Ideas Please!!
 

I have a Layer Cake of Kaffe Collective Spicy Palette. It is so wonderful, I hate to cut it up, and I have not a clue what pattern to use to showcase this colorful display. Please, any suggestions?

I can't find a photo at the moment, but I made a quilt using a layer cake of Kaffe and some strips of black batik. I randomly cut across each 10 inch square, sometimes at an angle, sometimes at right angles, and i inserted a 1.5 inch of black. I then arranged the blocks with alternating orientations of the black line. I did it without a border, and a black binding. It was a simple and quick quilt, and it really put the focus on the beautiful color interactions of the fabric prints.

If I find a pic, I'll post.

You can always take a look at the eye candy books of Kaffe quilts-- our library carries his books. Online, there is a blogger "Exuberant Color" who works with a lot of kaffe fabrics and has a great eye for design-- you could check out her blog and photo albums for inspiration.

A BQ quilt is a good choice to leave large blocks to showcase a fabric. It is by Maple Island quilts on line.

http://mapleislandquilts.com/miq-patterns/bq-nation/

what about the pattern "Uptown Girl" where you leave your 10" sq. intact and use sashing to set apart?

I agree about having a look at his books. I've done three quilts using his fabrics, and always used patterns from his books. They seem to be designed to highlight and bring out the very best of his gorgeous fabrics.

What about a "lattice" quilt pattern? I saw Jenny Doan do this pattern and you just cut the squares in half and put in a small sashing. This way you don't lose the beauty of your fabrics.

Jenny Doan used a Kaffe layer cake (10" squares) to make the Sashed Half Hexie quilt. There is a video at MSQC and on YouTube and the pattern is in vol 3 issue2 of their Block magazine. It looks like a stained glass quilt. Her half hexie template fits the layer cake and makes it easy to cut. I have all the "stuff" just haven't had time to make it yet.

A Pegs quilt would work

Here's a pattern you might like - - -

file:///C:/Users/jreyn/Downloads/Ruby%20Squares%20+%20BONUS%20Pattern.pdf




It's called Ruby Squares and It's layer cake friendly. Can't remember where I found this pattern, but it's on my list of projects to make.

Maybe a picture might help - - -


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I just used up a layer cake for Quatre Foil from Jenny Doan's tutorial. I love how it turned out and I only needed to add one solid to make that pattern pop.

I recently saw someone post a great quilt here on the board that used the layer cake squares as the focal blocks in a Shadow Box pattern. It was awesome! The squares really stood out with just the shadow and highlight sashing around them.

You might want to check out "Walk in the City", a pattern I found at Hancock's of Padacach website.

I like Double Slice Layer Cake from Missouri Star. It is quick and shows off fabric really well. Let me see if I can find a picture of one I made.

Okay, I didn't find the one I was looking for, but this is from a layer cake of blues.

Dina

Love the fabric. It depends on how big you want your finished project to be and what/how many other fabrics you would like to add. Have you decided on a background?

How about a Japanese lantern. https://www.favequilts.com/Patterns-...-Lantern-Quilt https://www.pinterest.com/pin/417427459185667537/