LoveCrafts Twist Spring Garden Quilt Knitting Pattern

LoveCrafts Twist Spring Garden Quilt Pattern

What is Being Made

The Twist Spring Garden Quilt is an intermediate-level quilting project designed by Lisa Swenson Ruble and featured in the LoveCrafts Spring Garden collection. This downloadable PDF pattern creates a finished quilt measuring 63 inches by 72 inches, making it an ideal size for a lap quilt or throw blanket. The design incorporates the Spring Garden fabric collection with coordinating prints including Garden Birds, Painted Butterflies, Pretty Stems, Wildflowers, Honeybees, and Confetti fabrics.

Quilting Techniques Used

This pattern assumes basic knowledge of curved piecing, which is a fundamental technique in this quilt design. Curved piecing involves sewing fabric pieces together along curved seams rather than straight lines, creating more complex and visually interesting patterns. The pattern recommends consulting additional tutorial resources for those seeking to refresh their curved piecing skills before beginning the project. Beyond curved piecing, standard quilting construction techniques are employed, including strip cutting, template tracing, and binding application.

Stitches and Construction Methods

The Twist Spring Garden Quilt utilizes traditional piecing methods rather than hand stitching. Construction involves:

• Tracing template shapes onto clear plastic template material and cutting them out for accurate fabric cutting
• Cutting fabric strips at specified widths using the Width of Fabric (WOF) measurement
• Cutting individual fabric pieces using the prepared templates (Template #1 and Template #2)
• Piecing curved seams to join fabric sections together
• Assembling the quilt top from the pieced sections
• Binding the quilt edges with 2-1/4 inch strips cut from the binding fabric

Materials and Supplies

The Twist Spring Garden Quilt pattern requires fabric from the LoveCrafts Spring Garden collection. Specific yardage requirements are provided for each fabric component:

• Garden Birds fabric (Fabric A): 2-1/8 yards, used for lengthwise strips forming the quilt foundation
• Painted Butterflies I (Fabric B): 1/2 yard for template pieces
• Painted Butterflies II (Fabric C): 1/2 yard for template pieces
• Pretty Stems II (Fabric D): 1 yard, including binding strips
• Wildflowers I (Fabric E): 1/2 yard for template pieces
• Wildflowers II (Fabric F): 1/2 yard for template pieces
• Honeybees I (Fabric G): 3/8 yard for strip pieces
• Honeybees II (Fabric H): 2 yards for template pieces
• Confetti I (Fabric I): 1/2 yard for template pieces
• Backing (Fabric J): 4 yards for the quilt back

Additional supplies needed include plastic template material for creating durable cutting templates and batting measuring 69 inches by 78 inches to provide the insulating layer between the quilt top and backing.

Pattern Format and Skill Level

This is a free downloadable PDF pattern from LoveCrafts, making it accessible for digital download and printing. The pattern is rated as intermediate skill level, indicating it is suitable for quilters who have completed basic quilting projects and are ready to tackle more complex curved piecing techniques. The pattern recommends reading through all instructions before beginning and suggests checking LoveCrafts.com for any pattern updates prior to starting the project.