Free Fat Quarter-Friendly Quilt Patterns

Fat quarters are fun to collect and even more fun to use! Browse our free quilt patterns for one that will make it easy for you to put your fat quarters to good use.

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Nature Walk Scrappy Throw Quilt

Nature Walk

Transition through seasons with a quilt that has blocks arranged from summery hues to cooler colors.

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Rail Fence Ripple

Rail Fence Ripple

Making strip sets saves time when a design requires several units of the same pieces.

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Red, White, and Blue Bricks

Red, White, and Blue Bricks

Make a quick-to-assemble patriotic picnic throw or cozy cottage twin-size bed quilt from your favorite scrappy assortment of red, white, and blue fat quarters.

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Flower Show

Flower Show

Florals and solids combine for a stunning but easy-to-sew bed quilt. You can change the theme of the large rectangles-think plaids or reproduction prints-to customize for any room.

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Bold and Beautiful Throw

Bold and Beautiful Throw

Highly saturated hues contrast with black prints and white prints in a modern throw.

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Thousand Pyramids

Thousand Pyramids

This century-old quilt is a scrap-lovers dream.

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Color Burst Throw

Color Burst Throw

Sort a bundle of your favorite precut prints by dark, medium, and light to piece a throw full of color and movement.

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Color Cross

Color Cross

Colors shine in a lap quilt that has a black background.

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Mini Barn Quilt

Mini Barn Quilt

Use solid fabrics and vertical line quilting to add modern flair to a mini that mimics a barn quilt.

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Hearts-on-a-String Banner

Hearts on a String Banner

Set the stage for Valentine's Day with a themed banner.

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Deck the Wall Holiday Quilt

Deck the Wall Holiday Quilt

Use templates and holiday fabrics to make sharp points in a seasonal wall hanging.

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Sunny All Around

Sunny All Around

A simple Pinwheel block is quite a star when it's surrounded by multiple borders-pieced and plain.

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Neutral Appeal

Neutral Appeal

A small throw can add a dash of color to a room that has a neutral color palette.

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Blueberries and Cream

Blueberries and Cream

Alternate light and dark prints for a throw that takes it one step at a time.

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Orchard Lane

Orchard Lane

Time-saving strip piecing and fat quarters makes it easy to complete a Four-Patch quilt.

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Playing Tag

Playing Tag

Add fun and fuction to a stroller-size quilt by sewing ribbon and rickrack loops into the blocks.

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Home for the Harvest

Home for the Harvest

To get the scrappy look of this quilt in a speedy way, invite your friends over for a house-block quilting party.

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Flying Geese Table Runner

Flying Geese Table Runner

Flying Geese point in all directions in this playful table runner.

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Side Dish

Side Dish

Serve up a delightful asymmetrical quilt by wrapping a helping of Broken Dishes blocks with appliquéd and pieced borders on just two sides.

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Ring Toss Quilt

Ring Toss Quilt

Combine a variety of pastel fat quarters in Floating Star units to make a sweet lap-size quilt.

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Roaring Waves

Roaring Waves

A range of blues and grays, gradating from light to dark, produce the look of waves on a stormy night. Pairing blue with gray instead of white puts a twist on the classic two-color combination.

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On the Bow

Bow Tie Blocks

Making Necktie blocks is much easier than you may think, especially with this fool-the-eye trick for easy piecing.

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Summer Days Table Topper

Summer Days Table Topper

Bright print squares alternate with Four-Patch blocks in a cheerful table runner.

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Shift Change

Shift Change

Create subtle shifts in color with ombré fabric. The large pieces allow you to utilize the gradient effect and to see the shade changes in each fabric strip.

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Painter's Palette

Painter's Palette

Build your color confidence by mixing fat quarters in a variety of hues. Include a few lighter and brighter fabrics to add sparkle and keeps the eye moving around the quilt.

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Eye Catcher

Eye Catcher

Use the same cream print in alternating squares to balance a variety of florals and dark prints. While the finished wall hanging offers plenty to look at, it isn't overwhelming.

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Broken Dishes Table Runner

Broken Dishes Table Runner

For a traditional look, use only two prints for each Broken Dishes block.

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Floral Wall Hanging

Scrap Lab Wall Hanging

Simple squares and curved appliqués in bright fat-quarter prints pop off a coordinating solid to create a dynamic wall hanging.

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Luminous Lanterns

Luminous Lanterns

Colorful batik lanterns shine bright against a dark blue batik sky in this beautiful wall hanging.

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Simple Rectangles and Sashing

Simple Rectangles and Sashing Quilt

Make a scrappy yet orderly quilt using aqua, lime, and cocoa print fat quarters. Aqua tone-on-tone sashing and binding tie together the fabrics.

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Country Windmills

Country Windmills

Use more than 30 fat quarters when you stitch this cozy throw and coordinating pillows.

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Simple Strips

Simple Strips

This time-saving quilt involves just five rows of multicolored rectangles finished by long sashing strips and a border from a single novelty print.

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Fat Quarter Twin Bed Quilt

Fat Quarter Twin Bed Quilt

Cut rectangles from floral fat quarters and join them with solid watermelon pink strips to create pieced rows.

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Red-and-White Table Mat

Two-Color Table Mat

Whip up a two-color table mat using six fat quarters.

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Rickrack Pillow

Rickrack Pillow

Embellish pieces of bright fat quarters with rickrack for a square patchwork pillow.

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Fresh Four-Patch Table Topper

Fresh Four-Patch Table Topper

Four-Patch blocks and setting squares team up for a fabulous square table topper.

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Fabric Gift Bag

Fabric Gift Bag

Whip up a reusable gift bag with just two fat quarters. Make bags for holidays, birthdays, or any time of year!

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Building Blocks Throw

Building Blocks Throw

Use a restful aqua check to complement the strong contemporary colors-blue, green, and chocolate-in this easy quilted throw using fat quarter pieces.

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Matching Scarf Set

Matching Scarf Set

Use fat quarters to make two matching scarves in stylish colors.

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Pumpkins and Table Runner

Pumpkins and Table Runner

Stitch a fall theme table runner and trio of stuffed pumpkins for easy fall decor.

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Old-World Snowballs

Old-World Snowballs

Large-scale prints in an old-world color scheme are a perfect fit for Snowball blocks.

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Scrappy Rectangles

Scrappy Rectangles

Cranberry reds, sage greens, and rose petal pinks combine with a range of neutrals to create an appealing pattern in this simple bed quilt.

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Bright Four-Patch Throw

Bright Four-Patch Throw

Rich black tone-on-tone background fabrics let lively Four-Patch units sparkle in this Amish-look quilt.

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Easy-Sew Purse

Easy-Sew Purse

All it takes to make this fun and easy bag is two fat quarters for the body and two fat quarters for the lining.

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Gnome Sweet Gnome

Gnome Sweet Gnome

Use fat quarter fabrics to create a cheerful cheerful holiday wall hanging quilt with festive appliquéd blocks and a pieced border.

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Strips and Stacks Quilt

Strips and Stacks Quilt

Gather a stack of fat quarters. Piece quilt blocks and sashing to mimic books on shelves for your favorite bookworm.

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Ribbon and Rickrack Baby Quilt

Ribbon and Rickrack Baby Quilt

Add fun and function to a stroller-size quilt by sewing ribbon and rickrack loops into the blocks.

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Lunch Sack Gift Bags

Lunch Sack Gift Bags

These easy-to-sew bags are great for using as a lunch sack or as a reusable gift bags.

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Tiny Treat Totes

Tiny Treat Totes

Stitch two fat quarter pieces into a quartet of mini totes. These wee gift bags have grosgrain ribbon handles.

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Pinwheels Table Topper

Pinwheels Table Topper

Pieced and plain borders frame small and large Pinwheel blocks in a fat quarter-friendly quilted table topper.

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