Hello friends! This is Jennifer Long from Sew A Story, a fabric designer with Riley Blake Designs and a doll and quilt pattern designer.
The Prairie Garden Quilt Pattern was designed to be a simple sew (all straight pieced sewing) with striking visual beauty. There is no sashing in this beginner-friendly quilt pattern and the spacing is achieved through accent fabric and rotating blocks. Imagine the open prairies when you sew this quilt!
The Prairie Garden Quilt pattern finishes at a wonderful lap size of 48” x 60” and is traditionally pieced with only straight seams! This quilt can go together in a weekend. The Prairie Garden Quilt Pattern features Country Life Fabric designed by Jennifer Long for Riley Blake Designs and is fat quarter-friendly.
Let’s get creative! Just gather the supplies below, then download the pattern and letter labels. Don’t forget to share your Prairie Garden Quilt on social media using the hashtag #BSImakersclub and tag @sewastory_jenniferlong.
What You Need:
Tools
- Prairie Garden Pattern – Use the code “PRAIRIEGARDEN50” when you purchase the Prairie Garden Quilt Pattern from the Sew A Story website to get 50% off!
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Sewing Machine
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Rotary Cutter
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Quilting Ruler
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Self-Healing Mat
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Iron and Wool Mat
- Fusible Fleece
Materials
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1 Country Life Fat Quarter Bundle (or at least 8 Assorted Main Print FQ for Large
Squares and at least 8 Assorted Accent Print FQ for Small Squares and Rectangles) -
Background: 1 ¼ yards
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Binding: ½ yard
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Backing: 3 ¼ yards
Instructions:
1. Gather all your tools and supplies
2. Download and print the pattern / templates.
3. Download and print the letter labels.
4. Cut and label all your fabrics according to the directions. Use the cutting chart for fabric placement.
5. Follow the fully-illustrated, step-by-step instructions.
6. Be creative! Use your imagination to add embellishments, embroidery details and texture!
7. Display your finished Prairie Garden Quilt!
Click the link below to watch how fun and easy this quilt pattern is to sew! I am a Guest on the Riley Blake Designs YouTube channel sharing all the tips and tricks for the Prairie Garden Quilt Pattern block!
Jennifer Long grew up training to be a professional ballet dancer. She taught ballet and ran her own dance studio all the while sewing and designing costumes for herself and many of her collages and students. Jennifer is married and lives on a rural acreage in Prairie Canada with her husband and 4 children. She sold her studio to raise to raise her children and wanted to find dolls and toys for her children with healthy body images. She immersed herself Modern Rag Doll design and soon found she had a unique set of skills for Doll Making from all the years of costume design and aesthetic skills from the dance training. Her love of color and fabric has led her to become a professional Modern Rag Doll Designer and Quilt Pattern Designer designing not only under her own label (Bee Sew Inspired), but also for authors, fabric designers and International Companies around the world! Jennifer remains passionate about teaching and is the founder of two FREE educational FB groups Inspired Doll Making and Inspired Quilt Making. Come join her on this creative journey!!!