Prairie Quilt Co.

It's the Wintry Cover Girl!

Wintry is a modern, block based snowflake quilt.

The pattern includes two colour versions - this is Version Two!

Version Two has one colour snowflake and sashing with multi-coloured block backgrounds - perfect for sharing your favourite solids, or even playing with an ombre layout!

I used 16 different Art Gallery Fabric Pure Solids in this quilt for the feature fabrics.

The colours I used are: Amethyst, Hydrangea, Wisteria, Aero Blue, Ocean Waves, Crystalline, Dark Citron, Olive Oil, Lemon Tart, Marmalade, Quartz Pink, Crystal Pink, Cosmos, Rock Candy, Sweet Pink and Festival Fuchsia. 

The White is White Linen.

I loooooove the backing I chose for this quilt. It's the perfect winter print from Ruby Star Society's Winterglow line!

The beautiful snowflake quilting is done by Aspen Grove Quilting.

The Wintry Quilt is available in my shop now in PDF, printed and wholesale formats.

Vinyl stickers are also available!

You know I had to make a scrappy version of the Wintry quilt pattern!

Wintry is available in two colour way options - this is Version 1 - the one with multicoloured snowflakes and sashing!

I had the best time choosing a range of cheerful fabrics from my stash. 

The background used in this quilt is my favourite - Cotton and Steel Freckles.

This quilt is 9 blocks - the crib size, although I'm planning to add another row to make it the small throw - the perfect size for snuggling in Winter.

The Wintry pattern is in my shop now in PDF, printed and wholesale formats.

Stickers are also available!

Bear Camp - The Cover Girl!

If you recognize these colours, you're not wrong!

The cover version of my Bear Camp quilt is the scrappy/stash version I made using the leftover Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Solids from my Birdling cover quilt!

These leftovers were perfect to use in the Bear Camp pattern!

I used Crystal Pink as background in this sample, but I think a blue or purple would be amazing too.

Bear Camp can be made scrappy or with fat quarters, and comes in one size - 60" x 60".

Are you going to join the weekend sew along?

September 23-24 2023 we are going to sew Bear Camp together!

It's such a fast make, we can do it in one weekend!

I had so much fun making mock-ups of this pattern!

I already ordered fabric to make the bottom middle one in the QAL!

Details of each mock up can be found in my Instagram Bear Camp highlight.

The Bear Camp pattern can be found in my shop!

It's a new pattern!

My latest pattern is called Bear Camp, and it's available now.

Bear Camp is a modern, over-sized quilt block that is perfect for beginner quilters, or a quilter looking for a quick project! I can sew this quilt top in 4 hours - making this the perfect weekend project!

The pattern is a mash-up of the traditional bear paw, log cabin and old maid's puzzle quilt blocks and can be made using fat quarters or with your stash. It comes in one size - 60" x 60".

In this sample I used a bundle of the new Heather Ross line called Country Mouse - isn't it the sweetest??

Bear Camp is the perfect quilt size for snuggling with on the couch or at camp.

Find the Bear Camp pattern in my shop now!

You can also join the weekend sew along happening September 23/24 2023!

Link to join is here.

My "Old Maid Summer" stash-busting quilt top is complete!

I used my free Old Maid's Puzzle block pattern to sew up 64 scrappy blocks using 64 different fabrics from my stash - it was so fun to just use what I had!

The quilt is wonderfully busy and scrappy - just the thing I want in a scrap quilt! I can see this one being well snuggled with on future camping trips!

Do you want to make a quilt like this?

Here's what I did broken down into steps:

1. Make 64 Old Maid's Puzzle blocks using scraps - pair a light and a dark fabric for best results!

2. Create groups of four blocks - rotate the blocks so that they form a star as shown below and sew together. You will be able to make 16 blocks like this.

3. Layout your blocks in a 4 x 4 grid.

4. Add sashing if you like - not everyone likes it, but I wanted a bit of definition between the blocks. I decided to add skinny light grey sashing strips - I cut the strips to be 1.5" wide and added them between each block and between the rows.

5. And your quilt top is complete!

This layout finishes at 63" x 63"

Another idea I found on Pinterest for laying out Old Maid's Puzzle blocks is this:

Image: Pinterest

I looooove this layout too with the alternating white blocks - I think might make one like this too for the back of the quilt! It's another great option for this block!

If you would like the FREE Old Maid's Puzzle block sent to your inbox, you can request it at the link here!

Happy Scrappy Sewing!

You've heard of "hot girl summer"?

Well, I'm planning on having an "old maid summer"!

I've been wanting a new project for using up my stash, and I decided to make piles of these simple nine-patch Old Maid's Puzzle blocks from my scraps!

I've pulled a HUGE amount of fabrics out of my stash and I'm using them ALL!

My plan is to make 64 different combinations of Old Maid blocks and then pair them up into groups of four, kind of like this....

This will make 16 blocks that look like scrappy stars!

Stay tuned for the finished project soon!

Do you want to make a scrappy Old Maid's Puzzle quilt too?

You're in luck! I wrote out the instructions to make this easy nine patch block as a free block pattern!

Fill out the form here to have the PDF pattern sent straight to your email!

And that's a wrap on the Birdling quilt along!

It was so fun sewing along with you!

Here are the details on the Birdling quilt I made during the sew along!

I reeaaalllly wanted to make a Version 1 with pink background - so I decided on a curated fat quarter bundle called Garden Variety from Bundlebarn Fabrics with Ruby Star Society Speckled in peony for background. I love all the juicy colours and prints in this bundle!

Even though I only needed 12 FQ to make the small throw, I used all 16 to give a little extra scrappiness to the quilt. I love how it turned out!

I haven't had a chance to quilt this one yet, but I'm thinking I will machine quilt it myself.

This new Birdling fits right in with the others!

The Birdling quilt pattern is available in my pattern shop!

The Birdling QAL was May 29 to June 30, 2023.

It's the Birdling Cover Quilt!!

The Birdling quilt pattern is a fresh twist on the traditional Wild Goose Chase quilt.

The pattern comes with instructions for two colour ways - this one is Version 2!

Version 2 features different block backgrounds and a single sashing colour.

I put together a bundle of Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Solids for this quilt!

The colours used are: 

crystal pink, quartz pink, blossomed, sweet pink, cactus flower, festival fuchsia, rock candy, cosmos, lemon tart, olive oil, dark citron, wisteria, crystalline, ocean waves, aero blue, and hydrangea.

I used white linen (also AGF Pure Solid) for sashing.

These colours were so vibrant and juicy! I just couldn't get enough photos of this quilt!

This quilt was quilted by Aspen Grove Quilting. We chose a flower pantograph for it!

I love the birds on the backing - a Ruby Star Society print!

The Birdling pattern is available in my pattern shop!

Birdling is here!

My new quilt pattern is a fun twist on the traditional Wild Goose Chase quilt.

The pattern includes instructions to make the quilt in two colour versions.

This sample is version one - one block background colour with scrappy sashing!

This version works well with scraps or fat quarters. 

I used scraps from my stash in my favourite colours for this sample!

The blocks feature flying geese and nine patch centres. I like to think of the centres as the nests!

The scrappy sashing really brings this quilt to life.

I machine quilted this crib-sized sample myself using organic wavy lines. 

It's a quick and easy way to finish a quilt!

The Birdling quilt pattern is available in my pattern shop!