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Kaffe Fassett House Quilt #2

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These actually are not Kaffe Fassett prints, but from Brandon Mably (who is part of the Kaffe Fassett Collective). I combined his house fabrics with some Bedrock blenders from Windham. The pattern is my Colorburst Squares quilt, which used 3 different Cobblestone blocks. First, the 50" x 50" quilt top:  Mably's Houses  quilt top: 50" x 50" Here are the fabrics I used. I had 4 different colorways in the House prints. I pulled several colors from the Bedrock Collection. House prints and Bedrock blenders Let's see the 3 different 10" blocks. Note that the center house print is in a different position in each. Block #1. Simple Cobblestone block Block #2 uses different sized surrounding strips. The center print is the same, but the surrounding strips are unequal. Block #2 And Block #3 has strips ONLY on 3 sides (tho it is the same size as Blocks #1 and 2.) So, when all put together using my Colorburst Squares pattern  (click the link to see several quilts I...

Meadow Whispers Quilt - Finished!

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I blogged about a lovely butterfly collection by Windham Fabrics a few years ago named Meadow Whispers . It has BUTTERFLIES on several skus. I used a simple block design from my Colorburst Squares workshop which has 3 variations of the Cobblestone block. The butterflies of  Meadow Whispers Here is the fabric collection with those lovely butterflies on the left (3 colors). I was working with fat quarters only. I sewed until I exhausted myself (ha ha - I'm joking, of course). My method for making these is to stack 10-1/2" squares and cut them in pairs according to which one of the blocks I'm aiming for. My Colorburst Squares pattern simplifies it even further. Here are the 3 different blocks. Block 1 is the standard Cobblestone. Cobblestone Block #1: 10" finished And the second block: Notice that the center square is off-set. It still finishes to 10" Cobblestone Block #2 And the third block has the center square aligned with one edge. Cobblestone Block #3 I playe...