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