I have a problem with Layer Cakes (a.k.a. precut 10" squares). My problem is that I love to buy them but often can't decide what to make with them. So they sit there.
I even have a cute bin to "display" these Layer Cakes. But really...I'd rather put them to good use and sew them up into a quilt!
So my goal for the past couple of years has been to focus on designing patterns that specifically use those pretty 10" squares that we all love.
Last year I released this pattern, Dinner Party. It uses Layer Cake squares, but there are also instructions for fat quarters or 1/3 yard cuts - if you prefer those.
This pattern is great for showing off medium- and large-scale prints like the ones in this Cozy Up fabric line. (Cozy Up was designed by Corey Yoder for Moda Fabrics - you can find Cozy Up Layer Cakes here from the Fat Quarter Shop)
Cozy Up was a nice fit for this pattern with the large florals and those fun large gingham prints -- which I HAD to include in my quilt.
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Find the Dinner Party pattern in
my shop: paper copies and PDF copies
The Dinner Party pattern includes instructions for four sizes of quilts:
- Crib (45" x 58")
- Throw (58" x 72")
- Twin (72" x 85")
- Queen (99" x 99")
With these pretty, fall-inspired colors I knew this quilt would be used in cooler weather so I backed it with a charcoal gray minky.
And I kept the quilting simple with some large loops. The computerized longarm design is called Wishbone and I found it through the Longarm League shop here.
Want to see another version of Dinner Party in different prints and colors? Check out this one made with Notting Hill prints.
If you make a Dinner Party quilt I'd love to see it!
#DinnerPartyQuilt
Quilt Details:
58" x 72"
Pattern: Dinner Party (find it here in my shop)
Pieced on a Juki TL-2010Q using Aurifil Thread (50 wt color 2021)
Quilt shops can order Dinner Party patterns
wholesale through Checker or Brewer.
Contact me (abrightcorner@gmail.com) for more info.
Am looking forward to a book as great as Fresh Fat Quarters for 10" squares. I want to make every quilt in Fresh Fat Quarters and I certainly have the 10" squares to do the same
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is very pretty..(I just found you today thanks to A Quilting Life blogpost and your lovely Charming Lucy post. I'm picturing Dinner Party in an assortment of other colors and they are all very nice. I'll admit I am a bit disappointed that there was no photo of your collection of layer cakes...lol....I, too, am addicted to them but can't bear to cut them up without knowing the PERFECT pattern. They just look so doggone pretty....and I wondered how other display...er, I mean store theirs. Blessings from West Virginia!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I love this quilt and the fabric line. I used this for my first ever project.
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