Wildflower Quilt Pattern
Wildflower, our first pattern of 2025 is here! This is a bold beginner-friendly pattern that uses just half square triangles, squares, and strips to make the blocks. Both the Wildflower quilt pattern and the Wildflower Wovens fabric collection are inspired by my life in the Midwest, specifically my years living in Oak Park, Illinois— the home of the Prairie School architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.
For seven years my family lived less than a mile away from Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio. The Prairie School style of architecture defined the look of Oak Park and one of the distinct characteristics of this style were organic forms incorporated into the details of each space — especially through stained glass.
The shapes of this pattern are big and geometric — making the cutting and sewing techniques perfect for newbie quilters. This simplicity was also intentional because I hope you use the Wildflower Wovens with this pattern, or maybe a mix of wovens and quilting cotton.
Although these wovens are tightly woven and can be used just like regular quilting cotton, I want your first experience to be wildly successful and easy. 😉
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What Are Wovens?
This is a great question because there are some key differences and not every "woven" is the same. So what's the difference between the Wildflower Wovens and basic quilting cotton? The main difference is when the fabric is dyed and how the threads are woven together.
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Quilting cottons all start off the same, with a simple weave. The weft (horizontal yarn) and the warp (vertical yarn) weave in and out. After the fabric is woven it is then dyed or printed.
Wovens, or more accurately, yarn-dyed wovens, are made in the reverse order. First the yarns are dyed, as you may have guessed, and then the fabric is woven together. So as long as the yarn-dyed wovens are tightly woven together, they can have a very similar feel to the quilting cotton you love.
Below is a photo of fabric from all of my current collections – Wildflower Wovens, Signature Solids, Duval, and Evolve. Because these wovens have such a lovely tight weave, they will feel similar to my other collections and the Art Gallery Fabrics you know and love.
In a nutshell, the reason I get so excited about yarn-dyed wovens is that you can achieve stunning texture by using different yarn colors, weights, and weave patterns. Oooh la la! Did you know that I've been slowly building a fabric rainbow with each collection?
And here's a picture of Joanna walking over all of them. Ha!
What Makes Wildflower Wovens Special
There are some really exciting things about this 12-piece collection!
- 57" wide from selvage to selvage – That means you get more fabric to make coordinating projects.! It also makes this fabric perfect for backing baby quilts or sewing garments.
- Tightly woven – They will not fray like other yarn-dyed woven fabric, making them perfect for piecing quilts. My true passion is quilting, so when I sat down to design these wovens, I wanted to make them specifically for quilts. Yes, they will be beautiful as clothes and in other projects, but the tightness of the weave is equivalent to other quilting cottons, making the sewing process feel seamless between the two substrates.
- Beginner-friendly fabrics – You can sew with these just like you would with quilting cotton. These won't bleed, stretch, or fray differently than Art Gallery Fabrics poplin, so you don't need to be an expert sewist to use them!
- They coordinate with all Suzy Quilts fabric – with each fabric collection I have been adding to the fabric rainbow. I love sewing with a mix of prints, solids, and woven fabrics. Now with the Wildflower Wovens I can do it with a family of fabric that was designed to play together!
- Four different weaves – in just one bite-sized collection you get to play with four different woven designs – slub (which is a variation in thread weight giving it the yummiest texture), dobby dots, diamonds (the back is different than the front!), and speckled
Above is a stack of Wildflower Wovens including Prickly Pear, Clover, Honeysuckle, Golden Hour, Zinnia, and Poinsettia.
Below is a mix of fabric from all of my collections — Wildflower Wovens, Signature Solids, Duval, and Evolve. Are they pretty together? 🙂
Diamonds in Moonlight
Dots in Sweet Pea
Speckled in Cloud
Slub in Rainstorm
Wildflower Quilt Pattern Fabric Requirements
The cover quilt showcases the Wildflower Wovens collection by Suzy Quilts for Art Gallery Fabrics, and this pattern shines in woven fabrics. The Fabric Requirements include options for using either 42" or 57" WOF fabrics.
The Wildflower quilt pattern comes in two versions. In the Limited-Color version, six colors are paired, and each pair of colors is used to make two blocks with the color placement reversed.
This mock-up uses a mix of Wildflower Wovens and prints from Evolve and Duval. The Neutral is Slub in Rainstorm (woven) and the Colors include:
- Dots in Honeysuckle (woven)
- Meadow in Key Lime
- Evolve in Key Lime
- Dots in Clover (woven)
- Dots in Bluebell (woven)
- Boho Birds in Glacier
In the Multi-Color version, 12 colors are paired to make six unique blocks.
Wildflower Quilt Kits and Samples
The Wildflower quilt pattern was designed to be used with my new Wildflower Wovens fabric. And if you want to try them out, this kit from Sarah Made is for you! The Wildflower Wovens fabrics used in this kit are:
- Cloud
- Sweet Pea
- Zinnia
- Poinsettia
- Wild Rose
- Prickly Pear
- Honeysuckle
If you're dreaming of spring flower, this Spring Wildflower Kit from Crimson Tate will let you have the light and airy feeling of spring all year long. This kit uses Fableism Daisy wovens which add even more flowers to the quilt. The fabrics used in this quilt are:
- Robert Kaufman Manchester Yarn Dyed in Shell (note that this line of fabric has been recently discontinued)
- Fableism Daisies in Sulfur
- Fableism Daisies in Droplet
- Fableism Daisies in Celadon
- Fableism Daisies in Seedling
- Fableism Daisies in Cornflower
- Fableism Daisies in Soft Periwinkle
Inspired by the Art Gallery Fabrics collection Abode, this quilt kit from Global Fiber perfectly coordinates with Abode printed fabrics. Pick up some prints for the back and binding while you're shopping! The fabrics used in this quilt kit are:
- Cherry Lipgloss
- Mandarin
- Raw Gold
- Emerald
- Zambia Stone
- Sweet Pink
- Latte
It's a bright, sunny day every day with this quilt kit sold by Lamb & Loom! The cheerful colors pull from spring florals, and the backing brings the whole quilt together.
The colors in this quilt kit sold by Sewing Arts are inspired by Marimekko's color palette. What a cute story and name! If you love this classic textile brand as much as we do, don't miss this kit!
Evergreen Wildflower Sample
This version of the Wildflower quilt uses lush, deep greens which helps the quilt feel like flowers surrounded by trees. This sample was made by Nuria Elkins. While this quilt is not available as a kit, you can recreate it yourself using the following Art Gallery Fabrics PURE Solids:
- Vanilla Custard
- Evergreen
- Aura
- London Red
- Flamingo
- Chocolate
- Cobalt
Queen of Hearts Wildflower Sample
The new Queen of Hearts fabric collection from Fableism is a fun combination of whimsy and sophistication. Adding these fabrics to the Wildflower quilt evokes the Queen of Hearts from the classic film Alice in Wonderland. The sample was made by Kacie Grossman. To create this quilt on your own, use the following fabrics:
- Sprout Woven in Honey
- Forest Forage Daisies in Sulfur
- Native Nectar in Golden
- Queen of Hearts Dobby Hearts in Sunday Best
- Queen of Hearts Dobby Hearts in Royal
- Queen of Hearts Dobby Hearts in Maraschino
- Queen of Hearts Dobby Hearts in Cherry
- Forest Forage Honeycomb in Currant
- Forest Forage Honeycomb in Cognac
- Forest Forage Honeycomb in Lilac
- Forest Forage Honeycomb in Dahlia
Wildflower Quilt Mockups
Here are some fun ideas to get your Wildflower juices flowing! The first half of these are mock-ups of the limited-color version and the second half is the multi-colored version.
Limited-Color Wildflower Quilts
The limited-color versions use 6 Colors and one Neutral. The Neutral fabric can be light or dark, it just needs to have some contrast with all of the Colors.
Fauvism Is My Fauv-orite
Monet's Pond
Grapefruit Impressions
Bau•Hows, Bow•House, Bau•Haus
Prairie School
Mystic Mauve
Spring Frost
Daisy Lane
Multi-Color Wildflower Quilts
The multi-colored versions of this quilt pattern use 12 Colors and one Neutral fabric. One thing to note about the Throw size:
For the 42" WOF option, you can round the 3/8 yd. Colors to 1/2 yd. each and use the extra to create a scrappy binding! Just cut a total of eight binding strips from your leftover fabric and piece them in your desired order. If you use this method, you do not need the separate Binding fabric. For the 57" WOF option, the 3/8 yd. colors include enough for a scrappy binding without additional Binding fabric.
Can I Be A Unicorn When I Grow Up?
Can I Have A Pet Snake?
My Favorite Color Is Rainbow
Roy G. Biv
WOW!
Can’t wait till the 23rd!💙💙💙
Beautiful pattern and so many lovely options. I want to give this pattern a good try!
What an amazing pattern, love it love it love it!! Will there be a QAL? Please …..
Yay!! Thank you, Sara! We won’t have a traditional QAL, but we do have some special Wildflower pattern tutorials coming over over the next few weeks.
Great pattern for Spring and beyond!
I love this big bold pattern. And I love the variety of samples you have included. I would think it will go together fast with the big pieces. A wonderful addition to your already beautiful collection.
Thank you, Martha! In 2024 I had you sewing a lot of curves, so this year my focus is on beginner-friendly patterns with simple blocks. 🙂
I love this! Can you include the fabric and measurements for a queen size?
I’m so glad you like the design! The finished throw is quite large – 71″ x 70″. Because the design already uses sashing, adding an outer border to the throw will look seamless and is an easy way to make this into a queen-sized quilt. If you have a queen bed in mind, measure it to see how much you would like the quilt to hang off the edges. It’s possible you will only need to add 5-8″ on each side.
Thank you! Queen Size might be just what we need!!
I just love it!
The inspiring large flower like blocks, and the vast, contrasting color combinations!
I love your work! made me smiled, even more. Being dupers form OPRF HS
looks like you lived quite close to my hubby. I was on the other side of the tracks on Humphrey. Loved walking to school passing the Frank Lloyd Houses lBrings fond memories. You made me a new fan God Bless Linda