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Are you ready to kick off the 2023 Stronger Together Quilt and Stitch Along? Tomorrow is the first day of Black History Month, and to celebrate we’re sharing two special patterns to fundraise for UNCF. Read on for all the details on this quilt, cross stitch, and fundraiser!

Every quilt tells a story, and this year’s Stronger Together quilt tells a history – of exploration, innovation, and remarkable achievements of three intrepid African Americans!

Fat Quarter Shop is sharing the 2023 Stronger Together Quilt Pattern and Stronger Together Cross Stitch Pattern in support of the United Negro College Fund ...

Pick the best pumpkins! To celebrate Lori Holt’s Calico Quilt Seeds Pumpkin Quilt Pattern, we’ve designed a new NEW table runner for you to sew. Our Calico Quilt Seeds Pumpkin Runner Pattern, available as a PDF is out now! For all the details, read below.

Free Runner Pattern

Fall in love with these perfect pumpkins! The Calico Quilt Seeds Pumpkin Runner Pattern features four fantastic pumpkins perfect for your autumnal decor. Try to say that four times in a row! Download the Calico Quilt Seeds Pumpkin Runner Pattern for the fabric requirements for this 24.5″ x 70 ...

Share the love with a note! To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, sew or stitch up our FREE Love Note pattern, available as a quilt and cross stitch. For all the heart-filled details, read below.

Free Quilt Pattern

Love is all you need for this mini quilt! The FREE Love Note Quilt Pattern pieces together a love letter perfect for quilters of all levels! You can sew this pattern easily with the Love Note Quilt Kit, which includes everything you need for the 20.5″ x 24″ quilt top and backing.

Our Love Note Quilt and the Love Note ...

As quilters, one thing we never run out of is scraps. The leftover fabric from our projects piles up in our stashes and deciding how to use it all can be challenging. The FREE Star Streams Scrap Quilt Pattern is a great way to use leftover fabrics from your quilt projects to make a new quilt!

For the past few years, I’ve challenged myself to reduce fabric waste by using scraps from my quilts. Last year, I made the Brick House Quilt.

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

DOWNLOAD THE TURNABOUT QUILT PATTERN

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 ...

At Fat Quarter Shop, we believe giving back is important. So when the team at ByAnnie asked us to join them in raising awareness for breast cancer screening, we jumped at the chance. We’re excited to join in this year’s #SewPink Initiative Blog Hop!

Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

We’re inviting you to join us in raising funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, which provides early detection, education, and support services. No amount is too small, and every bit makes a difference. Now through Monday, October 31, 2022, we encourage you to donate. 100% of ...

Our Shortcut Quilt Series is full of precut-friendly quilts with free tutorials. Today we’re sharing the latest pattern release, the Layer Cake Spools Quilt! The spools form like magic with the simple techniques Kimberly demonstrates in the video tutorial, and you don’t have to be super accurate to get it right. Keep reading for all the details on this FREE Quilt Pattern.

The Quilt Pattern

DOWNLOAD THE FREE LAYER CAKE SPOOLS QUILT PATTERN

The quilt pattern gives instructions for making Lap, Twin, Queen, and King-sized quilts, all of which are Layer ...

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

DOWNLOAD THE WOOD LILY 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 Wood Lily Quilt Kit ...

This Scrappy September, we want you to raid your fabric stash and sew up something beautiful with all that’s left from your other projects. We quilters end up with lots of leftover fabrics, and that inspired us to get scrappy with our September sewing! This September, why not make a new quilt entirely from scraps?

Kimberly chose some scrap-friendly patterns to work on this year, and we gathered a few more to inspire you. When looking for the perfect pattern to use your leftover fabrics, you’ll want a quilt that calls for small pieces in the fabric requirements ...

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

DOWNLOAD THE SHADED TRAIL 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 Shaded Trail Quilt Kit, which includes everything we used, and you can also grab ...

Are you looking for a fun DIY project that is also useful? Keep reading for all the details on how to sew an oven mitt!

Not only does making oven mitts of your own allow you to match them to your kitchen décor, but it is also a quick project you can make in a day. If you already have enough oven mitts, don’t worry. These make great gifts and housewarming presents, especially for those headed off on their own this fall!

Supplies

You’ll need a few things to get started including:

• We’re using the My Happy ...

From Shortcut Quilts to books, we’ve collected some of our favorite baby quilts and blankets for you to sew. They make great projects for beginners and even kiddos that are looking to get into quilting this summer.

1. Starry Charms Shortcut Quilt

Starry Charms, more like charming stars! This charm pack-friendly quilt is made from easy friendship stars and simple half-square triangles. Watch our video to see how to put this quilt together, and pick up the FREE downloadable pattern to get started. We used the collection Little Ducklings by Paper + Cloth for Moda Fabrics.

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

DOWNLOAD THE GEESE ON THE POND QUILT PATTERN

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 ...

The Stronger Together Quilt Along and Stitch Along starts today! We’re joining Shereece Spain of Sew Hooked on Treasures to sew this beautiful quilt and raise funds for UNCF!

We released the free 2022 Stronger Together Quilt Pattern and Stronger Together Cross Stitch Pattern in support of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). We encourage you to donate $15 to our United Negro College Fund campaign for the use of each of these free patterns! 100% of your donation will go to help under-represented ...

Do you ever wonder what to do with all your scraps from quilting? Maybe you put them in a bag to stash away for a “someday” project? Or if you’re really organized, you have a system for your fabric leftovers, trimming to size and sorting them by color (I admire you!). The FREE Brick House Scrap Quilt Pattern is a great way to use leftover fabrics from your quilt projects to make a whole new quilt!

For the past few years, I’ve challenged myself to reduce fabric waste by using scraps from my quilts. Last year, I made ...

In 2003, I started Fat Quarter Shop, and 18 years later it has grown into something greater than I could ever imagine.

Driven by my own needs as a quilter, I began my shop as a side business, cutting, packing, and shipping Fat Quarter Bundles right out of my house on evenings and weekends. From the very beginning, I’ve been committed to delivering top-notch service for every single order and customer. As Fat Quarter Shop grew, I decided to make it a full-time operation. My husband Kevin joined me, and with his help, lots of hard work, and a ...

Every quilt tells a story, and this year’s Stronger Together quilt tells a history. To celebrate Black History Month, we’re back to share a new pattern and fundraiser for UNCF!

Today we’re releasing the 2022 Stronger Together Quilt Pattern and Stronger Together Cross Stitch Pattern in support of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). We encourage you to donate $15 to our United Negro College Fund campaign for the use of each of these free patterns! 100% of your donation will go to help under-represented students earn a college education. Fat Quarter Shop will match up to ...

Chirp chirp! Give a little wave to the newest and cutest table topper – Hello Birdie!

Fly away with Riley Blake’s famous bluebird! Table Toppers can add pizzazz to a table, and who wouldn’t want to adorn their table (or wall or baby’s room) with cute little birds?

This bird is too cute to resist, and you can find it in three versions – appliqué, paper-pieced and traditional – on the Riley Blake Designs website.

Finishing at 40″ x 40,” Hello Birdie is a free quilt pattern designed using Hush Hush, Riley Blake Design’s latest neutral fabric collection. Hush ...

At Fat Quarter Shop we believe giving back is important. So when the team at ByAnnie asked us to join them in raising awareness for breast cancer screening, we jumped at the chance. We’re excited to get the #SewPink Initiative Blog Hop started!

For the month of October, we’re sharing our Healing Hearts Quilt pattern to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. This is a pattern we wrote years ago and released for a limited time, and now we’ve brought it back as a permanent free pattern. The quilting community is incredibly caring and generous ...