Jessica Dayon's Precut Parade Book Tour

 Hi friends!

Today I am sharing a project I made

from my friend, Jessica Dayon's new book,

Precut Parade.

Jessica's book includes 9 precut-friendly quilt patterns;

3 for Jelly Rolls, 3 for Layer Cakes, and 3 for Fat Quarters!

All of the patterns in the book are beautiful, traditional designs.

I chose to do this fat quarter-friendly pattern called Sparker!

[Photo courtesy of Martingale Publishing]

If you know me at all, you know that I love red, white, and blue quilts

 They're classic, striking, and never go out of style!

So Jessica's Sparkler quilt really spoke to me. 

I wanted to try something completely different though

so I tried a more colorful version using an assortment of 

colors and fabric lines from my stash.

There are two blocks in this quilt so it was really fun to make!

I used the border fabric

(which is from the fabric line, Summers End by

Alison Janssen for FIGO) as the jumping-off point

for my color palette.  I am a big fan of

Alison Janssen and I love the colors in that print -

oranges, pinks, lavenders, golds, and browns.

Perfect for this time of year!

For the back, I used Solar in Lavender 

from Ruby Star Society's Warp and Weft Heirloom collection 

by Alexia Abegg.  For the binding, I used Stitch in Saddle 

from the same line.  They're both wovens so they're very soft!

I had my awesome quilter, Jen Ostler in Highlalnd, UT

quilt it for me using the Interlocking Orange Peel design by Karlee Porter.

I always add one of the simple quilt labels

that I get from Ever Emblem on Etsy.  You can choose any of their labels

and customize them to your liking.  I get the 2" cotton fold-over, sew-in labels.

It's a big quilt; it finishes at 75-1/2" x 88-1/2".

This was such a fun project!  Jessica always writes

fantastic patterns and there are lots of other

quilts in the book that I would love to make!

Including this Layer Cake pattern, called Two Step:

Don't we all have some precuts in our stash that we

want to turn into a quilt? Precut Parade is just the ticket there!

My Sparkler quilt is actually for sale right now

along with a bunch of other quilts!

Visit my Etsy shop HERE to check it out!

UPDATE: This quilt is sold.