Rail Baby

Pair up a light and dark slice.  Turn every other block with either a dark on top or on the left, and you have a big chunky zig-zaggy rail.  I plan to use lots of the leftovers this way. 

For this little baby, I just happened to have 16 each of the two duck prints.  And in less than an hour, with a little border,  I had a sweet quilt top.

Pam Cakes as Frames

The Pam Cakes slice can be used to frame a feature print.  Here I had a little piece of the ocean creatures.  I was just able to squeak out 4  9 1/2" squares.  Each square is framed with 6 slices.

So there would be little to match, I started with a slice on the sides of 2 center squares--then added 2 slices sewn together to the top and bottom.  On the other 2 center squares, I added top and bottom first, the 2-piece sections to the sides.  With the alternating construction, there are no seams that match, and it feels a bit more random.