Most quilters find it so fun to get lost in their local quilt shops. Sometimes it’s hard to know what to buy with so many amazing choices. Fat quarters are a fun way to bring a little sampling home,
Making quilts from fat quarters, charm packs, layer cakes, and jelly rolls can simplify choosing colors and help cut down on fabric waste. These precut fabrics make piecing a quilt top so much easier!
Check out our link to jelly roll quilts and projects to see more uses for precuts.
Fat quarters allow for a wider range of fabric colors and designs for projects without buying large amounts of each fabric. Fat quarters can easily be organized and stored by quilters, making them a great precut choice.
This page is full of free fat quarter quilt patterns, ready to be stitched up quickly.
What are fabric precuts?
Not only can fabric be purchased from a bolt of fabric, but it is possible to buy precut fabric in coordinating colors. The popularity of fabric precut collections stems from the fact that they are affordable, easy to use, and are sizes often used in quilting.
The measurements for fabric precuts are below.
- Fat Quarters: 18” x 21” sized pieces of fabric can be purchased to cut smaller pieces for quilts. They often come in packs of coordinating fabrics.
- Layer Cakes: These are precut 10” x 10” squares designed for quilting, coming in a variety of coordinating patterns.
- Charm Packs: These quilt packs are a collection of 5” x 5” squares of fabric made up of coordinating or identical colors in each pack.
- Jelly Rolls: Also referred to as roll-ups or fabric rolls, these are made up of 2 ½” X 42” strips of fabric. Typically there are about 40 strips per roll and come in coordinating fabrics.
Many of the quilting with fat quarters free patterns are found by scrolling down to the bottom of the page, and they use both fat quarters and some yardage.
There are many projects that would be perfect for beginners and seasoned quilters alike.
Be sure to scroll down to see all of the quilts from fat quarters! The variety is amazing!
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The 18 Candles Quilt design is inspired by shimmering sparklers and birthday candles using fat quarters along with other fabric.
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This simple design is perfect for featuring fabrics from your stash with larger or directional prints. It's made from only five fat quarters and some extra yardage.
Gigi's Thimble
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A quilt block using fat quarters. The traditional name for this block is Patience Corner. Approximately 12 blocks can be made from 6 fat quarters.
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This is a quick and simple beginner friendly quilt that uses a bundle of fat quarters or choose your own fat quarters.
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This snowflake inspired quilt pattern is perfect made with some wintery themed fat quarters.
Gigi's Thimble
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This pattern uses 7 fat quarters and 3 fat eighths so it’s a great way to use up a fat quarter bundle from your fabric stash.
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Hearts make up this fun quilt made with just five fat quarters (and a little bit of yardage).
Jedi Craft Girl
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Grab a fat quarter bundle or choose 25 fat quarters to create this bold and striking quilt in a short amount of time.
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This block can be made with fat quarters.
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Grab 16 fat quarters and make an easy queen size star quilt with this beginner friendly and fat quarter friendly free quilt pattern.
Sew Can She
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This quilt pattern uses 14 fat quarters and stitches up quickly. Perfect for large print fabrics!
Diary of a Quilter
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This four patch quilt block is fun to make with fat quarters.
Pattern Princess
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This is a quick and easy beginner quilt pattern with instructions that include material requirements for a total of 6 different size quilts.
Material Girl Quilts
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Fat Quarter Flowers is a free quilt pattern that uses 10 fat quarters. The finished size is 52 1/2" x 65 1/2".
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This five fat quarter pattern is a little wall hanging or table topper. It uses a nine patch and some half square triangles to make a cute quilt top.
Jedi Craft Girl
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This quilt uses 5" squares alternating with nine patch blocks. Some extra yardage is needed for the borders, if desired.
Jedi Craft Girl
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The quilt uses 10 fat quarters plus some extra fabric for the border, binding and backing and sews up quickly.
Suzy Quilts
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Cute little Halloween quilt to make using five fat quarters.
Jedi Craft Girl
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This is an on-point pattern but don't let that intimidate you! They've done the math for you to make it easy. This quilt is made with five fat quarters and some extra yardage.
Gigi's Thimble
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This quilt uses the flying geese no-waste method to quickly sew together the star pattern. It uses 13 fat quarters for the stars and 9 fat quarters (or 2 yards of fabric) for the background.
Then Came June
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This argyle inspired quilt is made with five fat quarters and a little bit of extra yardage.
A Bright Corner
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This quilt uses raw edge applique for the cute little pine trees. This quilt is made with five fat quarters and a little extra yardage.
Gigi's Thimble
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This classic, beginner-friendly Shoefly Quilt uses 13 fat quarters and finishes at a nice 63" x 63" throw size.
Penelope Handmade
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Sew a classic signature quilt with this free fat quarter friendly quilt pattern!
Sew Can She
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Quickly learn how to stitch up this quilt using a shortcut block assembly method.
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Using three red and two blue fat quarters make this fun pinapple quilt top in patriotic colors.
Jedi Craft Girl
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Sew a fast and easy (and fat quarter friendly) quilt with this free pattern with 10 fat quarters to make 30 blocks.
Sew Can She
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