Definitely Not De-Kaffe
 

About two years ago my daughter spied this quilt on the cover of Kaffe Fassett's "Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts" book. The book caught her eye from across the store, which is easy to imagine how when it comes to Kaffe Fassett. :cool: We both loved the pattern, which he calls Facet. I never would have been brave enough to cut all those big beautiful prints into little strips if I had not seen this book first.

It took me a year and a half to collect the fabrics. There are more than 80 different fabrics: mostly Kaffe Fassett, with some Phillip Jacobs, Tula Pink, Amy Butler and coffee themed prints thrown in. It is a diamond shaped string quilt. Not hard to make at all and lots of fun!

The quilt was LA quilted by Julie DeGrave of Pines and Needles Quilting in a wonderful swirly all over pattern and light peach thread. The first pic was while the quilt was on the design wall before I sewed on the zig zaggy border. And sewnsewer2 made the beautiful label for us. Those of you who are Princess Bride fans know what "As You Wish" means. My DD loves her quilt!

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love your quilt and the humorous title of your post ;-) i am in love with Kaffe.

Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Love it!!!

Which is more beautiful: the quilt or the daughter?

Your quilt is drop-dead gorgeous! I have that book and love it. It inspired me to buy several more Kaffe Fassett books, because they are just full of beautiful pictures of quilts. Your quilt is just as beautiful as those in the book, a very high compliment indeed.

You certainly captured the "Kaffe" essence! Part of the fun of Kaffe is collecting! You did a fabulous job on your collection. It is a wonderful quilt.

Beautiful, exciting quilt! Your DD is also a beauty!

It is so pretty. I love it!

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful quilt. I love Kaffe too and have a huge amount of fabric for a quilt someday. But how in the world do I pick from his patterns ? I have 3 of his books and every single one is the next quilt I want to make someday.

I see why she loved the pattern, it's beautiful.

Beautiful quilt! Your lovely daughter looks thrilled! :)

Lara, it is beautiful and so is your daughter.

I love it!!! Those are my kind of fabrics!

Wow the colors are to die for. Great job. It is Beautiful.

beautifully done

Beautiful quilt, beautiful daughter.

That quilt is spectacular! Your daughter is lovely with her quilt.

Beautiful! I have that quilt book, the quilt that was on my "intentions" list is Haze Kilim, don't have all the fabrics required, but I love string quilts also, new bucket list..

That's fantastic! Your daughter is beautiful.

Beautiful quilt and daughter!!!!

What a fabulous pattern for a scrappy quilt.

Your quilt is beautiful! I love the bright fabrics and am a fan of Fassett myself!

Love it! Great combo of color and design.

Beautiful quilt and daughter

Beautiful daughter and quilt! Adore his textiles ~ I'm a "collector" of all things Kaffe :)

This is a totally sharp quilt! Love your fabric mixtures.

Take a bow! This quilt is awesome.

I can see why your daughter fell in love with this quilt. It is really stunning. Love all the colors !

Bravo!!! Lucky Kaitie!! Very pretty quilt and well executed.

I love your quilt. Your daughter is beautiful and has great taste.

Lara, you know I love it! The back is great too. I really like how you did up the borders for it too, great job! Beautiful daughter:)

Lara, this quilt is GORGEOUS as is Katie! It's the prettiest one in that pattern I have seen! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Beautiful quilt and you DD is beautiful also.

That is so pretty, and she looks so happy with it.

WOW! I love it. The contrast is super powerful. Great quilt. Hugs

Gorgeous quilt. I love the design. Well done.

Absolutely gorgeous!! Stunning! Love the fabrics and colours in your quilt. Thank you for sharing :)

Thanks everybody! I can't take credit for the design elements of either Kaffe's quilt or of my DD...LOL.
I just followed the pictures in the Simple Shapes book as closely as I could because i thought his quilt was perfect.
I was very lucky to be able to find Kaffe Fassett's wonderful border fabric - it really was the icing on the cake!

fivepaws you are right - this would work great for a scrappy!

i'm hoping to do another quilt from his books too...but like Wannabee said: how in the world do you make up your mind which one? You all are right... Kaffe Fassett's books are filled with gorgeous projects.

What a wonderful quilt for such a beautiful girl Well done!!!!