Paparazzi Quilt {layer cake quilt tutorial}
Today I’m back with another fun layer cake pattern. This striking quilt is bright and modern made with the POParazzi collection from Riley Blake Designs. These may look like they are solid fabrics, but they actually have tiny tone on tone polka dots that you’ll be able to see in the more detailed photos below.
The Paparazzi quilt comes together quickly because there is no cutting of background or other fabric and you are only piecing simple half square triangles!
As you can see, by rotating the direction of my half square triangles, I was able to create a pinwheel design across the quilt.
The layout options for this quilt are numerous and I share examples of those in the video tutorial below as well as the PDF pattern.
With this simple HST block design, it also makes the pattern easily adjustable to create a quilt of whatever size you need! I have included FIVE different size options in the tutorial, but you can adjust to whatever size you like in multiples of 9 (the blocks finish at 9” square).
Here is a close up shot of the prints to show that they aren’t actually solid fabrics. I struggled trying to decide on a quilting design, and started to worry once this was on the longarm and began quilting out. But now that it is complete, I’m happy with the overall texture it creates and don’t think it takes away from the quilt design.
Now, if you are thinking that this quilt will only work with solid (or solid-like) fabrics, think again! Check out the below sketch using the pretty new Sunsetridge collection that will be hitting stores this month. For this layout I rotated the darks/lights of the half square triangles to create diagonal stripes.
So, grab that layer cake you have in your stash and haven’t used up yet to create your own Paparazzi quilt!
Below is a link to the video tutorial where I show you how to piece this quilt and share multiple layout options to make the quilt your own.
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Thanks for stopping by,