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Let me tell you, there are a squillion or more tutorials out there and I could have spent months finding even more for you! I admit I didn't check exactly how much fabric you needed for all these projects but I am pretty sure that you can make them all with one or two fat quarters, less for a lot of them.
And don't be blaming me if you spend hours sucked into lots of 'new to you' blogs - some of them are hard to escape from, you have been warned! Many of these blogs have lots of other tutorials to offer so take a look around.
If you have any tutorials of your own that you would like to add to the list, add a comment with a link to it, cheers, I'll add this list to the tutorials page so you can easily find it again, there are a number of these tutorials I have already tried and now there are quite a number on my to do list :o)
Fabric swap closed in 2010!
Fabric swap closed in 2010!
UPDATE - July 2026: I've working my way through the list, there were quite a few broken links and after Typepad closed (a blogging platform that was very popular back in the day) many of the old sites disappeared. If you have any fat quarter patterns/tutorials that you want to share, please drop them in the comments.
Various book covers
- Reversible notebook Kirin notebook
- Paperback cover by mairuru
- Journal cover from Bloom
For The Kids
- Baby soft book of colours at homegrown happy
- Matching game by the cottage mama
- Bear in a crib toy Just arting around
- Crinkle square toy by joy shope
- Counting bean bags by chez beeper babe
- Petite back pack by sew to speak
- Super hero head band by curly pops
- Kids travel pillow by maya*made
- Drawstring fish bag by cloud 9
- Ruffle bib by sew kate sew
- Doll quilt by patchworkposse
Softies
- Molly monkey by mmmcrafts
- lucy goosey by the long thread
- alpaca by shishigirl
- floppy fish by 30 minute crafts
- Oscar the softoe by jojo and eloise
- kokeshi stuffie by Melly and Me
- whale softie by small dream factory
- RevoluzZzionary monster at revoluzZza
- pointy kitty by wee wonderfuls
- sailboat stuffie by sew and the city
For The Home
- criss cross coasters by allsorts
- quilted tea cosy at messy jesse crafts
- peek-a-boo lampshade by pretty ditty
- bike basket by make it handmade
- mail sorter at bright and blithe
- scappy hot pad at My Byrd House
- appliqued coaster at fat orange cat
- reversible rik-rak napkin at film in the fridge
- table runner by Crafts By Abby
- simple table runner by Fabric, Paper Thread
- collapsible storage basket at sew 4 home
- cushion cover with invisible zipper by kirin notebook
- cozy bed warmers by make it do
- closet dividers by 2 little hooligans
- hot pads by crafty asian girl
- keyboard wrist pad by the copper state
- easy draft excluder by jojoebi
- ninja cushion by jojoebi
Wearables
- Eddie Cap by Mushroom Villages
- cozy slippers by jojoebi
- summer slippers by lady harvatine
- cloth baby shoes by mammafelice
- kids belt at elsie marley
- little man tie by very handmade
- rockabilly headband by the sewing loft
- kids sized chef hat at curlypops
- ruffled slippers by melly sews
- sun visor by u create
- stylish headband by Chie
- dress up owl outfit by jojoebi
- tiered skirt by mmmCrafts
Bags, Purses and Pouches
- little boxy pouch by three bears
- envelope purse by maya*made
- dresden petal handbag by jemima bean
- boxy pouch with strap at Dragoknit
- wallet by confessions of a fabricaholic
- pen pouch by never enough hours
- fat quarter purse by we wilsons
- string quilt pouch by mairuru
- poochie bag by happy zombie
- drawstring bag by in colour order
- draw string bag by skip to my lou
- flat bottomed zipped pouch by pin and paper
- triple zip pouch by a quilters table
- patchwork bag by Wynn
Cases
- kindle cover by jojoebi
- knitting needle roll by grumperian
Cute zakka tutorials
- festive bunting by stitch.rip.repeat
- teacup pin cushion by mmmcrafts
- simple rainbow felt bowls by jojoebi
- little houses by jojoebi
- fabric luggage tags at skip to my lou
More?
You can get more of my patterns over at ETSY and I also have 2 patterns featured in Little One Yard Wonders (Amazon aff link)
OMG! I'm scared to look at all these! I now I'll come up with at least 50 more projects I need to make. Thank you (I think)! I'm sure this took you a while to put together.
ReplyDeleteWowee!! This is crazy! You did a ton of work!
ReplyDeletewhoa. that is quite a list! thanks for making my Molly and my teacup pincushion a part of such a great group.
ReplyDeleteLove!!! Thanks for posting these! This is so great!!! -Katie
ReplyDeleteA great list. Thanks for adding my tutorial with the others. I'm bookmarking this to explore.
ReplyDeleteLorrie
Fab list. Thanks for adding mine!
ReplyDeleteWOW fantastic list!!.......thanks for the linky love to my project!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic list!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for including mine to the list. You must have done so much work.
yay!! :D
xKyoko
You are the best! I just got done organizing my stash and found out I have a whole box full of fat quarters. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of fat quarter tutorials on my blog, if you are interested:
http://mallorymurray.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/whoo-too-how-to-owl-softie/
http://mallorymurray.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/reversible-table-runner-how-to/
Just what I'm looking for! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for posting a link to my table runner project! Can't wait to look at everyone else's ideas!
ReplyDeleteI was just browsing the web for some fat quarter projects, and stumbled across this list. Thank you so much for posting it!!!
ReplyDeleteWell I am book marking this one. Thanks for all the great resources.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Aw, the oven mitt link is broken. Here is a REALLY great tutorial, though, with pictures and video: http://cthuliz.com/blog/?p=313
ReplyDeleteThis is BRILLIANT!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing.
Thanks for putting this list together.
ReplyDeletePut it on Pinterest.com
Maria
Lovely list - but can't access quite a few of them due to security and membership requirements! Very disappointing!!!
ReplyDeletesorry about that, I presume over time people have changed their sites, everything was free to download and use when I made the list 2 years ago.
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