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The highly anticipated KONA Color of the Year for 2024 has arrived, and we’re thrilled to embark on a quilting adventure with it! Julep, a breathtaking green, can elevate any quilt project to refreshing heights. Armed with this newfound favorite Kona Cotton Solid, we’re looking forward to the new year.

Who can resist adding another versatile gem to their fabric collection? Robert Kaufman creates a standout shade for their KONA Cottons lineup every year, dubbing it the Color of the Year. They then craft free patterns and projects that showcase it and symbolize that particular year. Last year ...

Download these Free patterns for 2 Christmas projects, gather the fabrics, and get ready for some easy and fun sewing time!

All Spruced Up Tree Skirt

Will you have some downtime during the Thanksgiving long weekend? If so, I have some quilting ideas for you! They are fast to sew and will get you ready for Christmas.

The first idea is a Christmas Tree Skirt. I worked with the All Spruced Up collection by Satin Moon Designs for Blank Quilting. This collection has traditional colors and motifs for Christmas; yet I chose some different ways to work with them, beginning ...

Download these free patterns for Thanksgiving quilts and be ready to welcome friends and family to your Thanksgiving Feast!

Blessed Bounty Quilt for Blank Quilting

I designed Blessed Bounty for the Late Summer Harvest collection by Blank Quilting a little while ago. The collection will be available in April 2024, yet I thought it would be cool to alert you to it right now so you can ask your local quilt store to carry it. I love the prints in this collection and I think you will love it, too!

Blessed Bounty measures 71-1/4″ x 71-1/4″ and the ...

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

DOWNLOAD THE RIBBON BORDER QUILT PATTERN

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

Get ready to stitch up some four-patch fun with our Fat Quarter Four Patch Quilt! As our latest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series this quilt is your express route to quilting joy, with a pattern that’s simple, quick, and oh-so-fun. Follow Kimberly Jolly down Main Street as she guides you through creating this quilt block in the free video tutorial. Are you ready to craft your own urban-inspired masterpiece with ease?

The Quilt Pattern

DOWNLOAD THE FREE FAT QUARTER FOUR PATCH QUILT PATTERN

The Fat Quarter Four Patch Shortcut Quilt ...

Are you looking to get creative with your fabric stash this September? I’m sharing my favorite FREE scrap quilt patterns for Scrappy September this year. Using fabric scraps cuts down on waste, saves money and amps up creativity with different color combinations and designs. Read on to see the ones I love most!

My Favorite Scrap Quilt Patterns

When looking for the perfect pattern for my leftover fabrics, I usually want a quilt that calls for almost entirely small pieces in the fabric requirements or cutting guide. Some advice for you, consider the size of your scrap stash and ...

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

DOWNLOAD THE GRETCHEN QUILT PATTERN

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 ...

Today we’re stepping into the world of quilting with flannel fabrics and taking you with us! We’re sharing our top five tips for sewing with flannel and a new free shortcut quilt pattern below. Be sure to read to the bottom so you don’t miss the video tutorial or an exciting new giveaway!

Top 5 Flannel Quilting Tips

While flannel is different than quilting cotton, it isn’t too tricky and beginners can definitely use it. We’ve gathered a few of our best tips for working with it below.

1. Always Pre-wash Flannel

Unlike when working ...

Are you looking for a free pattern for Quilts of Valor? Download one for a panel quilt and one for a bench pillow!

Fired Up! Quilt 1

Hi, there! I went to Brazil to visit my family and returned to a pile of work! Now that I dug myself out from under that pile, I have a bunch of free patterns to post here and decided that the ones I designed for Fired Up!, a collection by Blank Quilting, will be featured first. The collection is already in stores, so get the fabrics and start sewing.

Quilt 1 measures 44 ...

Happy 4th of July to all of you! We hope you enjoy your day off, eat great food and watch the fireworks! Today we’re sharing five of our favorite quilts in red, white and blue, plus a special sale and a patriotic project too cute to miss!

Save up to 50% OFF select patriotic fabric, patterns and more with our 4th of July Sale now through Wednesday!

We’ve discounted many of our patriotic themed items so you can celebrate with collections that feature a symphony of stars, stripes and vibrant shades of red, white and blue!

This sale ...

Hello Quilty Friends!  I have no business playing in the fabric stash.  There's way too much to do but what the heck.  I haven't been able to play in the Studio for days.  I deserve a few minutes of fabric petting before the day begins.

Download these two Blue and White Free Quilt Patterns to brighten your home decor or to gift to a friend! Stash busters to boot!

Annablue Quilt 1

Here is your first choice: Quilt 1 for the Annablue collection by Satin Moon Designs for Blank Quilting. It measures 57″ x 71″ with 6″ blocks. I love the floral motifs of every fabric in this collection – I am sure you will love it, too! The prints feature butterflies, dragonflies, birds, and paisley tossed in white and blue.

Blue and White look fantastic in any quilt design and are well-suited for areas of ...

Please hop to the bottom of the post to find out the winners of the Fat Quarter Shop gift card giveaway!

In celebration of Worldwide Quilting Day 2023 on Saturday, March 18 we’re hosting a Triangles on a Roll Quilt Along, complete with a giveaway! Worldwide Quilting Day is held each year on the third Saturday in March. The Triangles on a Roll Quilt Along is a seven-week sew along with a free quilt pattern designed especially for Triangle Paper. We’re already on a roll with fabric requirements and details ready for you.

Triangle On A Roll Quilt ...

We are thrilled to announce our free Rail Fence Quilt Pattern! This FREE layout guide is perfect for quilters of all levels and comes in several size options, so you can make a quilt that fits your needs. If you love easy patchwork quilts, this Jelly Roll-friendly Rail Fence Quilt Pattern will surely become a favorite.

How to Make a Rail Fence Quilt

Rail Fence quilts are a classic patchwork design of blocks made from fabric strips arranged in a repeating pattern. Sometimes they form stairsteps, and sometimes they’re set on a diagonal to form W shapes. It’s ...

Welcome back for our final release in the Sewcialites 2 Quilt Along! It’s time to assemble our quilts. This week, we are sewing up our quilt top with the Sewcialites 2 Finishing Pattern! The free pattern provides instructions for the setting blocks and the final assembly. Read on to see our finished Sewcialites 2 quilts!

If you’re ready to see how we finished our Sewcialites Quilts, join Kimberly for a live sewing tutorial in the Friday Livestream on Fat Quarter Shop’s YouTube Channel.

DOWNLOAD THE SEWCIALITES 2 FINISHING PATTERN

Sewcialites 2 Quilt Along

Our FQS Staffers have ...

Moda fabrics are wonderful and they generously release many free patterns,

such as this 

Flag of Valor Quilt by Minick & Simpson

which features many of the Belle Isle fabrics gathered in my above photo.

There are many, many, many more wonderful freebies in the link below: 

Free Patterns from Moda Fabrics

Moda Fabrics also hosts many free quilt-alongs.

Here are a few of the Quilt-Alongs in 2023,

some may require purchase of book or pattern:

Quilt~Along with Moda 2023

One of these is the 

Summer Memories Quilt Along @ FQS

that I featured last week. 

The ...

It’s time for our last block release for the Sewcialites 2 Quilt Along! In October, we started sewing this free sampler quilt, and now, if you’ve been sewing along, you have quite the assortment of blocks completed. In the next two weeks, we’ll be putting them all together to make a beautiful quilt! This week we’re excited to share Block #24, designed by Lisa Bongean!

DOWNLOAD BLOCK 24 PATTERN

This week’s block designer is Lisa Bongean (@lisabongean) of Primitive Gatherings! The Energize block is an intermediate level and uses corner triangles to create beautiful star ...