Layer Cake Geese - Ruby Star Society Persimmon - Fat Quarter version

Feb 16

I recently made the Layer Cake Geese Quilt Pattern – PDF Download using fat quarters and absolutely loved how it turned out! This beginner-friendly pattern is designed for layer cakes — those lovely bundles of 10″ squares — and creates a striking flying-geese quilt in two throw sizes. By now, you might be wondering how did I use fat quarters in a layer cake pattern?

🧵 My Fabric Twist: Instead of using layer cakes, I used 20 fat quarters from my stash. Since one fat quarter can be cut into two layer cake–size squares, this gave me the same number of pieces I would have had with traditional layer cakes — just with more variety in prints and colors. It was such a fun way to get scrappy without buying new precuts!

💡 Quilting Hack:
✔️ 1 fat quarter = 2 layer cake squares
✔️ 20 fat quarters = 40 layer cake squares worth of fabric
✔️ Lots of mix-and-match fun! 🎨

Using fat quarters was a great way to customize the palette and put more fabrics into play. If you’re like me and have a stash full of favorites, this hack helps stretch those prints into a quilt full of personality.

Whether you’re a seasoned quilter or just starting out, this pattern is easy to follow, and the flying geese blocks really sparkle when you mix prints.

I’m excited to share the photos below with you in this blog post!

Layer Cake Geese Quilt Pattern

This quilt pattern is designed for Layer Cakes, however, I used 20 fat quarters in this quilt. So how do you use fat quarters in a layer cake friendly pattern?

note from the designer:

This quilt pattern, Layer Cake Geese, was inspired by the flying geese in another pattern I’ve written, Layer Cake Stars. While cleaning out my fabric stash, I couldn’t fit a layer cake back on the shelf and inspiration struck out of necessity. So, grab a layer cake that’s not able to fit on your shelf and that background fabric that you’ve been trying to find a project for and fly your way through this pattern.

I can’t wait to see what you create!

Allison