Pattern of the Week - The Frances Quilt

Completed Frances Quilt Pattern featuring a colorful rainbow design made with squares and bordered squares.

Learn About the Frances Quilt Pattern: A Beginner-Friendly Design

The Frances Quilt Pattern, released in April 2020, has had quite the quilty journey. I made the original quilt top several years before I started writing patterns. This was one of my first holiday quilts and it holds a special place in my quilting journey.

The Frances Quilt in Warp and Weft Moonglow — Kitchen Table Quilting

Perfect for Beginners and Advanced Quilters Alike

The Frances Quilt Pattern is ideal for beginners, featuring only squares and bordered squares. However, it’s also perfect for more advanced quilters due to its versatility with color, value, and rainbow-y design potential.

The Frances Quilt Pattern - Kitchen Table Quilting

Versatile Fabric Options

This pattern offers flexibility in fabric choices. You can create a scrappier look using fat quarters or opt for a rainbow layout with various cuts, all 1/2 yard or smaller. It’s also a fantastic pattern for utilizing scraps, including rainbow scraps or making a value-based scrap quilt.

The Frances Quilt - Scrappy Version - Kitchen Table Quilting

Connecting Quilt Patterns Through Names

If the Frances Quilt Pattern seems familiar, you might be thinking of the Fiona Quilt Pattern. Both patterns share a common design element and start with the letter F. I like to link quilt patterns by using the same first letter or different nicknames, just like with Libby, Eliza, and Betty (all nicknames for Elizabeth).

Hint: If you enjoyed the Iris Quilt, keep an eye out for the Irene Quilt, coming this summer!

Explore More about the Frances Quilt Pattern

For more details and insights, check out the original posts about the Frances Quilt Pattern:

The Frances Quilt - Scrappy Version

A Rainbow AMH Frances Quilt

The Frances Quilt - Pattern Testers' Quilts

The Frances Quilt in Warp and Weft Moonglow

And I have some mockups for you! I did some with a the FQ friendly layout and some with the rainbow layout, and I also did one fabric collection in both layouts so you can see how that would look.