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Cake Dash Quilt Pattern – A layer cake quilt pattern

Meet the Cake Dash Quilt Pattern! Cake Dash is a quick and easy layer cake friendly quilt pattern. Cake Dash is super beginner friendly and you can make a small throw using just ONE LAYER CAKE.

This layer cake quilt pattern includes three different options and several sizes in the quilt pattern.

This layer cake friendly quilt pattern is in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Cake Dash Quilt Pattern

I’m so excited to share the Cake Dash quilt pattern today. This is a really great beginner friendly quilt. It’s quick and easy and uses layer cake squares. You can also use fat quarters or 1/4 yards. The pattern includes all three options.

Cake Dash includes a few different versions and multiple sizes. I sewed up all three versions using just two Tula Pink layer cakes. So the three quilts in this blog post were made with two layer cakes and 2 5/8 yards of background fabric.

The three different versions of this quilt are the Mix and Match version, Inside Out A version and Inside out B version.

Mix and Match Cake Dash Quilt

The mix and match version of the Cake Dash quilt pattern uses 10 inch squares only! This version of this quick and easy layer cake pattern does not require any background fabric.

The pattern includes seven sizes from baby all the way up to King size.

The small throw size uses one full layer cake (42 squares). So if you want a quick and easy layer cake quilt and have one layer cake to use, this is the perfect option. The small throw size quilt measures out at 48″ x 56″.

Add squares to make the larger sizes.

Inside Out Cake Dash Quilt

I really love the inside out versions in the Cake Dash quilt pattern. For this version of Cake Dash you will use 10 inch squares and background fabric. The pattern is written so you can make both A and B at the same time and end up with two quilts.

Of course you don’t have to make both versions and can just choose one. The pattern guides you through either option.

What I like about the Inside Out versions is you can end up with two quilts using one layer cake + background fabric. So for example, the quilts in this blog post are the small throw size. One layer cake + 2 5/8 yards of background fabric makes two 48″ x 56″ quilts.

Tula Pink True Colors Fabric

I found some colorful fabrics for these Cake Dash quilt samples! Every time I sew with Tula Pink fabrics I am reminded that I should be using them more often..lol. They are so vibrant and so fun and sew up.

For these versions of Cake Dash I used a Tula Pink True Colors Layer Cake. Actually I used 2 total for all three of these quilts. One layer cake made up the Mix and Match version and the other layer cake + background fabric made up the two Inside out versions.

True Colors is a beautiful rainbow of color in nice small scale prints. So many of the Tula Pink fabrics make good blenders for your fabric stash.

Rainbow Quilt

Since the Tula Pink True Colors fabric line is a rainbow of color I decided to work with that! I kept the rainbow order in each quilt and arranged my blocks in a rainbow of color. This quilt would have also looked just as fun and colorful arranged randomly. But I kind of like the rainbow effect going on in these quilts.

Quick, Easy and beginner friendly quilt pattern

Cake Dash is a really great beginner quilt pattern. In fact, it would make a good first time quilt. It’s made with basic cuts and square blocks so it would be a good one to start on.

As a more seasoned quilter, you could probably whip one of these throw size quilt tops up in a day.

All three versions of this quilt are photographed together up above.

Below is the Mix and Match version. This small throw size quilt is made using just one layer cake. It’s a decent size quilt measuring about 48″ x 56″. Plenty big to snuggle on the couch with.

Below are the Inside Out versions. I went ahead and made two quilts at the same time using just one layer cake and background fabric. One for you. One for a friend 🙂 These are both the small throw size also.

The version B Inside Out Cake Dash quilt is probably my favorite. I love how modern and fun it turned out. I’ve really been trying to stay away from white background fabric lately so this True colors print was perfect for the background.

It’s still light but busy enough to hide any stains or spots the quilt might pick up over time.

Long Arm Quilting

I sent all three of these Cake Dash quilts off to Knot and Thread for quilting. I had her choose each design and they are all so fun.

Minky Backing

Have I shared yet how obsessed I am with Minky?! Obsessed! I don’t know how I’ve went so long without using it. From now on any quilt I plan to keep and use will have minky as the backing…lol. It seriously makes the softest, warmest quilt ever.

Minky leaves your quilt nice and drapey too. Don’t skip the batting on quilts with minky backing! They will still be nice and drapey with batting. I had Knot and Thread use 80/20 batting on these quilts and they turned out really nice.

I’ve started carrying select colors of Wide Minky fabrics in my shop here.

I’ll leave you with a few more photos of my favorite Cake Dash quilt. 🙂

Cake Dash quilt materials

Quilt Pattern: Cake Dash Quilt Pattern by Quilty Love
Fabrics: Tula Pink True Colors fabric
Background: True Colors Cotton Candy Fairy Dust
Backing: Shannon Cuddle Minky
Pieced on my Janome MC6700P
Long Arm quilted by Knot and Thread

Scrappy Star Pop baby quilt

Today I’m sharing a scrappy Star Pop baby quilt. Star Pop is the newest pattern in the Quilty Love pattern shop and it’s stash and scrap friendly.

For this scrappy Star Pop baby quilt, I dug through my blue scrap bins and low volume fabrics.

Star Pop is a fun and modern sawtooth star quilt. The quilt pattern comes in sizing from baby size all the way up to king size.

Star Pop is stash friendly since you can use many different size pre-cuts including your scrap stash.

Scrappy Star Pop baby quilt

Star Pop is a scrappy friendly since each block uses less than 10 inches of fabric. My blue scrap bin is always overflowing so I decided to use blues for this cute little baby size quilt.

For the stars, I used an assortment of low volume fabrics in my stash. So this Star Pop baby quilt was made entirely with my fabric stash.

I find scrappy quilts so satisfying to sew up since they use up that leftover fabric. I sometimes wonder how many scrappy quilts I would have to make to use up all the scraps…lol. I’m pretty sure that number would be ALOT.

Star Pop Quilt Pattern

Star Pop is a fun and modern sawtooth star quilt pattern.

This stash friendly quilt pattern can use the following precuts: Fat quarters, layer cake squares, fat eighths or quarter yards. You do need to make sure your fat eighths and quarter yards are a full 9 inches though.

Star Pop also ended up being scrappy friendly since each block uses less than 10 inches of fabric.

All the quilt sizes

The Star Pop quilt pattern includes all the quilt sizes in the instructions. Use this quilt pattern to make the following sizes:

  • Baby size quilt
  • Small throw size quilt
  • Large throw size quilt
  • Twin bed size quilt
  • Full bed size quilt
  • Queen bed size quilt
  • King bed size quilt

Straight line machine quilting

I quilted up this scrappy Star Pop baby quilt myself using simple straight lines.

I tried a new (to me) quilting design on this scrappy Star Pop baby quilt. Instead of just single spaced straight lines using a walking foot, I did double lines.

The double lines are about 1/8 inch spaced.

So first I quilted straight lines at one inch intervals. Then I went back in and added the second line about 1/8 inch from the first line. Just be sure to add that second line on the same side of each line so they end up evenly spaced.

It was a really simple quilting technique but ended up being a little more interesting than single spaced lines.

Riley Blake Wide Back backing

I used a grey Blossoms wideback by Riley Blake for the backing of this scrappy Star Pop baby quilt. The binding is Kona Cotton in denim.

Scrappy Star Pop baby quilt materials:

Quilt pattern: Star Pop by Quilty Love
Fabrics: assorted scraps
Binding: Kona Cotton Denim
Backing: Riley Blake Blossoms wideback
Pieced and quilted on my Janome MC6700p

Flannel Star Pop quilt

There are a few more Star Pop quilt samples to share and today is all about the flannel Star Pop quilt. I love this quilt. I love this flannel. I’m sure this won’t be the last time I sew with these flannels.

This flannel Star Pop quilt is sewn up using a mammoth flannel junior fat quarters that I curated. This turned out nice and cozy with the flannels. This is the large throw size from the quilt pattern.

Star Pop is a fun and modern sawtooth star quilt pattern. It’s stash and scrap friendly.

Star Pop is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Flannel Star Pop quilt

I curated this bundle of Mammoth Junior flannels for this Lucky Log Cabins quilt and loved how it turned out so I decided to use it for this new Star Pop quilt too. I went with a very very light grey for the stars but in all honesty I wish I had went with either white or dark grey. A dark grey would have probably looked better.

The stars didn’t stand out as much as I thought they would. The end result is a really soft low volume looking quilt so it’s still pretty but I think it could have looked better. You sew and you learn 😉

These Mammoth Flannel juniors are so much fun to sew with. They are called juniors because the prints are a smaller scale than their regular mammoth flannel which work well for cutting up into a quilt.

Star Pop quilt pattern

Star Pop is a stash friendly sawtooth star quilt pattern. Use fat quarters, layer cake squares or scraps for this fun and modern quilt.

You can also use fat eighths or 1/4 yards but keep in mind you need the entire 9 inches for those two precuts.

The quilt pattern includes cutting instructions for all options.

All the quilt sizes

Of course I’ve included all of the quilt sizes in this Star Pop quilt pattern:

  • Baby Size
  • Small throw size
  • Large throw size
  • Twin size bed quilt
  • Full size bed quilt
  • Queen size bed quilt
  • King size bed quilt

This flannel Star Pop quilt is the Large throw size.

Confident Beginner star quilt pattern

Star Pop piecing is pretty simple and would be a good confident beginner quilt. You might lose a few points on your stars but if you look closely, you’ll see a few of mine missing too.

Quilting with Flannel

The number one question that comes up when I start posting flannel is “Do you prewash?”

Usually…no. I hate pre-washing. I’m impatient to wait for it to wash. And I prefer working with fabric when it’s still nice and crisp.

But…. I did prewash for this quilt! And the only reason I did was because I was curious how it would be. And to be honest, I hated it…lol.

It was SO dusty working with it after it was washed. I don’t know why it would be so much worse but it was. My nose itched the entire time I sewed with it. It also fluffs the fabric up quite a bit. I guess that’s not really a problem but it kind of surprised me.

Also, it came out of the washer as a big tangled mess…haha. It took some time to work it apart with scissors.

Another question… “Do you use a larger seam allowance with flannel?”

I don’t. I know, I throw all caution to the wind and sew with abandon. Would it be safer. Probably. Is it necessary? According to majority of the quilters on Instagram, no.

I wrote a lot more about sewing with flannel in this blog post. Check it out if you are nervous about sewing with it!

I ended up using a light grey color for the stars. It’s a Robert Kaufman solid flannel in the color cloud. I would recommend something darker like Shetland flannel in Shale.

Below are some mock ups with darker or lighter stars.

Binding is Kona Cotton in the color Denim.

Long Arm Quilting

I sent this one off to Katie of Modern Textiles for quilting. She’s not far from me here in southern Minnesota so it didn’t have far to travel.

We chose this cable quilting design.

Peppered Cotton Wide Back

I would have liked to back this flannel Star Pop quilt with a flannel fabric but I didn’t have any on hand. So instead I used this Peppered cotton in the color Fog.

I started carrying Wide backs in the shop! I love wide backs for quilts and have started curating a collection of modern wide backs.

Be sure to check it out for your next quilt!

Flannel Star Pop quilt Materials

Quilt Pattern: Star Pop in the Quilty Love pattern shop
Fabrics: Mammoth Flannel Juniors by Robert Kaufman
Binding: Kona Cotton Denim
Backing: Peppered Cotton Wide back in Fog
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Long Arm quilted by Modern Textiles

Bonnie and Camille Star Pop Quilt

Today I’m sharing this Bonnie and Camille Star Pop quilt. I’ve had this Shine on B&C fabric bundle in my stash for a few months just waiting for the perfect project. This fun mix of florals made the prettiest Star Pop quilt.

Star Pop is a stash friendly modern star quilt pattern. It’s the newest Quilty Love quilt pattern in the shop.

Bonnie and Camille fabrics were some of my first fabric choices when I started quilting seven years ago. They are the happiest fabrics and so much fun to sew with.

This Star Pop quilt is the large throw size.

Star Pop quilt pattern

Star Pop is a brand new quilt pattern now available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

This fun and modern star quilt is a play on the classic sawtooth star quilt design. I love stars in my quilts and am always looking for different ways to use them in my quilt designs.

Star Pop is a confident beginner quilt pattern. I kept the piecing simple on this star quilt. The blocks are simple and repetitive.

Fat quarter friendly star quilt

Star Pop is a stash friendly quilt pattern! Not quite a stash buster as you will need yardage for the stars but definitely stash friendly. Star Pop will work great with those curated fat quarter bundles already in your stash or a mix and match of fat quarters.

This fun and modern sawtooth star quilt is scrappy friendly! Each block uses less than 10 inches of fabric so it’s a good one for your scraps. I sewed up this cute blue scrappy baby Star Pop quilt as a sample.

Stash friendly quilt pattern

Besides fat quarters, Star Pop is layer cake friendly, scrap friendly, 1/4 yard friendly or fat eighth friendly. You will need the entire 9 inches of quarter yards or fat eighths so use those at your own risk.

Bonnie and Camille Star Pop quilt

This version of Star Pop uses the Bonnie and Camille Shine on fabric line. I’ve had this fabric line in my stash for a few months waiting for the perfect project. I thought Star Pop would look great in these Bonnie and Camille fabrics since they have a scrappy and happy feel.

Since Shine On has so many prints in the fabric line I ended up using about half of each fat quarter. I left the yellow prints out and then used each remaining print at least once in the quilt.

I love how happy and scrappy the final results are. Shine on has a few low volume prints in it so I used one of them for the stars. I chose the cute little rainbows on white fabric.

I’ve really been trying to stay away from plain white fabric in my quilts lately. Don’t get me wrong, I love the bright white in quilts. But white is not the most practical. As I’ve given away more quilts lately to families, I realize how impractical it is…lol. Plus, I’ve been enjoying the challenge of trying to replace white with something else. Rather than a stark white, I’ve been enjoying using a subtle low volume print instead.

I use white mostly out of convenience. I always have plenty of it on hand and I tend to be impatient and a poor planner when it comes to making a new quilt. I try to use what I have on hand.

Bonnie and Camille fabrics

Bonnie and Camille fabrics were some of my first fabric choices. My local quilt shop at that time carried a few of their prints and I always gravitated towards them. They really are the happiest fabrics and I still enjoy sewing them up.

This fabric line is the Shine On line that came out within the past year or so. Each of their lines coordinates so well together so if you miss one, chances are you will love the next one just as much.

I’ve been on a bit of a Bonnie and Camille sewing kick lately. Recently I sewed up this Scrappy B&C Lucky Log Cabins quilt. If you have a lot of their fabrics in your stash, they make really good scrappy quilts like that Lucky Log Cabins quilt.

Another scrappy Bonnie and Camille quilt I’ve made is this scrappy Ombre Gems quilt.

I’ll have some Bonnie and Camille kits in my shop later this year.

Confident Beginner star quilt pattern

Star Pop is a confident beginner star quilt pattern. Both beginners and novice quilters will enjoy sewing up this sawtooth star quilt. There are at least 17 different ways to make the same design when it comes to quilting so for this star quilt I chose a simpler piecing method.

These star blocks can be sewn together quickly. I like doing all of my cutting up front, making all of the half square triangles up front and then chain piecing my blocks together for fast assembly.

To do this, I’ll stack up all of the block pieces one on top of the other and then chain piece through an entire stack. You will end up completing your blocks all at the same time. I show a photo of this in the quilt pattern.

I’m all about shortcuts these days especially with more limited time with the two year old.

Long Arm quilting by Modern Textiles

Katie of Modern Textiles quilted this Bonnie and Camille Star Pop quilt. We chose this simple and and loopy pantograph called Cake Walk. Katie quilted most of my Star Pop samples and I highly recommend her.

Bonnie and Camille Star Pop quilt – backing and binding

This fun and scrappy Star Pop quilt is finished off with a Peppered Cotton wide back fabric. It’s a nice grey linen wide back and one of my current favorite options. Check out the brand new Wide Back Shop for modern wide backs.

I pretty much only use wide back fabrics on my quilts these days so I’ve begun curating a collection of modern wide back fabrics. Be sure to check it out for your next quilt!

This Star Pop quilt is finished off with a navy fabric from the Shine On fabric line. It’s a cute little rainbow print. The navy binding really pops on this one. You can’t go wrong with a navy binding!

Bonnie and Camille Star Pop Materials

Quilt Pattern: Star Pop quilt pattern by Quilty Love
Fabrics: Shine On fabrics by Bonnie and Camille for Moda Fabrics
Pieced on a Juki TL-2000qi
Long Arm quilted by Modern Textiles