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The Perfect 5 Quilts book is coming soon to the Fat Quarter Shop! Continuing in the tradition of It’s Sew Emma’s popular Perfect 10 Quilts book, Perfect 5 Quilts is a companion to one of our favorite precuts, the 5″ Charm Pack. If you have extra charm packs you’re itching to stitch with, you’ll love the versatility of the 16 quilt patterns in this book. The patterns are based on the number of charm packs needed: 1, 2, 3, or 4.

To celebrate the book release later this month, we’ve designed a Perfect 5 Sampler ...

Today we’re continuing with the sixth block of The Ultimate Beginner Quilt. It’s called Lattice, and we are sew ready to help you get quilting as we tackle the next block!

The Ultimate Beginner Quilt is a free quilt pattern series with video tutorials designed just for beginners. Even if you have zero sewing experience, this is the free quilt class for you! If you’re joining us for the first time, catch up on the previous blocks and then come back to join us for this one!

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We’re back for another Shortcut Quilt, and this time we brought flowers! Fat Quarter Flowers to be exact. The FREE Fat Quarter Flowers Pattern features instructions to make the 52 ½” x 65 ½” quilt. Kimberly Jolly shows you how to make these beautiful flower blocks using Triangles on a Roll triangle paper for fast, accurate half-square triangles. Follow along with our free tutorial to see how easily this quilt goes together!

This beautiful quilt can be made with 10 Fat Quarters and 7” Half Square Triangle Paper from Triangles on a Roll. You can pick up the lovely ...

Today the Fat Quarter Shop is revealing their new fat quarter friendly pattern – Fat Quarter Flowers. Watch the video here. The piecing of this quilt is quite ingenious in the way it only uses half square triangles. Yes, no corner triangle piecing! Fabric : All Hallows Eve by Fig Tree & Co for Moda....

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Later this month It’s Sew Emma will release their Perfect 5 Quilts Book. It’s the “kid sister” of their popular Perfect 10 Quilts Book!

The Perfect 5 Quilts Book includes 16 quilts that will delight and inspire, all made with classic 5″ charm squares.  With options using one, two, three and four charm packs, it is the perfect companion to help quilters’ stashbust (as well as stash build)!  Dazzling and delectable, choose from an assortment of different quilt styles and pair them with your favorite precuts.

The Perfect 5 Quilts Book coordinates with Creative Grids new Perfect 5 ...

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Today we’re continuing with the fifth block of The Ultimate Beginner Quilt. It’s called Hourglass Four Patch, and we are sew ready to help you get quilting as we tackle the next block!

The Ultimate Beginner Quilt is a free quilt pattern series with video tutorials designed just for beginners. Even if you have zero sewing experience, this is the free quilt class for you! If you’re joining us for the first time, catch up on the previous blocks and then come back to join us for this one!

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We’re strolling down the aisle with the first part of the Eight Carat Quilt, the Sapphire Block. It’s the large center block on this beautiful eight-point star made of triangles, and today we’re sharing the FREE cutting instructions and Triangles on a Roll amounts needed to get started. Don’t forget to pick up a copy of the Triangles on a Roll Quilts Book for complete pattern instructions.

Block 1 Cutting Instructions

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We are well into our beautiful Summer Moon Quilt from the Summer Moon Block of the Month Book! Quilters from every corner of the world are sewing this whimsical sampler quilt designed by Carrie Nelson. Now that Month Four of our 10-month Block of the Month club is behind us, let’s check in and see where we’re at!

Each month since May, Carrie Nelson has been giving tips for making the blocks in these short videos. We release three new videos each month on our YouTube channel. Bookmark the Summer Moon video playlist and subscribe to our channel ...

Are diamonds really a girl’s best friend? While that might be up for debate, this box is certainly not. We packed this box full of bright, cheerful and quite useful tools to get you sewing. We are going ‘back to basics’ this month and featuring Violet Craft Modern Classics which is her latest collection for Robert Kaufman. Let’s take a peek inside!

Violet Craft Modern Classics 10″ Squares by Violet Craft for Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Bright colors and clean designs max out the modern vibe in Violet Craft Modern Classics collection for Robert Kaufman. From dense cross hatched ...

Today we’re continuing with the fourth block of The Ultimate Beginner Quilt. It’s called Half-Square Triangle Four Patch, and we are sew ready to help you get quilting as we tackle the next skill!

The Ultimate Beginner Quilt is a free quilt pattern series with video tutorials designed just for beginners. Even if you have zero sewing experience, this is the free quilt class for you! If you’re ready to get sewing, gather your fabrics and sewing tools and watch the free quilting tutorial below!

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We’re back for another Shortcut Quilt with this beginner-friendly, yet impressive-looking quilt using one of our favorite precuts – the Layer Cake! The FREE Layer Cake Links Pattern features instructions to make the  56 1/2” x 63 1/2” quilt featuring the Finnegan fabric collection by Brenda Riddle for Moda Fabrics. We also have a new video tutorial that will give you all the tips and tricks on putting this delicious quilt together!

This beautiful quilt can be made with one solid Layer Cake and one patterned Layer Cake. You can pick up the Layer Cake Links Quilt Kit ...

Today we’re continuing with the third block of The Ultimate Beginner Quilt. It’s called Picture Window, and we are sew excited to show you how to make it!

The Ultimate Beginner Quilt is a free quilt pattern series with video tutorials designed just for beginners. Even if you have zero sewing experience, this is the free quilt class for you! If you’re ready to get sewing, gather your fabrics and sewing tools and watch the free quilting tutorial below!

If reading this in email, click this link to watch the video.

In the Block 3 tutorial, Kimberly ...

You are cordially invited to our Eight Carat Quilt Along, a fun introduction to the new Triangles on a Roll Quilts Book by It’s Sew Emma! This beauty sparkles and shines with half-square triangles in a Lone Star-inspired eight-point star.

Kimberly made her version of the Eight Carat Quilt in Something Borrowed by Christopher Thompson for Riley Blake Designs. We think it’s oh sew lovely and ready for the big day!

About the Quilt

The Eight Carat Quilt finishes at 60.5″ square and has a 24″ center block. It uses 1.25 yards of prints or solids ...

We’re ready for our 7th Annual Charity Quilt, and we just know you’re going to love this one as much as we do!  It’s the 2020 Bloom-Topia Quilt Along benefitting Make-a-Wish! Together, Fat Quarter Shop and Moda Fabrics will match up to $20,000 of your donations to Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas.

The donation page will be ready soon, and we will update this post once it’s ready.

Without further ado… here is the beautiful Bloom-Topia Quilt!

Bloom-Topia is a sampler quilt featuring Summer Sweet by Sherri and Chelsi for Moda Fabrics. It combines unique and ...