Layer Cake Lollies in Dover

Layer Cake Lollies is an exclusive (free) shortcut quilt pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop, and I hope to inspire you with my quilt made in Dover and Moda mochi linen. Dover’s color palette of soft whites, sea glass blue, soft green, and pebble greys is perfect for a spring quilt. The mochi linen adds natural texture.

layer cake lollies quilt draped over couch

Quilting with Mochi Linen

I washed the linen/cotton fabric to preshrink it before cutting. (I used spray starch on the layer cake and charm squares to preshrink them.) There was very little raveling and the texture is softer than 100% linen. It also resists wrinkling. I’ve napped with this quilt many times, and it never looks crumpled. Here are a few close-up photos to show how beautiful the linen looks quilted. Nancy at Valley Quilting did the edge-to-edge quilting with the Pleasure design.

edge to edge quilting pleasure closeup
layer Cake Lollies Quilt swirl
mochi linen quilt closeup folded

Resizing Layer Cake Lollies: Go Big

I wanted a quilt large enough to take a nap so I added a row of three blocks to create a rectangular quilt rather than a square. As you can see, the quilt is long enough to cover my quilt-holding husband. It measures 56.5 inches by 72 inches.

If you also would like to modify the free pattern, purchase a charm pack that matches the layer cake. You’ll need the charm squares to cut the 12 additional Fabric A squares. You can cut the rest of the additional pieces (Fabric B, C, D) from the layer cake squares. Sew 48 units to form 12 quilt blocks. You’ll need more fabric for the background and borders. I purchased 3.75 yards so I could cut my borders without piecing them. Plus, I used the Mochi Linen to bind the quilt.

mochi linen quilt with pleasure edge to edge quilting

Quilt Backing

The quilt back is Tim Holtz’s Eclectic Elements Spelling Book Aqua. I had many yards of this in my stash, and Fat Quarter Shop has a few of Tim Holtz’s similar fabrics. I love the aged, collected look of these prints!

floral fabric with handwriting printed on top
linen patchwork quilt with seaglass colors
Final look – just before I sewed on the binding

My Layer Cake Lollies is one of my top three favorite quilts. I snuggle up with it every day! And if you’re interested in more Short Cut quilt patterns, take a look at the Fat Quarter Snowballs quilt I made in Bungalow pineapple prints by Kate Spain. It’s the perfect antidote for the sometimes blah days of early spring.

Joyfully,

Tracie