Below are 9 of the 10 the quilts from our book, Piecing the Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition. Click here to buy the book from pieceocake.com. Click here to find other books by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins.

Practice an accurate cutting and your 1/4″ seam allowance on the rail fence and log cabin quilts below:

Fields and Fences from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

Log Cabin from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

Learn how to strip-piece squares and set together a more complicated pattern in this quilt:

Weave A Rainbow from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

Learn how to set blocks on point in this Double 9-Patch quilt:

Double 9-Patch from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

Master half-square triangles and matching points in Wowie Zowie:

Wowie Zowie (small) from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

The instructions include measurements to make either the baby quilt (above) or the bed quilt (below).

Wowie Zowie (bed-size) from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

Curves are graceful and lovely, and easy to sew if you know how to do it. This quilt combines Drunkard’s Path blocks and set-in circles:

Button Box from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

Diamonds are splashy and fun to sew. Learn how to cut diamonds, sew them together and set in the background squares and triangles, and how to match the inner points.

Diamonds And Lightning from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

Put it all together in this sampler quilt!

Ripples (sampler quilt) from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition

And, just for fun, learn how to break the rules and sew improvisationally.

Bits And Pieces from Piecing The Piece O’ Cake Way, revised 2nd edition