"The Cupcake Block" is a derivative of Sandra Leichner's quilt, "Tea with Miss D"

The Cupcake Block is just a smidgen different than the pattern featured in one of Sandra's books. It was created during her "Cupcake Phase" when she was playing with different cupcake designs, and for this one, she wanted to play around more with it. So, the frosting on each cupcake is stuffed to simulate real frosting, it includes little chocolate designs throughout and more touches of design whimsy. Those touches were a way to show Sandra's students that you can dress up whimsical quilts and add different technical flourishes to them so that they don't have to be boring.