Easy piecing by hand or machine. You could use more variety if you like the scrap look. If you are poking around in a box of Christmas scraps, this might be a good time to use some of them. Decide on the print first, and let it tell you what shades of red, green, and accent fabrics to buy. We'll add the logs in a clockwise direction, remembering that every time we add one, we should be stitching across the last seam we made.
Finger press the seam allowance away from the center.
Here's an animation of the construction of the Log Cabin block. No steam, please. Put a thin towel on the ironing board to help hold the block steady. You can arrange them now, just for fun, and see what you like. Then they will snuggle up and be a good fit as we sew the pairs together to make a block.