I made this for my mom's surprise 60th birthday party. She loves to sew and quilt, so I used that as a theme and incorporated her favorite colors. I used 6" (white cake) and 10" (choc) layers, all iced in very vanilla buttercream with fondant accents (buttons and strips of ric-rac, ribbon, fabric). The spool is made from stacked shortbread cookies, iced with a tad of buttercream, covered with a sheet of green fondant and then wrapped with individual "threads." Used a round cutter for top and bottom.