Mini Plaid-ish Quilt Mockups - Small Lap Size
Wow — you guys have kept me busy this week, and I appreciate it so much! I really wanted to show you that the Mini Plaid-ish Quilt Pattern is approachable, forgiving, and surprisingly versatile. Don’t be intimidated by trying something new — this design makes it easy to get great results.
To make things easier, I’m breaking these mockups into two separate posts: one for the small lap size and one for the large lap size. Different fabric collections naturally lend themselves to different sizes depending on how many prints they include. I have done the mockup as a large lap size if I felt like that worked with the collection so the majority of the mockups will be posted tomorrow in that post.
Fabric Requirements by Size
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Small Lap Size: 7 dark-valued fat quarters and 9 mid-valued fat quarters
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Large Lap Size: 8 dark-valued fat quarters and 12 mid-valued fat quarters
These requirements make it simple to pull from a bundle or mix fabrics from your stash.
Choosing Fabrics by Value
When you look at the mockups, you’ll notice that not every collection has obvious dark prints like black, navy, or charcoal. That’s okay! What matters most is that your dark-valued fabrics are darker than your mid-valued fabrics.
To simplify things, all of these mockups use a white or off-white solid (or near-solid) for the background. That way, you can easily separate your fabrics into three groups:
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Very light background fabric
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Dark(er) prints
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Everything else (mid-valued fabrics)
Once your fabrics are grouped this way, the pattern does the rest of the work for you.
The Quilts
A Tim Holtz Rainbow
Fabrics: Red Tapestry, Pink Typography, Orange Vintage, Orange Tiny Prints, Yellow Wallpaper, Yellow Tiny Print, Green Vintage, Green Typography, Teal Tiles, Teal Tickets, Blue Map, Blue Script, Blue Vintage, Indigo Tapestry, Indigo Tickets, Indigo Vintage, Purple Marble, Purple Map.
Garden Variety by Anna Maria Textiles
Wild Honey by Lella Boutique
Olive Grove by Amber Elliot
A Lori Holt Rainbow
Piecework by Anna Maria Textiles
Best Day Ever by Melody Miller
Fern Grove by Leah Duncan
Strawberry by Kimberly Kight
Sewing Bird by Laundry Basket Quilts
Catnap by Alexia Abegg
Washi Plus by Rashida Coleman-Hale
Why I Love This Pattern
The Mini Plaid-ish Quilt is a scrap-friendly, fat-quarter-friendly design that gives you room to play with contrast and value. Whether you go bold, modern, scrappy, vintage, traditional, etc., you will end up with a project you love.
If you’re ready to give it a try, check out the Mini Plaid-ish Quilt Pattern here. And stay tuned — I’ll be sharing mockups for the large lap size tomorrow to help you visualize how this quilt can work with your favorite fabrics.