Month: January 2022

I have a few layer cake precut sets on hand and I’m always looking for a design to use with them. I really like this design from Sewing Studio. It looks good and it uses every bit of one standard layer cake precut set (no waste).

I used the “Magical Winter” layer cake set from Robert Kaufman, which I purchased from https://modernquiltco.com/  Each piece in the set has either gold or silver sparkles, which I really like.

Finished size of the quilt I made is 71-1/2 inches by 82-1/2 inches, and it’s 6 blocks by 7 blocks.

Here are the steps I did:

1. Unwrap one layer cake precut set.
2. Cut one 3-1/2 strip off each layer cake piece. Lay the pieces to the side in the order you cut them.
3. Turn over one stack (doesn’t matter which one) to disorganize the colors.
4. Sew one 3-1/2 strip to one 6-1/2 inch strip for each strip in the stacks.
5. Press seams to either side.
6. Cut each square in half across the seam. Each piece will be 5 inches wide.
7. Once again, turn over one stack to disorganize the colors.
8. Sew one from each stack to one from the other stack with the smaller blocks in opposite corners.
9. Press seams to either side.
10. Lay blocks out alternating between vertical and horizontal within each row and row by row.
11. Add 2 inch (cut width) vertical sashing between the blocks in each row.
12. Stitch blocks of each row together.
13. Add 2 inch (cut width) horizontal sashing to the bottom of each row except for the bottom row.
14. Stitch the rows together.
    Finished size so far is 62-1/2 inches by 72-1/2 inches.
15. Add a 5 inch (cut size) border to the sides and then to the top and bottom.
16. Assemble and quilt sandwich (top, batting, and backing).
17. Add binding. I used 8 2-1/2 inch strips for my binding.