Available Quilt Kits & Free Quilt Patterns
Available Quilt Kits
Here are the free quilt patterns Quilts for Kids uses to make available quilt kits for folks who wish to assemble comfort quilts at home. Kits include precut fabrics for the quilt top, the quilt back, instructions, and an official label. Please provide the thread and batting. The kits can be signed out at any of our workshops.
Feel free to make these same free patterns using your own fabric stash. We call them stash quilts. Look for the finished size, yardage, and cutting requirements in the .pdf file download.
Official Labels
An official Quilts for Kids label must be sewn to the back of all donated quilts. These labels can be obtained either at our workshops or by sending us a stamped self-addressed envelope. Make sure to sign these labels with your first name only and remember to use a permanent pen. If you do not have a permanent pen, you can sign them at our workshops when you drop them off.
If you would like to help us provide free labels to our volunteer sewers, each label costs $.25 and can be purchased from our headquarters in Pennsylvania. Be sure to inform them to send the labels directly to their Salt Lake Chapter.
Free Quilt Patterns
Alternate Square (38″ x 44″)
This is the easiest and fastest of the seven kits available for signing out. The squares and borders are precut and ready to sew.
Rail Fence (38″ x 44″)
The second easiest simply adds two steps to the easiest pattern above. Sew four precut strips together then cut them into squares.
I Spy (38″ x 43″)
The third easiest can go two ways. Either three strips will be sewn together and then cut into blocks as it is for Rail Fence or, the larger pieces will be fussy cut which simply means each block is sewn together one at a time.
4-Patch (38″ x 44″)
This pattern is just as easy as the Rail Fence design. The only difference is two strips are sewn together before cutting them into units. Then, two units are sewn together to form one of the fifteen alternating blocks.
9-patch (38″ x 45.5″)
This pattern is just as easy as the 4-patch but there are fewer blocks to sew together. Also, three strips are sewn together and then cut into units. Then, three units are sewn together to form a single block.
Checkmate (40″ x 46″)
Like the 4-patch two strips are sewn and then cut into units. But here, the units are sewn into two long strips. Each long strip is sewn to two strips of sashing and then to the long focus fabric.
Pinwheel (38″ x 44″)
This design is not recommended for beginning quilters as it can be a challenge to align the center points of the pinwheel.