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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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We’re back with another pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Prairie Queen Quilt!  In our Classic & Vintage series, we focus on traditional quilt blocks and add a modern twist! The Prairie Queen block is created by piecing multiple squares together with half-square triangles while choosing colors carefully! This technique provides a unique effect repeated throughout the quilt. You’ll be able to make these blocks using Triangles On A Roll paper, so you have some help along the way and you won’t believe how quickly you’ll be sewing up this quilt!

Our complete Prairie Queen quilt ...

We’re back with another pattern in our Classic & Vintage series, the Broken Dishes Quilt Block!  In our Classic & Vintage series, we focus on traditional quilt blocks and add a modern twist! The Broken Dishes block is made up of several triangles pieced to look as if they are shattering in a perfect, symmetrical way. The cool thing is, they’re made using Triangles On A Roll paper, so you have some help along the way and you won’t believe how sharp and accurate your points are!

The Broken Dishes Quilt is available as a FREE, downloadable block pattern ...