In April, I shared that I was working with the Fat Quarter Shop again on one of their short cut Quilt patterns. This time the pattern calls for a Layer Cake.
I decided to go with this lovely yellow and blue floral fabric. It is called Sunshine and Blue Skies. The free shortcut pattern is called Layer Cake Crepe.
You start by making these giant 9-patches.
I put a 9" block there to show you how big they actually are.
Here is the finished quilt. This is a great pattern for these large print fabrics that you hate to cut into small pieces.
The back is lovely too.
A big thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop for letting Many Hands and Many Hearts be a part of this project. We still have another layer cake of the same fabrics to turn into another quilt or two and donate. I think in the next version, I am going to make the blocks per the pattern but rather than set the blocks vertically, I am going to set them horizontally.
I think it will be easier to control the size of the quilt better.
Fat Quarter Shop's shortcut quilt patterns are some of my favorite precut pattens out there.
Which one's have you tried?
4 comments:
That green background with the yellow and blue clearly says spring. Very pretty!
Oh, that's an excellent pattern for large prints; delightful!
Those large blocks really do let the fabric shine! Well done! That green background was a perfect choice!
Nice design! Those jumbo prints can be a challenge to work with. I like Villa Rosa Designs for precut-friendly patterns, though I don't purposely buy precuts and prefer to cut scraps and yardage. (I bet VRD would like to work with Many Hands, too.)
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