Quilt Ideas For 10 Inch Squares That Make Beautiful Quilts

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With eight ways you can cut up 10″ squares to make a quilt, it’s one of the most versatile pre cuts for projects. While yardage and such is suitable, ten inch squares are a dandy size piece for a quick quilt. Slice them into strips, smaller squares or triangles to make all kinds of quilt designs.

 

 

Here are eight different cuts from a 10 inch square. These quilts are super fun. Enjoy following along.

Tidy up with scrappy pieces large enough to cut to ten inch squares to make something like Easy Breezy quilt. Ten inch squares capture most of the print for the prettiest display. Pattern available here.

By cutting a 10″ fabric square into strips, you can build a more traditional style, like the Espresso Road quilt pattern.

and a simple, modern design,like the Stomp or Tweet kids quilt,

An hour glass quilt is quick and easy cutting from a ten inch square. Made up of 2 half square triangles using a 10 inch or layer cake square. Put together two matching fabrics that point to each other choosing two light colors pointing to each other, and two solids pointing to each other. The prints needn’t match, creating an hourglass look. Ironically, this Rock Creek throw is the bridge between the past and the present. Raid your stash and make this quilt in a single day. Pattern available here.

 

By cutting a 10″ fabric square into strips, you can build a simple, modern design,like the Stomp or Tweet kids quilt,(above) or a more traditional style, like the Espresso Road quilt pattern.

 

Cate Prato of Keepsake Quilting has put together an article showing up to eight ways that you an use 10 inch squares. Included is a pattern for a simple but fun Nine Patch Re-Arranged by Vivika Hansen DeNegre. This might be the perfect project for those left over layer cakes.