Every new mom wishes for a baby quilt to wrap up her little bundle of joy. If you’re invited to a baby shower, a homemade baby quilt makes a wonderfully personal gift. But what if you don’t have much time? Don’t worry: baby wall hanging quilts take less time to make than full quilts, and they will look charming on baby’s wall.

Free Baby Wall Hanging Patterns

Baby Blocks with Love is just one of the free baby wall hanging patterns available. Find out baby’s room colors, buy some cute prints and solids in those fabrics, and you’re ready to sew. This wall quilt is easy enough for a beginner to make, and its 40″ x 56″ size makes it ideal to use as either a wall hanging or a regular quilt.

Looking for a design suitable for a baby boy’s room? Try the Disoriented Dancing Stars. This pattern is designed for experienced quilters. Its strong geometric patterns look great in rooms with themes that are nautical or that involve bright colors. The Little Sleepy Railroad quilt pattern is another excellent choice for baby boys. Once you’ve create the quilted wall hanging, you can use the train engine appliqué to create a matching pillow, bib, or burp cloth.

Short on time? The Home on the Range quilted wall hanging is small enough in size (14” square) to sew up quickly. The free pattern looks western and welcoming when made up with bandana print fabrics. The cowboy hat, horse, and boot motifs will tie in well with a western themed baby’s room décor.

For little girls (especially those with Winnie the Pooh themed rooms), the Days of Hunny Quilt couldn’t be sweeter. This quilt features a block design, which means that you can make it any size you want. If you’re in a pinch for time, create a single block and turn it into a pillow. Or, sew four blocks together for a baby wall hanging. There’s always the option to go all the way with a full baby size quilt. Baby and new mom are sure to be happy with whatever hanging quilt pattern they receive.

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Christmas – it’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s no wonder that when the Christmas rolls around each year that themed quilts are so popular as a decoration, keepsake, or gift. There are a variety of free Christmas quilt patterns available that will free up your cash for a variety of seasonal the Christmas fabrics you can buy to create warm and wonderful coverings that can serve as gifts, or can decorate your home for the holidays.

Fat Quarters
“Fat Quarters” are often mentioned in quilting. What is a fat quarter? It’s a piece of fabric that is cut from a yard of fabric. Usually the fat quarter measures 18″ x 22″, which makes it equal to a quarter yard of fabric. But the orientation of the cut makes fat quarters more useful than purchasing a “regular” quarter yard cut of fabric. Fat quarters are an ideal size for cutting many quilting pieces. Often, fabric stores sell fat quarters in coordinating prints. You can create an entire quilt using just fabric in the form of fat quarters! The Angel Holidays wall quilt is a quick one to produce and easily created from a stack of fat quarters in Christmas prints.

Free Christmas Quilt Patterns
Christmas quilts can be made from fabric in Christmas prints and solids. You can extend the “season” of a Christmas quilt by choosing a winter print fabric, or fabrics featuring popular twig designs. The Christmas Star design, for instance, made up in shades of wintery blue, would look wonderful on your sofa all winter long.

Looking for a Christmas quilt block that’s a little out of the ordinary, yet easy enough for a beginner to sew? Jolly Old St. Nick is perfect. This cheery Christmas quilt block uses paper piecing and adds buttons for additional visual interest. You can make several St. Nick blocks to create a quilt, or make just one to turn into a Christmas pillow.

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When the days get longer and the temperatures rise, all thoughts turn to sunshine and the beach. When you head to the beach, you need a big, roomy beach bag. As a quilter, you can sew a purse quilt bag that’s beautiful, practical, and totally unique.

Free Purse Quilt Patterns
Browse free purse quilt patterns to find a pattern that you love within your ability level. Remember, fabric choice can turn almost any quilted tote bag pattern into a beach bag. Simply choose a pattern you like, then close your eyes and imagine it made up in soothing ocean blue tones, or fun sunny yellows.

For multi-taskers, it’s hard to beat the Traveler’s Pillow Bag. This roomy free quilted bag doubles as a pillow bag and a place to story magazines and other beach reads. Its simple design would look great made up in beach-colored pastels or tiny calico prints.

When you’re out for the day, one of the most important features in a bag is space. The To Grandmother’s House We Go Tote answers that need with a spacious 18” x 20” size and convenient carrying handles. The pattern also offers a smaller size bag, so you can stitch matching totes for your kids or grandkids.

Looking for a bag that evokes ocean waves and lazy afternoons? The Quilted Tote Bag is your choice! The wavy lines and machine stitching in a contrasting color make this a bag that will hold up in style for many leisure days.

Sewing Quilted Bags for Kids
Some beach bag patterns, like the Color Your World Gift Bag pattern, are easy enough that even children can make them. They might just need a bit of assistance. If you’re looking for a fun, different craft idea for a birthday party, invite children over and let each choose from pre-purchased fabrics and then sew this easy-to-make bag for summer trips to the beach or for simple backyard outings.

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Making quilts for charities is a huge trend in sewing. Whether the beneficiary is Project Linus, Ronald McDonald House, The Children’s Home, Quilts 4 Cancer, or a local organization, there is nothing that replaces the warm feeling you’ll get by creating a quilt for a great cause.

But what if the thought of sewing an entire quilt is daunting? No worries; you can create a charity quilt pillow. Just as people everywhere love a warm blanket to wrap up in, a quilted pillow make a cozy and comfortable gift to donate, too.

Free Pillow Quilt Patterns
Free pillow quilt patterns abound, with something sure to catch your eye and match your ability level. If you’re a beginning quilter, the Twirling Four-Patch Pillow pattern makes a great choice. Choose coordinating fabrics in cheery bright prints or soothing pastels for a custom pillow any recipient is sure to enjoy.

Think outside the box with your charity pillows: the Garden Cushion pattern could be used as a body pillow as well as a porch seat cushion. There’s a basic pillow included in the pattern as well with a block design that is simple to sew.

Charity Quilt Pillows for Kids
The lovely lady featured on the Sunday Best Sue Pillow will charm little girls (those of us who have been around a bit longer will note her resemblance to Sunbonnet Sue). The ruffle around the pillow’s edge adds a soothing touch for little fingers to hold.

Once you’ve made one pillow for a charity, future pillows are easier to make. Use an assembly-line approach to make four or five pillows from the same pattern. To keep things interesting for yourself, buy separate fabrics for each pillow. Many quilted pillows patterns can even use up fabric scraps you already have from projects you’ve previously finished. There’s no better feeling than putting your fabric remnants to good use through sewing for charity!

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You’re a quilter, and your friend (or daughter, or mother, or aunt – you fill in the blank) has a special birthday coming up. What can you make as a memorable gift that the birthday girl will treasure? How about a vest? There’s no better way to express your creativity through a gift that you’ll enjoy making as much as the recipient will enjoy receiving and wearing.

Free Vest Quilt Patterns
Browse free vest quilt patterns to select a style that reminds you of the birthday girl’s tastes. Ladies who love cats will be crazy about the Bazaar Cats vest, with its feline friends frolicking across the front. The Autumn vest would be a treat for your friend with a fall season birthday, especially when you create it in richly, autumn colored fabrics. This vest would look lovely when worn to a Thanksgiving dinner (you may even want to make one for yourself!).

Free vest quilt patterns vary so that you can find one perfect for just about any personality, regardless of your skill level. Are you a beginner? No worries. The Gone Hunting Vest pattern is within your ability. Quilters with more experience may choose a design like the Autumn Leaf Vest.

Birthday Vests
For a spin-off of a vest made as a birthday gift, why not try putting your creative side to work in making a birthday day vest? To do this, sew a basic vest from one of your favorite free vest quilt patterns. Then, decorate the vest by appliqueing various birthday shapes in bright colors onto the vest. You can use shapes of a birthday cake, birthday hats, gifts – you name it. Add brightly-colored fabric trim along the edges, and you’ll have a vest perfect for wearing each year on your own special day. No one will miss the fact that you’re celebrating a birthday, and they will admire your quilting skill in getting the message across.

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There’s no denying that quilting is a “hot” craft these days. Say goodbye to your images of a group of grandmas quilting from rocking chairs. Today, quilting is popular among the young as well as the old. Modern quilting involves more than just basic nine-patch block quilts. Here are some currently popular quilting trends.

Civil War Quilts
The Civil War was a terrible time in our nation’s history. But the Civil War period is known for rich, beautiful, patterned fabrics. Today, you can buy many reproduction Civil War fabrics – often in the form of fat quarters and jelly rolls perfect for creating sumptuous quilts with an elegant antique flair. The Flapping Geese Quilt Pattern would look wonderful made up in Civil War fabrics. For Civil War fabric projects, choose free wall hanging quilt patterns with a classic, simple, geometric design.

Mystery Quilts
Another current quilting trends is mystery quilts. With these quilts, quilters are given instructions on how to construct quilt blocks without knowing what the final product will look like. If you’re up for adventure and a bit of mystery, try something new with a mystery quilt pattern.

Free Wall Hanging Quilt Patterns
Quilting isn’t all about quilts these days. In fact, some quilters don’t make quilts at all. Quilted wall hangings are very popular and it’s easy to see why. They’re smaller than quilts and therefore quicker to create. For beginners, it’s also easier to work with wall hangings because of their size.

Free wall hanging quilt patterns abound, so no matter what your tastes, you’re sure to find a wall hanging pattern you love. For a baby’s or child’s room, the sunbonnet kids featured on the Scrap Kids Quilt Pattern wall hanging would look adorable. The Disoriented Dancing Stars wall hanging wins the prize for versatility: use red, white, and blue patriotic patterned fabrics and it’s a perfect addition to your July 4th decor. Use Christmas colors and hang it in December. Your imagination is the only limit to which season you will create a hanging quilt for next.

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You love to quilt – but your home is overrun by your fabulous fabric creations. Every child and grandchild already has a quilt you’ve made. But you don’t want to stop quilting. Project Linus is a great outlet for creative quilters like you. Project Linus is an organization that provides handmade quilts and blankets to seriously ill or traumatized children. What better home could your next quilt have than with a child who will truly love and appreciate it?

Free Bed Quilt Patterns
You’ll be happy to know that many free bed quilt patterns perfect for Project Linus quilts are available online. Most offer traditional looks and are easy enough for beginners to make. The Garden of Flowers quilt pattern is a great example. This quilt combines nine-patch and Greek cross blocks to create a comforting appearance. Use colorful fabrics that would appeal to a child, either in bright colors or soothing pastels.

Children often spend lots of time with favorite quilts. The Tumbling Blocks Raggy Quilt is a wonderful beginning quilter’s option. Children love the tactile effect of the many frayed edges on this quilt — they’re like built-in security “lovies.”

Intermediate Free Bed Quilt Patterns
If you’ve been quilting for a while and are at an intermediate level, the Frannie’s Flowers free quilt pattern makes a great choice. You can choose brightly colored fabrics to make the blocks look like flowers, or fun tiny prints to create the look of pinwheels that could brighten any child’s day.

Another intermediate level quilt that will inspire happy feelings of coziness and security is the Butterfly Bedroom Quilting Pattern. Girls and boys alike will feel good when wrapped in this warm blanket.

Project Linus offers you lots of flexibility as a quilter, because they accept blankets and quilts in all sizes and patterns. They request that the quilts be new, handmade, washable, and from a smoke-free home.

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Everybody loves a baby, with the hope he or she brings (and downright cuteness!). Just like babies, baby blankets and quilts are small in size. This makes them less intimidating and less of a time commitment than full-size quilts entail.

Whether you’re expecting your own new baby, or a new grandchild, or just want to create a baby quilt for a friend or even a charity, there’s no better project to begin today. Free baby quilt patterns make it easy to get started with a theme. Your next step is choosing fabrics. Which fabrics are best for quilting baby patterns?

Good Fabrics for Baby Projects
You can’t go wrong with cotton fabrics. They come in a wide variety of colors and designs. Cottons are easy to cut out and sew. Cotton also holds up well. If you prefer a softer touch than regular cotton provides, consider choosing cotton flannel.

Minky fabrics are popular for baby projects. It’s easy to see why: they are soft, stretchy, and some varieties even feature raised dots for an interesting texture. Be careful with minky fabrics if you are not somewhat experienced with sewing. It can stretch which makes it trickier to sew with.

Free Baby Quilt Patterns
Your pattern may dictate your fabric choices. For example, the Tumbling Blocks Raggy Quilt is a perfect candidate for cotton flannel fabrics, which would create soothingly soft frayed edges.

Consider using a mixture of fabric types in your baby quilts. The Frannie’s Flower Quilt would work well with a mixture of cotton fabrics for the flowers, and a satin fabric for the flower centers. A mix of fabrics provides interesting visual and tactile stimulation that babies will enjoy.

If the free baby quilt pattern you’re using incorporates many blocks and pieces of similar sizes, like the Sleepy Baby Buggy quilt pattern, you may want to keep your fabric options simple by purchasing fabric in the form of fat quarters or a jelly roll. These will keep your fabrics all organized and coordinated from the very start.

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Quilters are a creative bunch, always looking for a new technique to use in creating unique designs from free quilt patterns. English Paper Piecing is a method of quilting which uses fabric wrapped around paper pattern pieces to sew quilt blocks. This is a popular technique because much of the work can be done by hand, using small sections, so that your project is easy to take along with you anywhere. You can work on it in the dentist’s waiting room, while waiting in carpool line, or while relaxing in front of the television.

Free Quilt Patterns
The availability of free quilt patterns means that you can save your money to spend on favorite fabrics for your quilted project. English Paper Piecing offers many design options, but hexagonal shapes appear frequently. You may also enjoy creating a quilt using a Geometric Two Step Quilt using a free pattern. This pattern uses strip piecing, which has the advantage of creating small units at first before sewing them into larger sections.

Christmas Quilt Patterns
Holidays are popular themes for quilted crafts. No holiday offers more options than Christmas. The Celestial Angel Block includes pattern pieces for easy use of the English Paper Piecing technique. Add your own personal touch to this festive design by personalizing the angel’s hair color or by choosing gold braid trim for the halo. Jolly Old St. Nick is another popular choice among free quilt patterns. The jolly gent looks festive as a quilt block, but you can also use him to adorn homemade stockings or table runners.

Looking for a piece of home decor that will look great all autumn long? Our Autumn Apples Wall Quilt makes a great choice, and the free quilt pattern includes patterns for apple shapes to piece into a fabric wall hanging guests are sure to appreciate.

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Downton Abbey has captured the hearts of millions, and that includes quilters. Whether you relate more to free-spirited Sybil, determined Mary, or hard-on-her-luck Edith, there is always someone to cheer for during Sunday night broadcasts.

Downton Abbey Fabrics
And oh, the fabrics! Much of Downton Abbey’s appeal is due to the rich, period costumes the characters wear, as well as the fabrics in the abbey itself. Now, quilters can rejoice over a Downton Abbey fabric collection that is available at quilt shops nationwide, as well as through online sources.

What to do with the beautiful Downton Abbey fabrics? You probably don’t want to create a gown worthy of the Dowager Countess, although you could! Consider quilting an elegant Downton Abbey table runner. It’s a fairly quick project that will bring the class and grace of the manor home into your own house.

Free Table Runner Quilt Patterns
Free table runner quilt patterns are available to get you started. Once you decide on a pattern, choose the fabric and color collection you like best. You’ll enjoy browsing the choices, which are themed by character: Mary, Edith, Sybil, and the Dowager Countess. You can choose a traditional English look, or a print with a more bohemian flair.

Cut out your pieces and sew them together as the free table runner quilt patterns instruct. One idea that doubles the usage of your quilted table runner is to choose a lovely fabric for the backside, so that you can display it with either side up. For the back of your table runner, you can use a fabric from the top, or choose a brand new coordinating fabric.

Most finished table runners are approximately 14″ x 23″. They look wonderful on tables, obviously, but you can also display your sewing talents on the closed lid of a piano or on a side table. Capture the Downton look of rich elegance by quilting two or three different table runners and layering them at varying angles on your dining room table. No other centerpiece will be needed.

With scraps from your fabric, consider using free patterns to make coordinating coasters or placemats.

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