On the back of the cardboard backing the layer cake, it shows cutting options. I saw someone cut half of hers vertically and horizontally (squares) and she made 4-patches, then she cut half of them diagonally in both directions which she turned into hourglass shapes. Each block was 2 colors. She then alternated the 4-patch and hourglass blocks. The quilt was beautiful. By the way, both block types turned out the same size which made them easy to go together.