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...

 I saw a Kaffe Fassett quilt in the Glorious Patchwork book (1997) that inspired me to make my own version of houses. His is composed of strip pieced bottoms and various triangles for the roofs. I like to get my fabric to do as much work as possible, so I pulled out several of his striped fabrics and this is what I got. My version of a Kaffe House Quilt: 54" x 64"   First, I had to determine what size I wanted my houses. I didn't want them 5" x 10" as are in the book. And I composed the roofs in a very different manner. I settled on a 6" x 9" house/roof/sky combo. My roofs are simply Flying Geese units. I cut 7-1/4" squares of "roof" fabric into 4 equal sized triangles, so I had 4 roofs per print. Flying Geese units for roofs You can also see some of the main house striped fabrics. I cut these 6-1/2" x 6-1/2". 6-1/2" squares of a variety of stripes But, looking at the fabric I selected for sky fabric left me less than enth...

Yes, I'm a grandma, but I wasn't when this quilt was made. I was using a 2007 collection by Benartex and decided to capture the playful feel of the fabrics and to cut out the words and add them to the top of the quilt. This was in my Galaxy of Stars magazine issue.  To Grandma's House We Go I was making a trip to California (from Atlanta, where I lived at the time) to visit family and my flight was delayed due to tornado activity in Colorado. I spent the night in the airport, but I had this quilt in my overnight bag (I was taking it to my sister who WAS a grandmother at the time) and I pulled it out and it was my pillow! Smart, huh? One other quilt that was in that magazine issue was made using Springs Fabrics. This is a variation on a Double Irish Chain. I called it Chain of Squares (but my editor renamed it!) Asian Mosaic (Double Irish Chain): 64" x 64" Here is the single block as I have it in my Quilter's Block a Day Calendar: And one more. I made this usin...