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Fat Quarter Dash Quilt

Quarry Trail Fat Quarter Dash quilt

Today I’m sharing the Quarry Trail Fat Quarter Dash quilt. This is the last sample quilt I made up for the new Stash Buster quilt pattern. Fat Quarter Dash is the second quilt in the Quilty Love Stash Buster Series. This quilt pattern is fast and easy and stash friendly.

I used the new Quarry Trails fat quarter bundle for this Fat Quarter Dash quilt. Quarry Trails is printed on Essex Linen so this quilt has the most gorgeous texture.

Fat Quarter Dash is in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

Quarry Trails Fat Quarter Dash Quilt

I couldn’t wait to cut into this brand new Quarry Trails fat quarter bundle by my friend Anna (Noodlehead) for Robert Kaufman. Her color palettes are always so good. They are such good classic colors. I especially loved the blacks and blues in this fabric line.

Anna’s fabrics are always printed on Essex Linen for that delicious texture. I love to use Essex linen in my quilts since it does provide the added texture.

Fat Quarter Dash is a stash buster quilt so it’s perfect for any fat quarter bundle you have in your stash. I will admit that this fat quarter bundle wasn’t in my stash long before I cut into it…lol

Quarry Trail fabrics

Here’s a closer look below at the texture in this Quarry Trail fabric line. The fabric line is printed on a variety of essex linen for even more layered detail.

Quarry Trail fabrics
quarry trail fabrics

Mix and Match Fat Quarter Quilt

Fat Quarter Dash is a mix and match fat quarter quilt. This means you cut all of your pieces for one block from one fat quarter and then you mix and match the pieces to make your blocks. The mixing and matching part is always my favorite.

Quarry Trail fabrics

Fat Quarter Dash quilt

Fat Quarter Dash is the second quilt in the Quilty Love Stash Buster Series. It’s designed with your stash in mind! The quilts in the stash buster series do not use background fabrics. Without background fabrics you can really put a dent in your fabric stash.

Fat Quarter Dash is written around fat quarters (no surprise right..ha). If you have a fat quarter bundle that you have had sitting around it will work great for this. Or mix and match fat quarters from your stash for your Fat Quarter Dash quilt.

You can use 1/4 yards only if your width of fabric is a minimum of 42 inches wide. Or you can use 1/2 yards by cutting them in half as fat quarters.

Beginner friendly quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash was also written with beginner quilters in mind. I wanted to offer a really easy beginner friendly quilt pattern for those who are just learning to quilt or even attempting their very first quilt. Fat Quarter Dash is a great first time quilt since the piecing is simple.

All the quilt sizes

Fat Quarter Dash includes instructions for six different size quilts. You can make a baby size all the way up to king size using the Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern.

The pattern includes:

  • Baby size
  • Small throw size
  • Large throw size
  • Twin bed quilt
  • Queen bed quilt
  • King bed quilt
Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern
Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

Backing and Binding

This Quarry Trail Fat Quarter Dash quilt is backed in a black Blossoms wideback by Riley Blake. The black wideback pulls from the blacks in the quilt top and worked out well for this quilt. I really love these Blossom widebacks and have used them quite a bit lately.

The binding is Kona cotton in the color Prussian.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern
Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

Long arm quilting

I sent this Quarry Trail Fat Quarter Dash quilt off to Vintage Stitch for quilting. Since the quilt top was pretty busy I chose this simple wave stitch. This long arm quilting design is one of my favorites. It looks great on all quilts!

Machine Binding

You can see the machine binding I did on this Fat Quarter Dash quilt below. Lately I have been machine binding all of my quilts to save time. I do enjoy hand stitching but I just haven’t had the time for that lately. I have a really easy to follow machine binding tutorial on the blog here.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

The pops of coral and peach in this Quarry Trail fabric line are so pretty.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern
Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern
Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern
Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern
Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

Materials used

Quilt Pattern: Fat Quarter Dash by Quilty Love
Fabrics: Quarry Trail by Robert Kaufman
Binding: Kona Prussia
Backing: Blossoms wideback in black
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Quilted by Vintage Stitch

Quilty Love Palette Picks Fat Quarter Dash quilt

I have couple of bright and colorful Quilty Love Palette Picks Fat Quarter Dash quilts to share! Both of these small Fat Quarter Dash quilts are made up using the brand new Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle by Robert Kaufman.

Fat Quarter Dash is the second quilt in the Quilty Love stash buster series and is now available in the shop. Fat Quarter Dash is quick, easy and you guessed it, fat quarter friendly.

My hope for this quilt pattern is that you can dig through your stash, find some fabrics to use and start sewing! This simple quilt is also a really great beginner or first time quilter quilt.

Fat Quarter Dash is available in the Quilty Love shop.

Quilty Love Palette Picks Fat Quarter Dash quilt

I’m super excited about the soon to be released Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle! I curated this bundle for Robert Kaufman using their basic fabric lines. It will start shipping to quilt shops in April. You can ask for it at your local quilt shop!

Quilt shops can pre-order through Robert Kaufman or your distributor now.

I made two different quilts (using two bundles) using only the warms and neutrals and only the cools and neutrals in this fat quarter bundle.

Beginner friendly quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash is a quick and easy beginner friendly quilt pattern! The Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern was written with beginners in mind. I get asked often for a good beginner quilt pattern.

There are a few beginner friendly quilt patterns in the Quilty Love shop but not one that is an obvious go-to. So I wrote this one for anyone looking to make a quilt for the very first time or looking for basic quilt patterns as a beginner.

Stash buster quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash is also a really great stash buster! I consider a quilt pattern a stash buster when it makes it easy to actually use up your stash! What makes Fat Quarter Dash a really great stash quilt is the fact that it doesn’t require background fabric. Every square inch of this quilt is made up of fabrics from your stash!

I mostly write my patterns around fat quarters since that is what most quilters have in their stash. Even if you collect half yards or yards you can still cut a fat quarter from those cuts.

Fat Quarter Dash is a fat quarter friendly quilt but you can get away with using a piece of fabric slightly smaller than a fat quarter. See the cutting diagrams in the pattern for the exact size.

Mix and Match fat quarter quilt pattern

Mix and match fat quarter quilts are my favorite quilts to make and design! They are so versatile. You can use a fat quarter bundle you already have or create your own using fabrics from your stash.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

The Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern is a quick and easy quilt that includes all the quilt sizes. The pattern includes six different sizes: Baby, small throw, large throw, a twin size bed quilt, a queen size bed quilt and a king size bed quilt.

These Quilty Love Palette Pick Fat Quarter Dash quilts are both the small throw size.

If you want to make two quilts using just one of my Palette Picks bundles you can do that by making two baby size quilts!

I was excited to break up my Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle into a warm and cool bundle. I love how it easily separates out like that.

Long Arm Quilting

I sent both of these Fat Quarter Dash quilts off to Jenae of Vintage Stitch for long arm quilting. I think this quilting pantograph is called Squared.

The quilting pantograph on the warm version of Fat Quarter Dash is called Compass.

Gingham backing

Both of these Fat Quarter Dash quilts are backed with Robert Kaufman Carolina Gingham. The warm version uses the color Coral and the cool version uses the color Fog.

The gingham fabric makes the cutest backing on these quilts. These Carolina ginghams are really soft too.

Solid quilt bindings

Most of my quilt bindings are solid these days. I’m usually trying to use what I have on hand. Mostly that’s because I don’t plan ahead and don’t want to take the time to find something new.

The warm Fat Quarter Dash uses one of the Palette Picks fabrics. It’s actually an essex linen in the color aqua. I don’t really recommend using a linen like this for the binding but I have a few times. It’s a little thicker than a cotton and it does have a tendency to shrink more so I do try to avoid it for something like a binding.

The warm Fat Quarter Dash also uses a fabric from the Palette Picks bundle. The warm version is a kona cotton in the color Blush Pink. That’s one of my favorite colors in the bundle.

Materials Used

Quilt Pattern: Fat Quarter Dash by Quilty Love
Fabrics: Quilty Love Palette Picks bundle
Binding: Kona Cotton Blush Pink and Essex Linen Aqua
Backing: Carolina Gingham
Pieced on a Janome MC6700p
Long Arm quilted by Vintage Stitch

Stash Buster Fat Quarter Dash quilt

I have another Stash buster Fat Quarter Dash quilt to share! This Fat Quarter Dash quilt is sewn up using the brand new Ruby Star Society Purl fabric line.

Fat Quarter Dash is the second in the Quilty Love Stash buster quilt pattern series. It’s fast, easy and stash friendly.

Fat Quarter Dash is fat quarter friendly. No background fabrics needed for this quilt! Mix and match fat quarters from your stash or use up a ready made bundle you have sitting around.

My goal with this stash buster quilt pattern series is to help you start sewing through your fabric stash!

Fat Quarter Dash is available in the Quilty Love pattern shop.

Ruby Star Society Purl Fabric

I was so excited to make this Fat Quarter Dash with the brand new Ruby Star Society Purl fabric line.

Purl is a fun and whimsical fabric line with knitting motifs. The jewel colors in this line are so beautiful. There are hints of metallic throughout this this fabric line too.

Stash buster Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash is a stash buster quilt pattern! So while I technically didn’t dig into my stash for this one, it is perfect for that! Recently, I replenished my fabric stash with a ton of new bundles.

I mostly collect fat quarter bundles and write most of my patterns around them. I don’t have an overwhelming amount of fabric myself and try to keep it manageable at all times. Personally I feel overwhelmed when I have too much fabric in my stash.

But I know that is not the case for all quilters! I know so many of you have more fabric than you know what to do with and even struggle to use it at times. That is why I started the stash buster quilt pattern series!

My hope is that you can grab one of the stash buster quilt patterns, a stack of fat quarters and start sewing!

Easy beginner friendly quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash is a quick and easy beginner friendly quilt pattern! I have a few beginner friendly patterns in the Quilty Love pattern library but didn’t have an obvious choice for brand new quilters. This quilt pattern is written with brand new quilters in mind.

Fat Quarter Dash is a simple block based quilt and would be a really great first time quilt.

I have been sewing like crazy these past few months because it is one of the few things I can do with the toddler around. Mostly I sew at the kitchen island while she plays nearby. And she is always nearby…haha. Can you spot her in the photo above.

I find if I stand at the kitchen island she will play on her own for the most part. She will have my sewing room torn apart in three seconds flat so I don’t get to spend as much time in there lately. Mostly just nap time.

Long Arm Quilting

I sent this Purl Fat Quarter Dash quilt off to Jenae at Vintage Stitch for quilting. She long arm quilted this beautiful orange peel design. It really pops on that black backing fabric.

Blossoms wideback fabric

I backed this Ruby Star Society Fat Quarter Dash with a wideback… surprise, surprise..haha. This is the the Riley Blake Blossoms wideback in black.

The RSS purl fabric line has some hints of black in it so I thought it would work out well as the backing.

I didn’t quite think through the creamsicle binding color though. It looks a little too Halloween for me..haha. I made the binding while the quilt was at the quilters and didn’t think about how it would look next to the black. The binding is Kona cotton in the color Nectarine.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern sizes

Fat Quarter Dash includes instructions for all the quilt sizes baby through king! You can sew this quilt up as a baby size, small throw size, large throw size, twin size, queen size or king size.

I have all of your bed quilt sizes covered in this stash buster quilt pattern. This Ruby Star Society version is the large throw size.

You can see the quilting design below. Isn’t it pretty!? The name of this pantograph is Interlocked Orange Peel.

Ruby Star Society fabrics

I really love quilting with the Ruby Star Society fabrics. They are a lighter weight cotton and make the softest quilts. They are especially soft when you use Ruby Star for both the front and the backing. I think of them as a perfect summer quilt or lighter weight quilt.

Ruby Star fabrics are silkier like a lawn fabric. They can be used for garments or for quilting. What I love about them is that they are silky without being slippery or stiff. If you have never quilted with their fabrics you might be surprised by their lighter weight texture. But I find that they sew up really nicely in quilts.

Materials Used

Pattern: Fat Quarter Dash by Quilty Love
Prints: Ruby Star Society Purl
Binding: Kona Cotton Nectarine
Backing: Riley Blake Blossoms wideback
Pieced on my Janome MC6700p
Long Arm Quilted by Vintage Stitch

Fat Quarter Dash Quilt – Stash buster pattern

Today I’m sharing one of the many Fat Quarter Dash quilts! Fat Quarter Dash is the second in the Quilty Love Stash Buster Series. Fat Quarter Dash is not only a stash buster quilt pattern but a super beginner friendly quilt pattern.

All of the stash busters in the stash buster quilt pattern series don’t require background fabric. These quilt patterns are written primarily around fat quarters. The goal is that you can pull some fat quarters from your stash and start sewing!

Fat Quarter Dash is fast, easy and great for the very beginner quilter.

You can find Fat Quarter Dash in the Quilty Love Pattern Shop.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash is fat quarter friendly! It’s pretty obvious with the name..haha. The Dash part in the name comes from the shapes in the blocks and the fact that this quilt is fast and easy and is sewn up quickly.

The Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern is written around fat quarters but half yards or even yards can be used for the larger sizes.

This quilt pattern was written with your fabric stash in mind! Mix and match fat quarters from your stash for this fast and easy quilt. Or pull the ribbon off a fat quarter bundle you have had sitting around.

Stash Buster Quilt Pattern

The stash buster quilt pattern series are all stash friendly quilts that don’t require background fabric. Without background fabric you really can start to make a dent in your fabric stash with these stash buster patterns.

My hope is that you can mix and match fabrics you already have in your stash for these quilts. I wrote a blog post all about mixing fabrics from your stash here. Scroll down the post for tips and tricks.

Easy beginner friendly quilt pattern

Fat Quarter Dash is the perfect beginner quilter quilt pattern! I’ve been wanting to expand my beginner friendly quilt patterns and this one is just that. I’m asked often for my beginner friendly patterns and while I have a few, I didn’t have a go-to obvious choice.

Fat Quarter Dash is written with beginner quilters in mind. It’s simple piecing and simple patchwork making it a good choice for a first quilt.

Beginner friendly quilts also tend to be fast and easy quilts for the more experienced quilter.

Collection CF Fat Quarter Dash

This is the original test quilt made using the Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern. I had this Collection CF fat quarter bundle in my stash that I couldn’t wait to cut into. I love how these modern fabrics all mix together without the use of a background fabric.

Machine wavy stitch quilting

It’s been a while since I have quilted a quilt! Lately I’ve been sending most of them off to a long arm quilter. My hours are so limited with the toddler so quilting has been outsourced more than ever.

I do enjoy quilting every once in a while though and if you have been following along for more than a minute you know it’s going to be the wavy stitch if I do it myself..ha.

This stitch is so easy and so forgiving and makes everything look good. It’s simple straight lines using a walking foot and the machine makes the wave as it goes. If your machine doesn’t have the wavy stitch, maybe it has the multi stitch zig zag. I did a tutorial with that stitch here. It’s the exact same method with either stitch.

Fat Quarter Dash quilt pattern sizes

Fat Quarter Dash includes instructions for all of the quilt sizes! I have you covered for a baby size, small throw size, large throw size, twin size, queen size and a king size.

I’ve included all of the bed sized quilts in the quilt pattern.

This Collection CF Fat Quarter Dash is the large throw size.

Ikea Flannel Duvet backing

This large throw size Fat Quarter Dash is backed in a warm and cozy Ikea flannel duvet. I picked up this duvet cover a while back and wish I had grabbed five more! The black polka dots are such a great neutral. Plus, it’s flannel! And extremely inexpensive. A duvet cover can back two quilts.

Kona cotton binding

I finished off this quick and easy quilt with a blue solid kona cotton fabric. This is the color Surf.

Materials Used:

Quilt Pattern: Fat Quarter Dash by Quilty Love
Prints: Collection CF by Carolyn Friedlander for Robert Kaufman
Binding: Kona cotton Surf
Backing: Ikea flannel duvet cover
Pieced and quilted on my Janome MC6700p
Batting: Quilters Dream Select
Spray Baste: 505