janedennis

I have some fabric thqt i want to showcase or fussy cut but most of the blocks I know chop it up to much any suggestions?

amma

Warm Wishes :D:D:D

Bottle Blonde

the pattern called "Just Can't Cut It"

bearisgray

Use your special fabric for the "plain" alternate blocks, and do whatever for the other ones.

Annaquilts

Some ideas come to mind like attic window, big snowball blocks or just enlarge a star like a friendship star and make super sized blocks. Also alternating pieced blocks with plain large squares can help keep display larger patterns in fabric.

Here I alternated stars and large plain squares to display the large Australian prints. I did fussy cut some of the large print squares as I did the centers of the star blocks. Have fun!

The snowball block quilt I am still making but the snowballs are about 12x12 and the 1/2 SQ triangles I cut off were used to make a very cute small border.

donnajean

What size block do you want to showcase. Take a look at the quilt on the cover of this book

raptureready

Ohio Star and Attic Windows are both good patterns for showcasing fabric.

Boston1954

I once did a sampler with blocks that had a center square that was at least four inches. It turned out great. Try quilterscache.com for some patterns.

Kas

That is a very cool quilt! I love those prints. I only have a couple of them, though.

I go To The Sea To Breathe

I am making Courthouse steps, i think it is called. and It has a nice 4.5" center block I am putting a pretty pink rose in.