Hot Summer Quilts

Heat up your summer quilting with tropical prints, citrus colors, and beach-worthy designs. From throws to table toppers, you'll find all the patterns you need to turn your home into an oasis.

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Life's A Picnic

Reproduction 1930s prints are showcased in a traditional star pattern. A pieced binding reinforces the "use it up" sensibility of the era.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Garden Party

An easy-to-piece pattern provides plenty of space to showcase large-scale floral, precut 10" squares.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Lemon Bars

Capture the fresh feeling of cool summer breezes wafting through a flower garden in the bright quilt.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Summer Breeze

This vintage quilt features a large selection of fabrics from the 1930s.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Split-Rail Summer

The mottled blues and greens of this complex-looking quilt call to mind a bubbling brook and a peaceful meadow.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Beachy Waves

For a quilt that mimics ocean waves, select dozens of batiks in sea glass colors and combine them in a bargello design.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Fiesta Pinwheels!

Punch up your summer table with a runner that's easier than it looks. It's all about the fabric placement-we show you how!Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Bee Happy

Fast fusible appliqués stitched atop foundation strips make this buzz-worthy quilt cute as can "bee."Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Star-Spangled Summer

Celebrate the season with a table runner that embraces the best of summer.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Summer Snapshots

Sew a wall hanging with sections featuring favorite summer motifs - a bowl of lemons, blooming flowers, and sunny pinwheels.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Summer Salsa

Stitch up Nine-Patch blocks and combine them with setting squares for an easy checkerboard-style quilt.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Sailing Ships

Lost Ship blocks rotated 180° form bright orange and orange-and-pink vessels swimming in a cream sea. A green print inner border provides an unexpected pop of cool color.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Pineapple Chunks

Use the quilt-as-you-go method to add pieced rows at the same time that you layer the batting and backing. Then add the binding, pop on a few ragged-edge leaves, and your pineapple table topper is ready for a luau.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Sunny Skies

Cheery blue and yellow star in this sunny wall quilt. A variety of geometric prints complement the tone-on-tones for low-contrast piecing.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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What's the Buzz?

Combine whimsical bird and floral appliqués with playful pieced blocks for a sweet-as-can-"bee" quilt.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Summer Refreshers

Appliqué fruit and straws to pieced glasses of refreshing drinks for a summertime table topper.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Watercolors

Using a range of blue and green batiks and prints gives the sense of a deep, impenetrable ocean.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Cherry Delight

Whip up an oh-so-sweet wall hanging showcasing a pair of cherry appliqués and a bushel of borders made from precut floral strips.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Pink Lemonade

Stars created with a spirited mix of prints and tone-on-tones are sprinkled among a rosy Irish Chain of Double Four-Patch blocks.Buy this pattern here.

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Summer Windmills

Happy solid orange, cheerful solid turquoise, and bright polka dot white combine to make Flying Geese units. When arranged around a center square, the units look like blades on windmills rotating in a summer breeze.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Vive la French Country

A tablecloth lends elegance to any outdoor setting. On this inviting tablecloth, charming yellow and blue prints march around a border that looks like French tiles.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Watermelon Table Topper

Use the flip-and-sew method to make this watermelon table runner.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Ships Ahoy!

Think you'll make waves with a nautical-theme crib quilt? Our instructions for easy-to-piece sailboats and appliqué accents ensure smooth sailing.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Colorful Fun Daisies

Brighten your day with a bouquet of daisies set off by white-and-black prints in a fast and fusible, cheery wall hanging.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Paisley Pop

Bright solids and a plethora of paisleys pack a punch in a summer quilt.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Splash of Summer

Keep your beach towel rolled with a whimsical seaside critter belt.Get the free pattern here.

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Summer Stars Table Topper

Fussy-cut large prints or a panel to make a bright and happy summer-theme table topper.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Summer Chevrons

Purposefully arranged triangle-squares produce a chevron pattern in a summer-theme wall hanging. Pops of color in the beach-theme border echo the bright prints and batiks in the quilt center.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Beachy T-Shirt Throw

Life's a beach with this sand castle-inspired T-shirt throw. A muted background of tone-on-tone tans and ocean blues lets the summer-theme shirts shine in the sun.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Sunny Side Up

Watch new shapes emerge when you cleverly arrange light and dark fabrics to create an optical illusion.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Tropical Twist

Cut bright batik fabrics in strips to form vibrant geometric blocks. Vivid blue sashing frames the eye-popping blocks.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Nautical Baby Quilt

Make a splash with a nautical-theme crib quilt. Stitched in pink prints and rose polka dots, this baby quilt will make a great gift for any baby girl.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Mango Tango Throw

Each block of this sizzling, south-of-the-border 54-1/2-square throw uses nine assorted stripe, plaid, and solid fabrics.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Sea and Sand Quilt

Combine batik and tone-on-tone fabrics in an easy-to-piece quilt that conquers images of the ocean.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Tropical Crossing Wall Hanging

Bright batik fabrics pop off a light, scrappy background in this wall hanging.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Pineapple Twist Wall Quilt

A square and cross pattern takes center stage on this wall hanging, which contains four Pineapple blocks.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Tiny Treasures

An X marks the spot on this table topper, where Four-Patch blocks and X blocks form a large overall X. Sea blues and sandy tans contrast perfectly with pops of red and orange.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Citrus Patch Throw

Citrus prints combine beautifully in a sunny throw.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Blue Jeans Quilt

Recycle your old blue jeans into an easy, pieced throw perfect for a summer picnic.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Double Dutch

Even if you never played this two-jump-rope game in grade school, you'll enjoy pairing up the pieces for a happy-go-lucky quilt. Stars within stars and triangles within triangles play off each other for piecing fun.Buy this pattern here.

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Nautical Pinwheels Quilt

Make pinwheels pop by using a navy blue print and a crisp, solid white for the large triangle-squares.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Citrus Stars

A playful palette of citrus colors-orange, green, and yellow-brings a summery look to this wall hanging. Careful placement of triangle-squares produces pairs of star blocks.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Two-Block Citrus Quilt

Use setting rectangles grouped by color families to create diagonal patterns across a quilt top.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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Here Comes the Sun

You'll have sunshine on a cloudy day with this cheery throw that features yellow bursting through black and gray. Geometric prints lend a modern feel to a traditional block and color combination.Get the free quilt pattern here.

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