Rock Climb Layer Cake Quilt Tutorial

Are you looking for your next quilting project? Try making this rock climb quilt from Moonkin Stitchery on YouTube. This gorgeous quilt pattern only uses one bundle of layer cake. It’s quick and easy and the perfect project for beginners! So, if you have a beautiful printed layer cake you have been saving for the perfect quilt project, this is what you’ve been waiting for.

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In this step by step instructions, Moonkin Stitchery will teach you how to make this gorgeous quilt from start to finish. It’s so easy, you can finish this in just a day. Perfect as a weekend quilt project to pass the time or if you need a quick one for gifting. Watch the video tutorial below to learn how to make it.

Materials:

• 1 bundle (forty-two 10″ squares) of layer cake
• rotary cutter
• cutting mat
• sewing machine

Directions:

Step 1

To start, subcut one 4 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ rectangle, four 2 1/2″ squares, and two 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles with each 42-count 10″ square. Repeat this to all of your forty-two 10″ squares. Once you have all the subcut pieces, rotate all of the prints around and sew everything back together again. First, sew 2 1/2″ squares to the 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles, then 2 1/2″ squares on the other side of the unit. Once done, sew the two pieced rectangles together, then sew the large 4 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ rectangle. Your final block should measure 8 1/2″ square. Repeat these steps until you have forty-two quilt blocks.

Step 2

Once you have all the quilt blocks, lay them out in a 6 x 7 block layout with the odd rows having 4 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ rectangles on top. For the even rows, you’ll rotate the blocks 180 degrees so the scrappy portion is on top. Sew your blocks into rows, then sew those rows together to complete the quilt top.

Rock Climb Layer Cake Quilt Tutorial