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Layer Cakes and More!
Layer Cakes and More!
Published:
Oct 15 2013 - 08:00
Layer cakes are often my "pre-cut of choice" because of their wonderful versatility. Of course there are many, many wonderful layer cake patterns available that are always perfect for layer cakes, but there are also some other fun ways to use these terrific Moda fabric collection pre-cuts.
Fabric is Avalon by Fig Tree & Company
Layer cakes make perfect quilt backs. I've made entire quilt backs from layer cake squares, and I've also used just a row of them between two pieces of backing when I didn't have quite enough fabric. Recently I was making a table runner and used left-over layer cake squares to piece the scrappy backing pictured above.
Of course, layer cake squares pieced together make wonderful quilt tops, too. This delightful lap-sized quilt top was pieced using one layer cake of Oink a Doodle Moo.
You can even make sampler quilts using layer cakes. The Open Gate Quilts Block of the Month quilt above (fabric is Indigo Crossing by Minick & Simpson) was made using two layer cakes along with some background and border fabrics. A lot of jelly roll patterns can also be adapted for use with layer cakes...there are so many possibilities.
You can download the Moda Bake Shop pdf file "How to Slice a Layer Cake" here. This helpful document showcases cutting ideas such as:
- cut into four 5" x 5" charm squares
- cut into two 5" x 5" charm squares and eight 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" squares
- cut into nine 3" x 3" squares
- cut into five 2" x 10" strips or four 2 1/2" x 10" strips
- cut diagonally to create triangles for half-square triangle units
- cut circles from the layer cake square
What is your favorite way to use a layer cake?
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