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Today, we’re excited to introduce the Michigan Beauty Quilt to our Classic & Vintage Quilt Series, a loving tribute to one of our favorite designers, Minick & Simpson. This fabric line, Grand Haven, is their final collection, so it’s only fitting we created this Michigan Beauty Quilt in honor of their artistry and the Michigan towns that have inspired them. Let’s dive into the details of this beautiful quilt and explore our quilt block video tutorial!

The Michigan Beauty Quilt Pattern

Our Michigan Beauty Quilt Pattern offers ...

Today, we’re excited to introduce the Spool Cabinet Quilt to our Classic & Vintage Quilt Series, a delightful pattern inspired by the charm of traditional spool cabinets. This intermediate-level pattern is perfect for quilters looking to enhance their skills. Let’s dive into the details of this beautiful quilt and explore our quilt block video tutorial!

The Spool Cabinet Quilt Pattern

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Our Spool Cabinet Quilt Pattern offers various sizes including Tablerunner, Lap, Twin, and Queen. Tailored for intermediate quilters, this pattern features crisp half-square triangles that provide a ...

Welcome back to our Classic & Vintage Quilt Series! Today, we’re thrilled to introduce the English Ivy Quilt, an elegant and timeless quilt pattern. Named for its design reminiscent of ivy’s graceful tendrils, this is a beautiful nature-inspired quilt. Join us as we explore the charm of this pattern and share a quilt block video tutorial!

The English Ivy Quilt Pattern

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Our rendition of the English Ivy Quilt Pattern offers Tablerunner, Lap, Twin, and Queen sizes best tailored to intermediate-level quilters. This pattern can also make for ...

Next up in our journey of classic and vintage quilting, we’re excited to share the Contrary Husband Quilt. While we don’t know why this block is called Contrary Husband, we do know it’s the perfect block to demonstrate partial seams, also called Y-seams. Join us as we delve into the details of this pattern and the free quilt block video tutorial!

The Contrary Husband Quilt Pattern

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The Contrary Husband Quilt Pattern is our take on this classic design. This quilt pattern comes in four sizes ...

Continuing our journey of classic and vintage quilting, we’re delighted to introduce the Ribbon Border Quilt. Designed with a twist on tradition, it invites you to explore your creativity and bring a touch of vintage elegance to your next quilting project. Join us as we delve into the details of this delightful pattern and the free quilt block video tutorial!

The Ribbon Border Quilt Pattern

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The Ribbon Border Quilt Pattern is a delightful twist on a classic design. This quilt pattern comes in four sizes: Crib, Lap ...

It’s time for another Classic & Vintage Series pattern release, this time with the Gretchen Quilt, inspired by the Gretchen block from the Kansas City Star in 1932! This series takes traditional quilt blocks and adds a modern twist. Keep reading for all the details on this new vintage-inspired quilt and the FREE Quilt Block Pattern.

The Gretchen Quilt Pattern

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The quilt pattern gives instructions for making Crib, Lap, Twin, and Queen-sized quilts. To make your quilt just like ours, we have the Gretchen Quilt Kit, which includes everything we ...

It’s time to bring you another Classic & Vintage Series pattern release, this time with the Turnabout Quilt, inspired by the Turnabout T block from the 1930s! This series takes traditional quilt blocks and adds a modern twist. Keep reading for all the details on this new vintage-inspired quilt and the FREE Quilt Block Pattern.

The Quilt Pattern

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The quilt pattern gives instructions for making Throw, Lap, Twin, and Queen-sized quilts. To make your quilt just like ours, we have the Turnabout Quilt Kit, which includes everything we used, and ...

It’s time for us to bring you another Classic & Vintage Series pattern release, this time with the Wood Lily Quilt which is inspired by a block from the 1930s! This series takes traditional quilt blocks and adds a modern twist. Keep reading for all the details on this new vintage-inspired quilt and the FREE Quilt Block Pattern.

The Quilt Pattern

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The quilt pattern gives instructions for making Crib, Lap, Twin, and Queen-sized quilts. To make your quilt just like ours, we have the Wood Lily Quilt Kit ...

Today it’s time for another Classic & Vintage pattern release, the Shaded Trail Quilt, which is Fat Quarter-Friendly! Our Classic & Vintage series takes traditional quilt blocks and adds a modern twist. Read more for all the details on this new vintage-inspired quilt and the FREE Quilt Block Pattern.

The Quilt Pattern

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The quilt pattern gives instructions for making Crib, Lap, Twin, and Queen-sized quilts. To make your quilt just like ours, we have the Shaded Trail Quilt Kit, which includes everything we used, and you can also grab ...

Our Classic & Vintage series takes traditional quilt blocks and adds a modern twist. Today we’re sharing the latest pattern release, the Geese on the Pond Quilt! It uses a combination of nine patches and half-square triangles to create a beautiful design. With added flying geese blocks in the setting, it turns into Geese on the Pond! Read more for all the details on this vintage-inspired quilt and the FREE Quilt Block Pattern.

The Quilt Pattern

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The quilt pattern gives instructions for making Crib ...

Today we’re sharing the latest pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Mayflower Quilt! It has an inspiring history that we can’t wait for you to explore as you stitch! Our Classic & Vintage series takes traditional quilt blocks and adds a modern twist.

The FREE Mayflower Block Pattern makes a 7.25” x 7.25” unfinished block, and you can follow along with Kimberly in this video tutorial to see how it’s made. We also used the Oregon Trail Template Set for achieving easy and perfectly cut fabric in our quilt. These templates are included in the ...

We’d like to introduce the latest pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the London Roads Quilt! In our Classic & Vintage series, we focus on traditional quilt blocks and add a modern twist. The London Roads block will inspire you to chase that inner desire to travel and explore the world and your dreams!

The London Roads Quilt Pattern gives instructions for making tablerunner, lap, twin and queen-sized quilts. The FREE London Roads Block Pattern makes a 9.5″ x 9.5″ unfinished block. To make your London Roads quilt just like ours, we have the London Roads Quilt Kit ...

We’d like to introduce the latest pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Ladies Aid Quilt! In our Classic & Vintage series, we focus on traditional quilt blocks and add a modern twist. The Ladies Aid block has an inspiring story and rich history that we are excited for you to stitch and explore!

The Ladies Aid Quilt Pattern gives instructions for making crib, lap, twin and queen-sized quilts. The FREE Ladies Aid Block Pattern makes a 12.5″ x 12.5″ unfinished block. To make your Ladies Aid quilt just like ours, we have the Ladies Aid Quilt Kit ...

We’d like to introduce the latest pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Blazing Star Quilt!  In our Classic & Vintage series, we focus on traditional quilt blocks and add a modern twist. The Blazing Star is a beautiful design, and we’ve simplified it so you don’t need to worry about matching seams. It’s time to blaze a trail right through this vintage quilt block!

The Blazing Star Quilt Pattern gives instructions for making crib, lap, twin and queen-sized quilts. The FREE Blazing Star Block Pattern makes a 9.5″ x 9.5″ unfinished block. To make ...

Hello, Quilters! With the weather cooling off, we’re welcoming in Autumn with an update on a popular pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Maple Leaf Quilt Block!  Our Classic & Vintage series focuses on traditional quilt blocks with a modern twist!

The Maple Leaf quilt block (a free download) is a gorgeous vintage block from the Kansas City Star column that is simple to make! Four of these blocks make a cute mini quilt or table-topper that measures 23.5″ square. We’re providing a FREE pattern for you to make your own Maple Leaf Mini Quilt to bring ...

We’re back with another pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Rolling Star Quilt!  In our Classic & Vintage series, we focus on traditional quilt blocks and add a modern twist! The Rolling Star block is created by pairing Cat’s Cradle units with Square in a Square units. Let’s get rolling!

Our complete Rolling Star Quilt Pattern gives instructions for making a tablerunner, lap, twin and queen-sized quilts. The block finishes at 12.5″ x 12.5” To make a quilt just like ours, we have the Rolling Star Quilt Kit available! You’ll also want to pick ...

We’re back with another pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Grandmother’s Favorite Quilt!  In our Classic & Vintage series, we focus on traditional quilt blocks and add a modern twist! The Grandmother’s Favorite Block is created by piecing half square triangles using 4″ Triangles on a Roll Paper. You’ll be able to sew this up in a cinch but your quilt will look impressively elaborate.

Our complete Grandmother’s Favorite Quilt Pattern gives instructions for making a tablerunner, lap, twin and queen-sized quilts. The block finishes at 16.5″ x 16.5” To make a quilt ...

We’re back with another pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Carolina Lily Quilt!  In our Classic & Vintage series, we focus on traditional quilt blocks and add a modern twist! The Carolina Lily block is created by piecing half square triangles into gorgeous flowers and using applique for the stems. You’ll be able to sew this up in a cinch by combining flying geese units with a bit of applique to create gorgeous flowers.

Our complete Carolina Lily Quilt Pattern gives instructions for making a tablerunner, lap, queen and king-sized quilts. The block finishes at 14.5″ x ...

The 2020 KONA Color of the Year is here and we have sew many quilts ready for it! The gorgeous color is one of our new favorites and reminds us of rich, emerald jewels! This year’s color of the year is Enchanted, a beautiful, deep color we cannot keep our eyes off of and cannot wait to start using in our quilty projects! Robert Kaufman’s quilting cotton line, KONA Cottons, identifies one color every year to make their color of the year and designs free patterns and projects to display the bright color chosen to represent that year ...

We’re celebrating 2020 with the Fat Quarter Shop Rewind of the Decade! This rewind consists of the Top 5 YouTube videos of the decade. If you are not subscribed to our YouTube channel yet, be sure to SUBSCRIBE so you can stay up to date with all things FQS. We even have channel membership where you can view exclusive content (outside of our regular content on our channel) and behind the scenes!

Here is the full list of all of our top videos from 2010-20:

2010-20 FQS Rewind of the Decade

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