Favorite layer cake pattern
 

I am planning on making a quilt for a colleague using batiks in the blue, green, turquoise and purple color ways. I am struggling with finding the perfect pattern that will show off the batiks. Any ideas or suggestions? I have sorted the cuts into light and dark but nothing cut. My fall back pattern is the Disappearing Hour Glass. Just wondering if there are some other good choices. Thanks for you ideas.

Orian Star quilt looks fabulous in these colours, as does the Drunkards Path.

There is a pattern called Bricks that I have made, easy to do. I made a queen size so it took a while to do but looks so good.
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Without seeing your fabrics, it really is hard to suggest .... however,
Disappearing Four Patch might work.

Sounds like a Bargello to me. Storm at Sea is another choice for your watery colors.

I'm working on the Grand Adventures tutorial from Missouri Quilts. Like the pattern.

My favorite is Hunters Star with batik layer cakes.

You can either go to MSQC website or Moda Bake shop site and look under the layer cake section for inspiration. Good luck with your choice.

LOVE your quilt, do you do the HST method to make it. More info please on how to construct it or a link. I do scrap quilts and am cutting a bunch of fabrics as layer cakes. When I have enough fabrics cut want to start one of the Hunters Star.
Jan

Emerald Isle from Missouri Star Quilt tutorial used batiks and I thought it was lovely and used layer cakes.

Check out the double slice layer cake on Missouri Star Quilting Company on You Tube. It is very easy and works up beautifully in batiks. Be sure to have a variety of lights, mediums, and darks for good contrast.

I luv the color combo you plan on using.....don't forget to post pics......I'd luv to see it!!!!!!

Check out the video on Stitchin Heaven's facebook page on how to use the Creative Grids 8 inch crazy templates. It will allow layer cakes with very very little waste and you can border to make bigger if you want. I have made two. One I made bigger by adding some batiks to the cotton layer cake I had.....and borders. fun and easy.. Be sure to get the custom made free template SH sends to help you make a good first cut which is pretty critical.

I agree with the suggestion of the Double Slice Layer Cake. It is my favorite for layer cakes. I have made several. Let me see if I can find pictures.

I like this pattern so much that often I just cut my own layer cake pieces. It goes together quickly.

Maybe these will give you some ideas of what you want to do with your layer cake.

Dina

How about MSQC's quatrefoil quilt? I used a layer cake for this one. It's an easy and fun quilt, and definitely shows off the fabric.

My daughter likes to make a tumbler quilt from a layer cake.

I agree with the Double Slice Layer Cake and the Disappearing Nine Patch.

I found a great pattern on Craftsy called Easy Layer Cake Quilt (aka Simple Layer Cake Quilt Top) sold by Codman Square Creations. https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/pat...-quilt-/193761

You can probably find something from Missouri Star.

Yes, I used 10" layer cakes and did HST's. I didn't really have a pattern. I just looked at a picture online and followed that. It's an easy quilt to make.

Yes, I did HST's. I didn't really have a pattern but if you google it you can find a free picture of one and you just make your HST's and look at the picture and assemble. Have fun!

This is my suggestion also. I have made a whole lot of quilts using the double slice from Jenny.

I think you posted the wrong picture. That picture is a carpenter's star, not a Hunter's star. The best Carpenter's Star pattern, imho, is Four hour quilt from Quilt Frog. Quiltfrog.com I use the Craftsy Magic 8 method of making HST's. I have made a full size and a baby quilt with this pattern. It is my go to if I am in a time crunch.

Here is the link for the video tutorial

https://www.missouriquiltco.com/land...ilt/index.html

Sea glass or orange peel would work nicely with batiks

Thank you for the info as that is really the one I want to make.

Grandma Mary, I did/am considering the quatrefoil. I am being a cheepo and did not want to purchase any additional fabric. I would need to purchase the light background. Can I mix batiks and a simple high quality white muslin or a white on white? I seldom use batiks, thus the questions.

Beautiful quilt.

Of there are so many choices for the Sea Glass but I think it is the colors that appeal to me! I fall victim to beautiful colors WAY too often. Thanks for the idea.

Thank you everyone for the ideas. Still no firm, grab my heart and start cutting pattern. So, for me that means, set it aside and work on something else for a while. I have another colleague who will be getting a Delectable Mountains quilt and I can get that started. (She is a skier, so she gets the mountains quilt.)

Yes, you certainly may mix batiks with a white on white. Once the quilt is done, I'd recommend washing it with a few color catchers to pick up any excess dye that might be on the batiks. I'm working on a quilt right now that mixes batiks with regular cotton fabric.

My go to pattern - especial for batiks - is Syncopated Rhythm by Karen Montgomery. It uses 10" squares grouped by color and a non regular pentagon (sides are different lengths) and then cut as you would a Buggy Barn. While she no longer has the pattern on her website - I recently wrote her and she sold me some for a class I did at guild.

Here are three I did from the same pattern - first two are batiks - the other is made from 30's prints.

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The Ribbon Box quilt would look terrific in your colors, I made a similar one and just love it:

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Here's the link to the .pdf pattern by Cloud 9:

http://145578867.r.lightningbase-cdn...nBoxQuilt1.pdf

Betty,

Those are beautiful. I love the brown and blue one the most. THAT looks like sea glass!

I've purchased the Anne of Green Gables layer cakes when they were on M* daily deal. I need ideas on what to do with it. This thread has been great!

Betty. Love your quilts. What a great use of layer cakes!

Your Hunters Star is very nice. I have the pattern but haven't tried it yet.

I picked this easy pattern to see my fabric. Sorry, i couldn't get the pic to upload

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ypvcvso9x2...16.37.jpg?dl=0

My fav Layer Cake pattern is from Missouri Star too! Its a traditional Churn Dash. you need background fabric (she says a white Layer cake, but I cut my own background from stash) and a center (I didn't need that many blocks, so I used lighter fabrics from the layer cake for the centers.) its quick and I loved the top when it was done. I can get a picture if you want one. I didn't do the extra green corners on the quilt in the background.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJTB...ature=youtu.be