A Bright Corner: Windy City Quilt Pattern

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Windy City Quilt Pattern

Windy City is the newest pattern in the A Bright Corner shop!

After sharing my first version of Windy City, done in bolder ombre style fabrics (see it here), I was really craving one made with some floral, summery prints.

I fell in love with the Summer Sweet fabric line and knew it would be so great for these twisty star blocks. Isn't Summer Sweet the perfect name for this fabric line? It's so summery and fresh - like a bowl full of sherbet.

(Summer Sweet is designed by Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics.)

Windy City quilt pattern by Andy of A Bright Corner - perfect for using fat quarters, jelly roll strips, or layer cakes

Windy City pattern is a really flexible pattern! You can use any of these:

precut 2-1/2" strips (Jelly Rolls)
10" squares (Layer Cakes)
yardage
fat quarters (my favorite)

Windy City quilt pattern by A Bright Corner - a fun star quilt pattern in four sizes great for jelly roll strips

These star blocks are fun to make and easier than they look - I promise! There are no Y-seams (a lot of you have asked!) and the pattern has plenty of full-color diagrams to help step you through everything.

Penny likes to sneak into the shot - she comes running when I have my camera!

The pattern has instructions and diagrams for four sizes of quilt: crib, throw, twin, queen.

This version of the quilt is the throw size and I used 1/4 yard cuts of ten different prints. But you could easily use 10 FQ as well and get the same look.

Windy City quilt pattern - by Andy of A Bright Corner - fun pattern that uses fat quarters or jelly roll strips

Grab your copy of Windy City here, and if you make a Windy City quilt I'd love to see it-- use the hashtags #windycityquilt and #abrightcorner so we can all see what you create!

Windy City is available as either a PDF (instant download) or paper pattern

Soho longarm quilting design pantograph on a Windy City quilt made by Andy of A Bright Corner

Quilt details:
55" x 66"
Pattern: Windy City
Fabric: Summer Sweet by Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics
Quilting: Soho (edge to edge computerized design)

Pieced on a Juki TL-2010Q using Aurifil Thread (50 wt color: 2021)

Windy City quilt pattern from A Bright Corner - a layer cake pattern in four sizes but you can also use jelly roll strips, yardage, or fat quarters

Windy City quilt pattern from A Bright Corner - perfect fat quarter pattern but it also can be made with jelly roll strips, layer cake squares, or yardage

Windy City pattern by A Bright Corner - fun quilt pattern that uses precut fabric and has four sizes: crib, throw, twin, queen

Windy City quilt pattern by Andy of A Bright Corner - this would be a perfect pattern for using a jelly roll or fat quarter bundle

Windy City quilt pattern from A Bright Corner - use your favorite Moda jelly roll or layer cake or use a fat quarter bundle for this quilt

Windy City quilt pattern by A Bright Corner - love these unique twisted star quilt blocks

Windy City quilt pattern by Andy of A Bright Corner - a great way to use layer cake fabrics or jelly roll strips - also can use fat quarters or yardage!

Windy City quilt pattern from A Bright Corner - fun twisted star blocks - a great jelly roll quilt pattern but you can also use layer cake, FQ or yardage too!

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