A Piece of Cake Book Tour

Quilty books are the best. A quilty book by my friend Peta that has cake in the name? Awesome! And as anyone who has met Peta can tell you, she is just plain lovely. Truly generous, warm, and funny as all get out ~ and so so talented. I'm so happy we're friends (and that she likes to travel to the States! Peta lives in Australia). But let's talk about her first book, "A Piece of Cake". Because it's purely Peta in style, which I appreciate. Clean, simple, fresh and fun. Her book is a fantastic addition to my library, as it's based on the idea of making quilts with layer cakes (a stack of 10" squares of fabric prints from a collection) and making a quilt from such small cuts of fabric is right up my alley! Look at these beautiful samples...

{ all images above courtesy of Martingale }

I literally decided four different times on which project I'd want to make first because so many of Peta's designs are eye catching, but ultimately I chose the "Delight" pattern.

And I definitely wanted to cut into my Dollhouse strike-offs. So, I went about planning a smaller version of her quilt, and then I played and played with the placement of fabrics until it became quite regular (totally the opposite of the scrappy version I love in her book) but it turned out really fantastic I think.

My "Delight" baby quilt is comprised of only four blocks, but it's just enough to show off Peta's dynamic pattern and I'm perfectly in love! "A Piece of Cake" is available at bookstores now.