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Today is the first day of Black History Month, and to celebrate we’re starting our 2024 Stronger Together Quilt Along to fundraise for UNCF. This year we honor Ruby Bridges and support UNCF with the quilt design featuring blocks from four Black designers. Read on for all the details on this fundraiser and free quilt pattern.

UNCF Fundraiser

Fat Quarter Shop is proud to support UNCF with Stronger Together, an annual quilt along fundraiser that has raised over $45,000 for UNCF since 2021. We encourage you to donate $15 to our UNCF campaign for the use of this ...

Oh Scrap was my first published book in 2018. It had never been my dream to write a quilt book, but I was intrigued at the process. I like to learn and I am always up for a challenge.

And a challenge this was. In 2016,  I was experiencing massive headaches, which eventually caused a seizure. While in the hospital, they discovered I had a subdural hematoma. I am getting to the part about the quilt book but need to fill you in on the back story. After many more seizures, the doctors got a handle on those and I ...

It’s 2024 and we’re back in the barn with a new star! Stitch the Barn Sweet Barn 2024 design in different colors each month for a total of 12 stars, one for each month of the year. This year-long stitch along is perfect for a beginner cross stitcher.

Join Kimberly in 2024 as she stitches for the Barn Sweet Barn Stitch Along. Everyone can join, you just need the pattern! The stitch count of Barn Sweet Barn 2024 is 47w x 47h, and each month will use three DMC thread colors.

Supplies

• Barn Sweet Barn 2024 Downloadable PDF ...

With January nearly over, we hope you are bee-yond happy with the items in the January Sew Sampler Box!

Haberdashery Mercantile 24-piece Rolie Polie by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs

You can scour all the flea markets and still come up short of the old-fashioned beauty in this fabric collection! Mercantile by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs holds a rich array of colors and prints inspired by the mercantile her grandmother once owned. This charming fabric will inspire endless hours of delightful sewing!

Be sure to check out the full collection on our website.

Denim Bee Binding Holder ...

Let’s shake things up! Our newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series, Layer Cake Shake, is here! You can start sewing Shortcut Quilts right away thanks to their easy designs using precuts! Our Shortcut Quilt patterns are always free and they come with a Fat Quarter Shop YouTube video tutorial.

The Layer Cake Shake Quilt Pattern

DOWNLOAD THE FREE LAYER CAKE SHAKE QUILT PATTERN

Layer Cake Shake is a colorful quilt perfect for a beginner to sew. It is designed in two sizes, lap and queen. With a Layer Cake or two ...

Did you know that January is National Organization Month? The new year is prime time to embrace a fresh start by organizing your craft stash. Today we’re sharing our favorite organization tools with you!

Let’s jump right in and take control of your craft corner! As quilters and stitchers, we know an organized sewing space can be a source of inspiration. Below we’ve gathered our favorite organizational tools into three categories, general, cross stitch, and quilting to make it easy for you to find what’s best for your space!

General Sewing Organization

The Oh…Sew! Organized ...

We’re thrilled to share the excitement about our upcoming quilt along celebrating Lori Holt! In honor of the 10th anniversary of Lori Holt’s Quilty Fun Quilt book, her first book with Fat Quarter Shop, we’re delighted to announce The Quilty Fun Row Along from March 2024 to February 2025. We invite you to join us for a year of festive fun as we recreate Lori Holt’s popular Bee in My Bonnet Row Along Quilt.

A decade ago, Lori Holt and Fat Quarter Shop initiated the Quilty Fun Sew Along and Blog Tour, sewing the iconic Bee ...

How does our Strawberry Garden grow? Month by month! Get ready to bring a garden oasis indoors with the Strawberry Garden Sampler. This block of the month quilt is as irresistible as a bowl of freshly picked strawberries. The quilt features twenty-one different blocks in Fig Tree Co’s newest collection, Jelly and Jam. Strawberries, flowers, garden gates, baskets and bows are arranged in neat garden rows. Month by month, row by row, you’ll see your quilty garden grow.

Let’s go strawberry piecing with the block of the month program to celebrate the Strawberry Garden Quilt Book. It ...

Love is in the air with our 2024 Be Mine Stitch Along! Be Mine is our Valentine’s Day themed event for stitching your favorite love-themed patterns along with me in the month of February. I’ve collected what I’m stitching all month long and can’t wait to see what you’re all going to make. Everything starts in February for this heart-filled stitch along! Also, be sure to read to the end so you can get all the details about an exciting Valentine-themed deal I have to share with you!

My Be Mine Projects

Here’s everything ...

With the arrival of winter, came the perfect opportunity to settle by the warm fireplace and do some relaxing stitching. These past few months have been a flurry of creativity, and I am excited to share my latest projects with you!

Below are the cross stitch projects I worked on this Winter. Between Stackables, Barn Sweet Barn, and The Quilted Witch Stitch Along. I had so many fun and festive designs to stitch in the last few months of 2023!

• October Stackables by It’s Sew Emma
• Called for Classic Colorworks
• 14 Count Marbled Pine Board Aida by Fabric Flair ...

This quilt along was just “mint” to be! Inspired by Julep, Kona’s Color of the Year, we’ve curated a complementary fat quarter bundle and paired it with our favorite Courthouse Steps blocks for a minty fresh quilt experience that is the Mint Inspired Quilt Along!

For those daunted by the design of these quilt blocks look no further than our Courthouse Steps Foundation Paper Piecing Block Tutorial. Our video tutorial will guide you through everything you need to know and you can follow along with Kimberly as you work anytime you quilt!

Mint Inspired Quilt Supplies

• Mint Inspired ...

Our 2024 cross stitch pattern for Make-A-Wish is a dream come true! The Moonbeams Cross Stitch designed by Fat Quarter Shop explores an enchanting nightscape featuring nocturnal birds and blooms, just like the quilt. We invite you to stitch along with us from March to July, 2024, and can’t wait to start this stitch along with you soon!

Our Moonbeams Quilt and Cross Stitch Pattern benefit Make-a-Wish Central & South Texas. As we ...

Our 2024 Designer Mystery Block of the Month will be worth the wait to see altogether, but today we’re sharing a sneak peek and all the details! This quilt will inspire creativity and comfort with 12 sampler blocks made with My Summer House by Bunny Hill Designs for Moda Fabrics in colors that will warm your heart and home. Join us in making the 17th Annual Designer Mystery Quilt by Fat Quarter Shop!

This year’s quilt is Full Size, finishing at 82.5″ x 92.5″. The Designer Mystery Block of the Month runs from June 2024 through ...

The Vintage Sunburst quilt block gives us a burst of happiness, and with the Vintage Sunburst Quilt Along you can savor that happiness all through the year! Join us as we quilt along for 11 months to create this paper-pieced quilt designed by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet Co.

This Foundation Paper Pad inspired quilt measures 64.5″ x 88.5″ and is perfect for mid-level quilters or confident beginners! You can see how to sew the Vintage Sunburst Quilt Block in this video tutorial! Please note there is a slight variation in block assembly that you’ll ...

We are ringing in the new year with some inspiration from the old for the January 2024 Sew Sampler Box!

Don’t miss out on this box! If you aren’t yet subscribed and want to join, do so very SOON, so you don’t miss this month’s cut off date for sign ups!

Be sure to follow us for more box reveals, and future sneak peeks on all social media outlets by using #SewSampler and tagging @SewSamplerBox!

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We’ve got a Valentine’s project duo that is so simple and sweet, you will love every stitch! Made with Love is inspired by our love of needle arts, whether it’s quilting or cross stitch, with a simple message of love embellished by spools. Sew one to show your stitchy love!

Free Made with Love Quilt Pattern

Share the love with this wall hanging! The FREE Made with Love Quilt Pattern will have your heart bursting with love! You can easily sew this pattern just like ours with the Made with Love Quilt Kit, which includes everything you ...

It’s time to reveal the December Sew Sampler box. We hope you enjoy this box reveal with all our heart!

Dulce Lovestruck Fat Eighth Bundle by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics

Soft and sweet, the Lovestruck collection by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics brings peace and tranquility to us this season. This 12-piece Fat Eighth Bundle highlights sweeping florals, heavenly stars and placid prints in mellow hues. True to its name, this fabric imbues any quilt with loveliness and light!

Be sure to check out the full collection on our website.

1 1/2 x 3″ Flying Geese Quilt ...

One of the most common questions on livestreams and social media is what you can make with what you already have. The FREE Enchanted Stars Scrap Quilt Pattern is a great way to use leftover fabrics from your quilt projects to create a new quilt! Keep reading to learn more about the quilt and my plans for sewing it next year.

For the last few years, I’ve challenged myself to reduce my fabric waste by using scraps from my quilts, and I know many of you have done the same. Throughout 2023, I’ve been sewing the Star Streams ...

We want to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season!

May your day be filled with family, love and cozy quilts. read more

Take a look inside our September Stitch Quarterly Subscription, adorned with snowflakes, arctic animals, and glistening trees! Each quarter, we curate an exclusive collection of cross stitch essentials built around a unique theme. This month, our theme is ‘Festive Blizzard’, and as you can imagine, it’s a unique mix of assorted cross stitch supplies to get you in the mood to stitch.

Wintertime Cross Stitch Pattern by It’s Sew Emma
Stitch Quarterly got it first!

The Wintertime pattern by It’s Sew Emma adores Winter’s frost! Delicate snowflakes, arctic animals, and glistening trees invite you to cozy ...