Layer Cake Checkmate

Wel­come to Lay­er Cake Check­mate Quilt day!  Yep thats right the Fat Quarter Shop have done it again with anoth­er free quilt pat­tern.   This one is super fast and best of all it’s lay­er cake friendly.

You can get a copy of the free pat­tern sheet from the Fat Quarter Shop Jolly Jab­ber blog by click­ing here or, press play on the video below and click on the link when it pops up.    The video and pat­tern sheet will guide you through each step in mak­ing the quilt with ease.

For my ver­sion of the quilt I grabbed two lay­er cakes of Lula­belle from Riley Blake Designs.  I love the col­ours and lar­ger prints in this fab­ric col­lec­tion and think they work really well with this pat­tern.   Of course, mine’s not very manly but then… pretty is always good right!?!

The Lula­belle lay­er cakes only con­tained 15 10″ squares each so my Check­mate quilt is a little smal­ler than the one fea­tured in the pat­tern sheet.  But, at 54″ x 63″ it’s still a really great size, per­fect for TV watch­ing in the cool­er weath­er dur­ing the winter months here in Australia.

I used white for the bor­ders and bound the quilt in the Lula­belle navy bowtie print.

Diane and her long arm machine saved the day yet again with this edge to edge quilt­ing called Rain­drops.    Thanks Diane.

Don’t for­get to down­load you copy of the free pat­tern sheet and, save the video link!   The Check­mate quilt is such a great pat­tern, per­fect for begin­ners and just as great for seasoned quilters look­ing for a fast make.

If you need more inspir­a­tion check out the ver­sions these oth­er blog­gers have made.   I’ve no doubt they will all be fabulous!

Melanie from Mostly Crafty
Con­nie from Free­mo­tion by the River
Melissa from Happy Quilt­ing
Heidi from But­tons & Butterflies
Aman­da from Jedi Craft Girl
Tina from Emily Ann’s Kloset
Sherri M. from A Quilt­ing Life
Andy from A Bright Corner
Anor­ina from Sameli­a’s Mum
Sherri F. from This & That Patterns
Brooke from Silly Mama Quilts

Have a great week,