Fat Quarter Shop Cubes Quilt Along Reveal!

Fat Quarter Shop Cubes Quilt

Today is the big reveal for the Fat Quarter Shop Cubes Quilt Along! The pattern is available at the Fat Quarter Shop (affiliate link).

This is a fun and easy quilt to make. The blocks are large and consist of squares and rectangles. The Fat Quarter Shop Blog has a list of all of the bloggers that are quilting along. By visiting their blog posts, you can see multiple versions of the pattern and get helpful hints about making the quilt. Use #fatquartercubesquilt on Instagram to see bloggers' photos as well.

For my version, I chose fat quarters from Sweet Florals by Another Point of View, Windham Fabrics for the blocks and Poolside by Bedrock Stone Texture, Windham Fabrics for the lattice.. To select my lattice fabric, I used the Fat Quarter Shop Color Match feature. It is available on their website.  It makes matching fabric online a breeze! I first cut strips and then cut the floral strips into the appropriate size squares and rectangles. I found this process to be very time efficient. The photos below show my selected fabrics, the cut florals, and the cut lattice pieces. 

Selected Fabrics

Cut Floral Pieces

Cut Lattice Strips

Next came sewing the squares and rectangles together into strips and then into blocks. There were two types of strips. I simply arranged fabrics in a pleasing way and made sure that I did not used the same fabric twice in the same block. I tried not to overthink it. See the photo example below.

Two Types of Strips

Pleasing Arrangement

Completed Block

Then it was time for the fun part -  blocks! When I had completed 12 blocks, I arranged then on my design wall and played with them until I was satisfied with the result. Mainly, I wanted to keep like-fabrics apart and distribute the fabric colors evenly. The photo below shows the initial arrangement of blocks. As you can see, I had some work to do!

Playing with the Blocks

Once I was satisfied with the arrangement, I sewed the blocks together with lattice strips between them. My sewing machine and my design wall are in two different rooms. So to help me sew the block together as planned, I used my phone to take a photo of my final design wall arrangement and referred to the photo often. I find this really helpful if I get interrupted during the process of sewing. The final quilt top is shown below.

Completed Quilt Top

This was a fun quilt to make! I always seem to learn something about color and pattern in fabrics whenever I make scrap quilts. It is an easy, natural way to learn.

Don't forget about the 2018 New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop! This is week two. The following fellow Happy Stitching Team bloggers are being featured:

• Stephane at Low Country Quilts and Embroidery
• Sherry at Powered By Quilting

Be sure to sign up for the giveaways!

Thanks for stopping by. If you have questions or comments, please go to comments or contact me by email. 
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​Happy Quilting!
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This post was originally published by JANDA Bend Quilts.