Layer cake
08-15-2012, 04:07 PM
#12
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I just bought my first jelly roll...usually i cut all my own things from yardage, mAinly because I am on a limited budget and can get more that way for my money...If I ever had the extra money I would love to buy precuts for the ease!!
08-15-2012, 06:13 PM
#13
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I started cutting layer cake squares when I had leftovers so I can piece backings for my scrappy quilts. If there is a little extra fabric after cutting the layer cake, I just cut that up into 2.5 " squares, bricks or strips.
08-16-2012, 12:39 PM
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I can see cutting your own for the double sliced layer cake or similar pattern especially if you have the fabrics you want. Buying a layer cake is easier but does cost more. Also they are not that hard to cut.
08-16-2012, 12:45 PM
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It's similar with other precuts. I recently bought some jelly rolls because I really liked the fabric line and wanted to work in that color. Other projects use my stash and I cut the strips from my fabric, but then I don't put them together in a jelly roll.
08-17-2012, 03:34 AM
#17
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I do a lot of charity sewing and find layer cakes and jelly rolls a huge time saver, and give me lots of variety. I have even gotten layer cakes on sale, and then cut them into charm squares, giving me 4 sets of charms squares much cheaper than buying four sets. They are wonderful to have on hand for that gift you need on a moment's notice. It would cost me a fortune to try to get all those fabrics and then cut them into layer cakes; can't quite see the point of that. I also have NEVER seen a store that carried the entire line of a collection.
08-17-2012, 07:47 PM
#19
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The whole point of buying a layer cake is the fabric from that line is in one layer cake. It is not that simple for me to cut 10 in squares from yardage. 44 10" squares would take me a while and lots of hassle to cut each one from a different fabric. I love pre cuts. They save time. My time is worth more to me then money ever will be.
12-05-2012, 01:42 PM
#20
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I have been cutting my own and putting fabrics together that I like. I bought one of those tumbler templates for the layer cakes and have cut out some of those from my layer cakes. There are a ton of patterns to do from layer cakes. If I have my fabric already cut I tend to sew more and I love cutting fabric, its like therapy for me. I waste less. The smaller pieces left from my yardage goes into a bin and then I cut charm packs, usually 6 and 5 inch blocks. The rest of the scraps left go into the scrap box which I will eventually use in paper piecing or such. I like the idea of using as much of that dang fabric as possible!
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