Layer Cake Custard Quilt Tutorial

Are you looking for an easy quilt to make? This layer cake custard quilt from Fat Quarter Shop on Youtube is a beginner-friendly quilt you can piece. This project doesn’t need sashing or borders – super quick and straightforward, and you can also use your favorite layer cakes for this! Watch the video tutorial below to learn the step-by-step instructions.

Materials:

• one layer cake or thirty-five 10″ squares
• 17 – 10″ squares (fabric A)
• 3 & 1/2 yards of background fabric
• 7/8 yard binding
• 5 & 1/2 yards backing
• (click here for the free pattern)

Cut the remaining eighteen 10″ squares into:

• 4 – 4 & 1/2″ squares – 72 total (fabric B)

Cut the background fabric into:

• 90 – 4 & 1/2″ squares (fabric C)
• 34 – 2″ x 13″ rectangles (fabric D)
• 34 – 2″ x 10″ rectangles (fabric E)
• 18 – 1 & 1/2″ x 13″ rectangles (fabric F)
• 36 – 1 & 1/2″ x 6 & 1/4″ rectangles (fabric G)

Cut binding into fabric into:

• 9 – 2 & 1/2″ x WOF strips (fabric H)

Directions:

Step 1

First, start making the custard block, and for that, you’re going to make a nine-patch. Lay five fabrics C and four fabrics B, then use a 1/4″ seam to stitch them together. Next, cut the nine-patch into quarters to have four custard units. To finish your custard block, lay out four custard units, two fabric G rectangles, press, add one fabric F rectangle in the middle, and press.

Step 2

To make your cake block, Lay out one fabric A, two fabrics D at the top and bottom, and two fabrics E on both sides. Stitch together and press. Now, alternate your cake and your custard blocks, with no sashing and borders, to create your quilt.

Layer Cake Custard Quilt Tutorial