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We love a good layer cake, both the dessert and quilting variety. But in quilting, it’s a fairly broad term — it isn’t a specific design or method, rather it’s any quilt that relies on 10″ x 10″ cuts of fabric for construction. You can easily find them in bundled precuts, so choose your fave and try your hand at these patterns and projects.
1. Disappearing Blocks
![hst layer cake quilt block](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2016/03/30094052/hst-layer-cake-quilt-block.png)
This construction hack might feel super weird when you first do it, but we swear it works time-saving miracles. Place two 10″ right sides together and sew along all four corners. Cut the fabric twice from corner to corner (to make an X across the square), press open the pieces and — voilà — you have four speedy half-square triangles to build these two blocks that you can use in a fun quilt design.
MAKE IT2. Building Bricks
![layer cake brick quilt](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2016/03/30094226/layer-cake-brick-quilt.png)
This brick quilt pattern combines 10″ squares with 5″ charm precuts, which you’ll use as background fabric. Stitching them is simple: just cut the layer cakes in half and stitch the ends to the charms, forming a brick. Join them into rows and you’ll see a cool, modern quilt start to emerge.
MAKE IT3. A Piece of Cake
![layer cake strip quilt](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2016/03/30094347/layer-cake-strip-quilt.png)
Yes, you can totally build a quilt exclusively using layer cakes. All you do is cut the squares into strips and piece them together to make a striped pattern. Bonus: this tutorial teaches you how to cut up to four 10″ squares at a time, all but guaranteeing your project will fly by.
MAKE IT4. Swarming Success
![swarm quilt detail](https://d2culxnxbccemt.cloudfront.net/craft/content/uploads/2016/03/30094525/swarm-quilt-detail.png)
All the colorful arrows in this quilt are made by cutting layer cakes into rectangles and squares, and they come together with the insanely easy quilt-as-you-go method. If you’re looking to bust your stash, this is the weekend project to tackle.
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"sew along all four sides" not corners, for the Disappearing Block
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Love the Kaleidoscope Quilt. Will it be available soon? Thanks!
How do I access the Kaleidoscope Quilt Pattern?
How do you access the patterns?
Can't wait to try the rag quilt pattern