Log Cabin QuiltingDuring the mid 19th century, a uniquely American quilt began to appear across the United States of America. Traditionally beginning with a red central square representing the warmth of a hearth or chimney, the quilt blocks are pieced together from thin strips of fabric layered in a pattern that mirrored the construction of a basic frontier structure: the log cabin. Log cabin quilts have a complicated history. Initially, they represented a romantic