I just posted on another thread (look for question on layer cakes)... I found a pattern in a Better Homes and Garden quilt magazine (I think) that used a layer cake. I cut 8" circles from an entire layer cake, then stitched the circle and the remainder of the piece to a common background, then arranged the blocks circle/square/circle/square, etc... When washed it frayed nicely. I quilted in the ditch and then across diagonally in both directions through each block. It was a quick, easy, fun-to-do quilt. Check out the BH&G quilting site, I've seen the pattern on there. (again, I think) I would post pics but in a hurry today....