A Layer Cake

I used to have very few precuts in my stash.  My rule was one jelly roll at a time.  Somehow I ended up with a few layer cakes with no plans for them.  A few weeks ago, I pulled out a fall colored layer cake and decided to do something with it.  The fabric was mostly dark.  The colors remind me of Civil War prints.  I found a simple tutorial on the Missouri Star website for this quilt.

All the colors were dark except for 2 fabrics, so I decided to add another light fabric.

I like the crow fabric I added, but in retrospect, I don't think this quilt needed it.  And by adding a fabric, I ended up with 3 extra blocks that don't fit in the quilt.  My biggest frustration with this quilt was that my layer cake had duplicates of a lot of fabrics.  It was hard to get the fabrics spread over the quilt in a pleasing way.   In the end, I just gave up and sewed it together.  I am not sure if I'm going to keep this quilt or not.  I don't love it.

I might donate the top.  I could add a border or two and keep it for when one of my brothers or brothers-in-law get sick since it has a masculine feel. Without borders it is 48" x 64". A nice fall pantograph of leaves, acorns, squirrels and pumpkins might change the way I feel about this quilt.  Using flannel or minky for the back would help too.

Stash Report:

Used  this week: 2.5 (Fall Layer Cake quilt)

Used year to date: 140.375  yards

Added this week: 3 yards

Added year to date: 126.625 yards

Net Used: 13.75  yards

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