zoom rollover image to zoom
Quilting: Kaffe Fassett Quilt
13 kudoz

Kaffe Fassett Quilt

Kaffe Fassett Quilt with Shams

Kaffe Fassett Quilt with Shams
Kaffe Fasset Quilt showing binding.
Is this your project? Can you share instructions or a pattern with the Craftsy community?
Category: Quilting

Type of item: Functional

For: Home

Style: Mod

Materials

Many many fat quarters, all stripes designed by Kaffe Fassett.

What was your inspiration?

The cover of Kaffe Fassett's book, Passionate Patchwork.

What are you most proud of?

That I was able to make it big enough when I ran out of fat quarters for squares. I then was able to find 1 yard each of 2 different fabrics and was able to piece the sides, top and bottom borders and make the shams.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Find stripes that you like and if it is all fat quarters, you can get 4 blocks out of each fat quarter and have a strip on the edge left over for making a pieced binding.

 

14 comments

Add your comment:

gurlfriday on craftsy.com
gurlfriday
Mar 22, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Elk Wood Studio on craftsy.com
Elk Wood Studio
Mar 11, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I really like Kaffe's styling and designs..looks like you did a great job on this piece..
gurlfriday on craftsy.com
gurlfriday
Mar 11, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you, you're very kind.
mimis quilts on craftsy.com
mimis quilts
Mar 02, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love this-very lovely and bright
joyfulous42 on craftsy.com
joyfulous42
Mar 01, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wow that is very beautiful..
gurlfriday on craftsy.com
gurlfriday
Mar 01, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you so much.
gurlfriday on craftsy.com
gurlfriday
Mar 01, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The quilt is 93" x 99". I counted and there are 81 blocks in it, 72 are whole and the blocks on the sides are halved. If each fat quarter makes 4 blocks, then that would indicate there were at least 20 of them. I did have a few left over which I made into a small baby quilt and donated. And I used 2 yards of fabric for the top, bottom and side borders, plus enough left to make the shams.
Darcy422 on craftsy.com
Darcy422
Feb 29, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I love these bright colors. What size is this quilt and how many fat quarters did it take?
Bonnie Wilson on craftsy.com
Bonnie Wilson
Feb 29, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Impressive!
gurlfriday on craftsy.com
gurlfriday
Feb 29, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Thank you so much. I thought of another bit of information on the cutting of the blocks for this quilt. When you lay your fat quarter down with the 22" length going horizontally, the stripes should be horizontal also.
crochet4fun on craftsy.com
crochet4fun
Feb 28, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Beautiful!!!!!
gurlfriday on craftsy.com
gurlfriday
Feb 28, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I forgot to mention that when you cut your 9" squares you will be left with a strip about 4" wide by 18" long. I piece those together to make the binding.
gurlfriday on craftsy.com
gurlfriday
Feb 28, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Each fat quarter can be cut into four 9" squares. With all of the squares lying on the table, make a diagonal slash from bottom left corner to top right corner of the two squares to your left. With the squares on the right, make the slash from the bottom right corner to the upper left corner. Then take the two outside triangles and place them together and the stripes will match. Take the other two triangles and spin them together so that the stripes match. Its very simple. In his original quilt Kaffe Fassett even married two different stripes together before he did the cutting as I mentioned above. I stared at my fat quarters for days before my daughter came over and figured out how I should be cutting them. So, don't thank me, thank Carmen.
kmbelliveau@gmail.com on craftsy.com
kmbelliveau@gmail.com
Feb 28, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I love this quilt. Something I would like to make. Love the vibrant colors. Awesome. Where can I get the pattern to make the squares?

Related Projects

View all 24091 projects
Arkansas Crossroads scrap quilt
546
Crayon Tips, Crib Quilt
438
Orange Peel Table Runner
200
A Carpenter's Star
561
Illusion
243

Contact Support: help@craftsy.com

© 2013 Craftsy and Sympoz Inc.

Take Craftsy with you!
Craftsy Apps for iPad® and iPhone®. Read more »