a fun contrast.

Ta da! Our Liberty Granny Cabin got backed in Bella Cyclamen, and then sent to Emily at So Sunny Quilts, who quilted the Peak Blooms pantograph (by Jess Zeigler) all over her. We then bound her in a bright pink solid, and then it was photo shoot time.