It’s time to treat yourself to something a little sweet and a little savory! The newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series is the Layer Cake Crepe Quilt—a supersized version of one of our first-ever shortcut quilts, the Charm Pack Cherry. 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 Crepe Quilt Pattern

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Join us for a lovely walk through a Christmas garden with today’s FREE quilt pattern—the Christmas Garden Tablerunner! This festive floral tablerunner uses the Creative Grids 4-in-1 Hexie ruler to trim down on your time at the cutting table, and we even have a Fat Quarter Shop YouTube video tutorial to walk you through the whole thing.

The Christmas Garden Tablerunner Quilt Pattern

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The Christmas Garden Tablerunner is perfect for confident beginners who are looking to learn a new skill and add a beautiful ...

Today, we’re bringing you a free quilt that looks just right from every angle! With 12 fat quarters and a background fabric, the Square Up Quilt will add unparalleled style to your home.

The Square Up Quilt Pattern

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The Square Up Quilt is perfect for confident beginners, and it finishes at 45.5″ x 57.5″. If you are already a member of one of our Fat Quarter Clubs, this quilt is another great stash buster! With just 12 fat quarters (aka one of the Fat ...

A free quilt pattern is always cause for celebration, and this time, we’re playing for keeps with the Backgammon Quilt! With 12 fat quarters, a background fabric, and plenty of pins, you can make your move on your next quilting project today.

The Backgammon Quilt Pattern

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The Backgammon Quilt is perfect for intermediate quilters, and it finishes at 62.5″ x 64.5″. We recommend picking up the Creative Grids Starburst 30-Degree Triangle Ruler, but we’ve also included a FREE template for you in the pattern. If ...

We’re almost ready to start our 12th Annual Charity Quilt Along, Stardust! Our 2025 quilt for Make-A-Wish captures the magic of stardust that you can capture in stitches and bring into your home. We’re flying ever closer to the start of the quilt and stitch along, so let’s gather our supplies and get ready!

To make a quilt just like this one, pick up the Stardust Quilt Kit and Stardust Backing Set, available only at Fat Quarter Shop. The Stardust quilt finishes at 54.5″ x 54.5″ and is suitable for all levels of quilters! Our ...

It’s time for another super easy quilt that’s great for beginners and makes a big visual impact with just one Jelly Roll! Our newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series, Jelly Roll Cabin, 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 Jelly Roll Cabin Quilt Pattern

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Jelly Roll Cabin is a beginner friendly quilt designed in ...

It’s time to take a spin with your next quilt pattern! Our newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series, Layer Cake Carousel, 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 Carousel Quilt Pattern

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Layer Cake Carousel is a beginner-friendly quilt designed in Lap size that’s perfect for a baby quilt (plus, we inclu ...

Cook up this charming quilt and dig into some fun new quilting techniques! Our newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series, Charm Pack Chili, 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 Charm Pack Chili Quilt Pattern

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Charm Pack Chili is a beginner friendly quilt designed in a lap size that finishes at 46″ x 53.5 ...

Our 2025 quilt for Make-A-Wish isn’t just a wishing star— it’s a lasting wish come true! The Stardust Quilt and Cross Stitch are designed by Fat Quarter Shop and capture the magic of stardust that you can capture in stitches and bring into your home. We invite you to sew along and stitch along with us from May to June 2025, and we can’t wait to start these two special projects with you this spring!

Benefitting Make-A-Wish Central & South Texas

Our Stardust Quilt and Cross Stitch Patterns benefit Make-a-Wish Central & South Texas. As we fly closer to ...

Let’s sort out this fast, fun, and colorful quilt! The newest addition to the Shortcut Quilt Series is Jolly Bar Jumble, and we can’t wait for you to give it a try! With just one Jolly Bar, some background fabric, and a free afternoon, you’ll have a fun new quilt. As a reminder, our Shortcut Quilt Patterns are always free, and they come with a video tutorial that you can find on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel.

The Jolly Bar Jumble Quilt Pattern

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It’s time to add some zen to your quilting! Y’all have been asking for more bargello patterns, and today’s free pattern is the Beachy Bargello Quilt! This relaxing bargello quilt is one that you can finish in one day, and it even comes with a video tutorial from Kimberly on our Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel.

The Beachy Bargello Quilt Pattern

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The Beachy Bargello Quilt is super beginner-friendly, and with the power of creative color placement, this quick quilt will make a lasting impact ...

Get ready to flip head over heels for this next addition to our Shortcut Quilt Series — Charm Pack Cartwheel! This precut-friendly quilt is ideal for a quick baby gift or even a seasonal wall hanging and only uses two Charm Packs. As always, Kimberly has created a video tutorial on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube to pair with this free pattern, and in this one, she teaches you how to get everything point-perfect with her Poke-a-Pin method.

The Charm Pack Cartwheel Quilt Pattern

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This month, we’re back and just as beaming as before with the final installment of our 11th Annual Charity Quilt, Moonbeams, and some exciting news about this year’s charity quilt raffle! The digital pattern is now live and available to download on our website. If you want to go back and check out the first six parts of this year’s charity quilt along, you can read all about it on the Moonbeams Charity Quilt Along page.

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Another Shortcut Quilt pattern is fresh off the Fat Quarter Shop presses! This time, we’re bringing you Layer Cake Lily, this enchanting quilt pattern is available in three sizes and will have a smile blooming across your face every time you sit down to work on it. Which size do you think you’ll make? A large lap, a small lap, or a twin?

The Layer Cake Lily Quilt Pattern

Layer Cake Lily is a beginner friendly quilt that uses just two Layer Cakes and ...

Now that y’all have had the chance to pick up Susan Ache’s new Halloween Memories Book, it’s time to get the sewing startled! To celebrate the release of this book, we conjured up the Halloween Memories Quilt Along and Stitch Along, which features this eerie-sistible Moonlight Quilt from the book.

Grab Your Supplies

First things fierce, you’ll need Susan Ache’s new Halloween Memories Book to get the full pattern. So boogie on over to our website to pick up your copy if you haven’t already! The pattern is written for traditional piecing, but for ...

This month, we’re excited to be squaring up and wrapping up the quilt top of our 11th Annual Charity Quilt, Moonbeams! It will be impossible to get bored when you’re piecing the Square-in-a-Square Border, and it’s always so rewarding to see all the blocks come together. For those of you who are putting the finishing touches on your Moonbeam cross stitch patterns, be sure to show them off and use the #MoonbeamsSAL on Instagram!

DOWNLOAD THE SQUARE-IN-A-SQUARE BORDER AND FINISHING PATTERN

The sixth pattern in this series will have you putting together a square-in-a-square border that will ...

The next blocks in our 2024 Moonbeams Quilt Along are the life of the party! This month, we’re growing our quilts with the Tree of Life Blocks. Don’t miss this month’s Moonbeams Charity Cross Stitch release as well at the end of this post!

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We’re living for our fifth pattern release, the Tree of Life Blocks! You’ll need to make two for the quilt. We’re sewing with the Strawberry Lemonade collection designed by Sherri & Chelsi for Moda Fabrics. To make one just like ours, pick up the ...

We’re thrilled to unveil the next blocks in our 2024 Moonbeams Quilt Along! This month, we’re sewing some celestial magic with the Wishing Star and Friendship Star Blocks. These blocks will add a twinkling touch to your quilt. Be sure not to miss the Moonbeams Charity Cross Stitch release as well!

DOWNLOAD THE WISHING STAR & FRIENDSHIP STAR BLOCK PATTERNS

We’re thrilled to present our fourth pattern release, the Wishing Star & Friendship Star Blocks! You’ll need to make two of each for the quilt. We’re sewing with the Strawberry Lemonade collection designed by Sherri & Chelsi for ...

We’re back with another Top 10 precut quilt pattern round up! This time, we’re diving into the versatile and beloved fat quarters. These 18″ x 22″ fabric pieces are perfect for quilters who love variety and flexibility in their projects. Whatever your quilting level, these patterns will inspire you to create something beautiful. Let’s get started!

1. Spangled Quilt Pattern

The Spangled Quilt by Kim Diehl almost sparkles and gleams with color. This rich quilt design works wonderfully with an assortment of contrasting light and dark prints for a star-studded affair, finishing at 60.5″ x 60 ...

We’ve prepared something Spooky & Sweet for Halloween! The Spooky & Sweet Mystery Quilt Along and Stitch Along is our 4th annual Halloween Quilt Along and Stitch Along with weekly free pattern releases and video tutorials for the quilt. Join Kimberly Jolly for this cute Halloween Mystery Quilt Along, as she shows you how to sew a new block each week. Peeking would spoil this sweet treat, so we won’t reveal the full quilt until the very last week!

Starting in June, we will release weekly quilt block video tutorials on our YouTube channel along with FREE quilt block and ...