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Welcome back for week 12 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the never pesky Shoo Fly Block by Sharon Holland!

Shoo Fly Block by Sharon Holland

This week’s designer is the amazingly talented fabric, thread, and quilt designer, Sharon Holland. This week, she brought us the beginner-level Shoo Fly Block. Made with half square triangles and a smattering of squares, this block is ...

Welcome back for week 11 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the cuddly little Snuggle Patch Block by Edyta Sitar!

Snuggle Patch Block by Edyta Sitar

This week’s designer is the amazingly talented fabric and quilt designer, Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts. This week, she brought us the beginner-level Snuggle Patch Block. Made with flying geese and a handful of squares, this ...

Welcome back for week 10 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the berry sweet Little Berry Block by Pat Sloan!

Little Berry Block by Pat Sloan

This week’s designer, Pat Sloan, is an oh-sew-stunning fabric designer with Benartex Fabrics. This week, she brought us the intermediate-level Little Berry Block. Made with tons of tiny pieces, the tedious piecing brings you the ...

Welcome back for week 9 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the radiant Daylight Block by Corey Yoder!

Daylight Block by Corey Yoder

This week’s designer, Corey Yoder, is a talented fabric designer with Moda Fabrics. This week, she brought us the beginner-level Daylight Block. Made with a simple 9 patch block and the clever square-in-a-square treatment, this block will brighten your sewing ...

Welcome back for week 8 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the bright, shining Beacon Block by Amy Smart!

Beacon Block by Amy Smart

This week’s designer, Amy Smart, is a fabric designer with Riley Blake Designs and is the pattern designer behind the Diary of a Quilter patterns. This week, she brought us the beginner-level Beacon Block. Made with basic half square ...

Welcome back for week 7 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the blooming-ly beautiful Flower Block by Elizabeth Hartman!

Flower Block by Elizabeth Hartman

This week’s designer, Elizabeth Hartman, is a pictorial quilt pattern designer and fabric designer. This week, she brought us the intermediate-level Flower Block. Made with the clever use of corner squares and simple assembly, this block will bloom to ...

Welcome back for week 6 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the refreshing Window Seat Block by Brigitte Heitland!

Window Seat Block by Brigitte Heitland

This week’s designer, Brigitte Heitland, is an experienced modern quilter and the designer behind Zen Chic for Moda Fabrics. This week, she brought us the intermediate-level Window Seat Block. Made with a Square in a Square unit and ...

Welcome back for week 5 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the refreshing Little Love Block by Vanessa Goertzen!

Little Love by Vanessa Goertzen

This week’s designer, Vanessa Goertzen, is an expert quilter and author, and is the designer behind Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics. This week, she brought us the intermediate-level Little Love Block. Made with corner triangles to create the illusion ...

Welcome back for week 4 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the refreshing Spring Wind Block by Minki Kim!

Spring Wind Block by Minki Kim

This week’s designer is Minki Kim (@zeriano)! She is a fabric designer, a pattern designer, and a notion designer, and this week she brought us the intermediate-level Spring Wind Block. Made with hourglass units and creative fabric placement ...

Welcome back for week 3 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to introduce the cozy and cute Cabin Life Block by Robin Pickens!

Cabin Life Block by Robin Pickens

This week’s designer is Robin Pickens (@robinpickens)! She is a fabric designer, a quilt pattern designer, and a cross stitch pattern designer, and this week she brought us the intermediate-level Cabin Life Block. Made with corner ...

Welcome back for week 2 of the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along as we celebrate our amazing quilting community! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to keep the quilty ball rolling with the Twinsies Block by Susan Ache that will make you think you’re seeing double!

Twinsies Block by Susan Ache

This week’s designer, Susan Ache (@yardgrl60), is a quilt book author and cross stitch designer, and she brought us the beginner-level Twinsies Block. Made with simple squares ...

Today marks the first release of our 25-week quilt along, celebrating our amazing quilting community—Sewcialites 3! Each week, one of the 25 oh-sew-talented designers we’ve teamed up with is bringing you a new block pattern. This week, we’re excited to get started with the point-perfect Idyllic Block by Chelsi Stratton!

Idyllic Block by Chelsi Stratton

Chelsi Stratton (@chelsistratton) is a quilter, pattern designer (Chelsi Stratton Designs), fabric designer (Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics), podcast co-host (A Quilting Life), and the designer of this week’s intermediate-level Idyllic Block. Made with half square triangle units, hourglass ...

Join us as we celebrate our quilting community with 25 weeks of free block patterns from 25 talented designers, all in one great quilt along—Sewcialites 3! For the third installment of our Sewcialites Quilt Along, simplicity has never been sweeter. Quilters of all levels are invited to quilt along, so grab your supplies, invite your friends, and join in on the fun!

How does Sewcialites work?

Every Friday, we’ll release a new FREE block pattern from one of our 25 oh-sew-talented designers, and Kimberly will sew that week’s block live on the Fat Quarter Shop ...

You’ve been asking… and we’re finally ready to share! Sewcialites 3 is officially starting in February 2026, and simplicity has never been sweeter! Whether you decide to make yours with the 3″, 6″, or 9″ block instructions, the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along will be simply the best quilt along to join in the new year! 

Three New Fabric Collections

We’re sew excited to be featuring three beautiful fabric collections for the Sewcialites 3 Quilt Along from Moda Fabrics designers:

• Wild Honey by Lella Boutique arriving November 2025
• Lyda Rose by Bunny Hill Designs arriving January 2026
• Rosie ...

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.

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Sewcialites 2 Quilt Along

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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!

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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 ...

With two more blocks to go, we’re rounding the corner on Sewcialites 2. 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 just a few short weeks, we’ll be putting them all together to make a beautiful quilt! This week we’re excited to share Block #23, designed by Andy Knowlton!

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This week’s block designer is Andy Knowlton (@abrightcorner) of A Bright Corner! The Changeling Star block is an elegant star design that would look good ...

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites 2 Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 24 talented designers to bring you all-new, unique sampler blocks! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details on the Sewcialites 2 Supplies Page. This week we’re excited to share Block #22, designed by Jessica Dayon!

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This week’s designer is author and pattern designer Jessica Dayon (@jessicadayon), who sewed the 9″ version of her block, Ohio Twist. The Ohio Twist block is an ...

Only four weeks left! If you’re just joining in, we’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites 2 Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 24 talented designers to bring you all-new, unique sampler blocks! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details on the Sewcialites 2 Supplies Page. This week we’re excited to share Block #21, designed by Jane Davidson!

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This week’s block designer is teacher and author Jane Davidson (@quiltjane) of Want it, Need it, Quilt ...

We’re celebrating our quilting community with a free block of the week quilt along called the Sewcialites 2 Quilt Along. We’ve joined forces with 24 talented designers to bring you all-new, unique sampler blocks! If you’re just joining us, you can find all of the details on the Sewcialites 2 Supplies Page. This week we’re excited to share Block #20, designed by Sherri McConnell!

DOWNLOAD BLOCK 20 PATTERN

This week’s designer is Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life (@aquiltinglife), who sewed the 3″ version of her block, Fascinate. The Fascinate block uses four patches and ...