Easy Layer Cake Throw

Back in April at our retreat in Jamestown, Sharon made an impromptu quilt from a layer cake which has inspired several of us since then.

Here is Sharon's quilt and a link to the post with more details.

Helen also made one and shared it at one of our Friday gatherings. These are just so satisfying in a couple of ways. First, there's no waste of fabric, as the entire 10" block is used. Second, they make up so fast, since a layer cake only has 42 pieces of fabric, you know from the get-go that it will be quick.

Within a month or so, I had one of my own made. I used a Betsy Chutchian layer cake from her line Lydia's Lace. Here's a link back to that.

About a week ago, I quilted it. Yay! It's such a small quilt, and it gave me good practice at perfecting my freemotion skills. Each quilt I do is giving me more and more confidence.

I determined from the start that I was going to be non-fussy about how this worked up. I would try to do my best, but also improvise a bit and be inventive, if possible. Grow my confidence, definitely.

I've got a binding pulled from my box of scrap bindings. Believe it or not, I have more than enough of a perfect burgundy binding all ready to go, and will be more than enough to bind this small quilt.

 Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne