Fireside Pattern Variations

The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for mutli-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com

The Fireside quilt pattern is now available! Even though the pattern includes fabric requirements and instructions for both a multi-color version and a limited-color version, there are still some beautiful variations you can make yourself!

In this post, I will take you on a tour of some of the limited-color variations and layout variations. A few of you have asked if this pattern is jelly-roll friendly. The answer is no, however it is very scrap friendly. The baby size, in particular, uses thin enough strips that if you have some yardage remnants you could put together a beautiful, scrap-tastic Fireside quilt.

So without further ado, let's jump into some limited-color Fireside quilts.

Fireside Fabric Requirements

The Fireside quilt pattern download is a bold modern quilt design that is great for beginners. Includes queen, twin, throw and baby sizes. suzyquilts.com
The Fireside quilt pattern download is a bold modern quilt design that is great for beginners. Includes queen, twin, throw and baby sizes. suzyquilts.com

Limited-Color Fireside Quilt

First up is a stunning emerald green Fireside quilt made and quilted by Lilo of Trace Creek Quilting. She used the panto Chunky Knit by Simply Fabulous Quilting and sized it to fit the strip width exactly. Don't you just love the texture it brings? It makes it look like an actual sweater!

Depending on the size you make, Lilo is able to change the width of this panto to line up with your strips. As mentioned in a previous post, the width of the strips in the Fireside design changes proportionally based on the size you are making. For example, the strips in the queen size are much wider than the strips in the baby size.

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This quilt was made with a kit from Sarah Made. It includes:

  • Color 1: Art Gallery Fabrics solid Spruce
  • Color 2: Art Gallery Fabrics solid Zambia Stone
  • Color 3: Moda Bella Eggshell
The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for mutli-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com
The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com
The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com
The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com

You've already seen this quilt in a previous post, but it's so pretty I have to include it again. This extra cozy lavender beauty was made by Kim Vogelsang with a kit from Crimson Tate. It was quilted by Heather Alexander using the panto Boxed Twig and wool batting for added fluffiness. Isn't it gorgeous?

Joanna sure likes it.

The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com
The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com

Fireside Multi-Color Variation

This multi-color variation combines half of the colors into "background" fabric. That means rather than picking 10 colors, you only pick 5. Each block is then made from one color fabric and one background fabric. Even though this quilt uses a cream background color, your background fabric can be anything.

Our Creative Contributor, Erin, made this quilt using a kit from Sarah Made. The quilting was done by Trace Creek Quilting using the panto Cartwheels by Julie Hirt/627 Handworks.

The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com

The fabric for this quilt breakdown looks like this:

  • Color 1: Art Gallery PURE solid Dried Carrot
  • Color 2: Moda Bella Eggshell
  • Color 3: Moda Bella Eggshell
  • Color 4: Art Gallery PURE solid  Swimming Pool
  • Color 5: Moda Bella Eggshell
  • Color 6: Art Gallery PURE solid Tender Green
  • Color 7: Art Gallery PURE solid Raw Gold
  • Color 8: Moda Bella Eggshell
  • Color 9: Art Gallery PURE solid Turmeric
  • Color 10: Moda Bella Eggshell
The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com
The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com
The Fireside Quilt pattern includes instructions for multi-color and limited-color variations. Follow some of these simple adjustments to make lots of different variations of this beginner-friendly quilt pattern! suzyquilts.com

Fireside Limited-Color Variation

These next two variations take a bit more planning, but we're here to help. Instead of three colors, which is how the limited-color version is in the pattern, this first one is four.

Fireside Limited-Color Variation #1

To make a four-color Fireside throw-sized variation and get this diamond look, follow the Limited-Color fabric requirements, cutting instructions, and instructions. Colors 1 and 2 will be exactly the same!

Fireside is a modern beginner-friendly quilt pattern that includes queen/full, twin, throw and baby quilt sizes along with instructions and fabric requirements for multiple color variations. suzyquilts.com

This black and white monochromatic beauty was made by Laura, Suzy Quilts Creative Operations Manager, using a kit from Global Fibers and quilted with the panto Paradoxical by Jess Zeigler.

The deviation from the pattern happens in Color 3 — turn Color 3 into two colors. Here are the fabric requirements for Colors 3 and 4:

  • Color 3: 1/2 yd.
  • Color 4: 1/2 yd.

The cutting instructions for Colors 3 and 4 look like this:

  • Color 3: cut 6 - 2.5" x WOF strips
  • Color 4: cut 6 - 2.5" x WOF strips

When piecing your blocks, your two Color 1/2 blocks will stay exactly the same as in the pattern. Instead of making two Color 1/3 blocks, you should make Color 1/3/4 blocks following the assembly instructions in the pattern but with the color placement in the diagram below!

Fireside is a modern beginner-friendly quilt pattern that includes queen/full, twin, throw and baby quilt sizes along with instructions and fabric requirements for multiple color variations

Fireside Limited-Color Variation #2

This next variation is exactly like the one above except it uses a fifth color for the center rectangles. I will also note that I changed the strip sewing order after seeing this variation, so this quilt is slightly different than the instructions on the one above.

This quilt was made and quilted by Sandy of Thai Charm. You can also get the kit from Sandy too!

Fireside is a modern beginner-friendly quilt pattern that includes queen/full, twin, throw and baby quilt sizes along with instructions and fabric requirements for multiple color variations. suzyquilts.com

16 thoughts on “Fireside Pattern Variations

  1. Connie Sillars says:

    I would like to buy a Fireside quilt kit but I can’t seem to find the finished size of the throw quilt. Can you help or tell me where to find the dimensions? Thanks

    • Laura Hopper says:

      So glad that you like Fireside! The largest size that the Fireside quilt comes in is Queen/Full, but if you’d like to make it larger, our best recommendation is to add borders to the largest size until it reaches the dimensions you’d like! Enjoy 🙂

    • Laura Hopper says:

      Hey Deb! Yep, there are 20 different Fireside kits in the email that went out today! There’s a graphic that says “KITS!” and then you can click on each picture below that to head to the shops offering the kits you like. If you don’t see that kits graphic, there might be something at the bottom of your email that says something like “View entire message.” If your email server cut off the message, you can click view entire message and it will show you the full email 🙂

  2. Mary Blythe says:

    I’ve bought the pattern. Now to decide which gorgeous version I want to make! Probably a planned scrappy version with Kona pepper or other dark gray.

  3. Suzanne Shepherd says:

    Hi, Laura, Related to the top/side blocks in your black/gray/white version of Fireside: Did you sew the first strips to the top/bottom of the center rectangle instead of the sides? Is that what you meant when you said you changed the order of the strips? Thanks for your help!

    • Laura Hopper says:

      Hey Suzanne! The assembly instructions are exactly the same, the only thing that changes is where you place the colors. Here’s some info from the blog post that should help! “When piecing your blocks, your two Color 1/2 blocks will stay exactly the same as in the pattern. Instead of making two Color 1/3 blocks, you should make Color 1/3/4 blocks following the assembly instructions in the pattern but with the color placement in the diagram below!”

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