We gave Color Queen Pam Howland the challenge of designing a quilt using fat eighths, or rather 11"x22" cuts of 20 Kaffe Fassett fabrics from our latest shipment. We had started cutting packs of fabrics that we called Sheet Cakes--20 11"x 22". This was our answer to Moda's Layer Cakes, 40 10" squares. From our Sheet Cakes, 40 10" squares can be cut to use any Layer Cake pattern. Plus, we began to design patterns for other ways to use our Sheet Cake cut.
So Pam came up with the 5"x 9" Slice. It is a very graceful shape and big enough to show off the fabric, small enough to look nice. By cutting a 9" strip first, then the 4 5" slices, the prints always sit right side up. The pack of 20 Sheet Cakes nets 80 Slices. Using 77 of them, she laid the quilt out 11 wide by 7 tall. With borders, this makes a very generous sized throw.
NOTE: I have since changed the Pam Cakes slice to 5"x 9 1/2"--much more versatile, as we will see in the future.
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