Ready to make a bigger quilt with just five yards of fabric? Go Big With 5-Yard Quilts includes eight bold, generously sized quilt patterns designed to give large-scale prints and favorite focus fabrics more room to shine. Oversized blocks mean less cutting, faster assembly, and more freedom to work with directional prints or multiple focus fabrics in the same quilt. Each design starts with five 1-yard cuts, with lap sizes reaching up to 56½" x 80½", plus queen/king topper enlargement instructions for every pattern. With clear diagrams, approachable construction, and Fabric Café’s easy fabric-selection strategy, Go Big With 5-Yard Quilts makes it simple to turn beautiful fabrics into big quilts with even bigger impact.
Finished Quilt Sizes
Nightfall
- Lap Size: 56½" x 80½"
- Queen/King Topper: 108½" x 84½"
- Directional Fabric Friendly: Positions #1 and #4
Pathways
- Lap Size: 55" x 74"
- Queen/King Topper: 97" x 78"
- Directional Fabric Friendly: Positions #1 and #4
Serendipity
- Lap Size: 56½" x 71½"
- Queen/King Topper: 100½" x 75½"
- Large rectangular focus-fabric blocks are directional friendly
Still Waters
- Lap Size: 56½" x 80½"
- Queen/King Topper: 109½" x 85½"
- Directional Fabric Friendly: Positions #1 and #4
Sunburst
- Lap Size: 54½" x 78½"
- Queen/King Topper: 105½" x 81½"
- Directional Fabric Friendly: Positions #1 and #4
Tea Garden
- Lap Size: 54½" x 76½"
- Queen/King Topper: 101½" x 79½"
- Directional Fabric Friendly: Positions #1 and #4
Willowbend
- Lap Size: 56" x 80"
- Queen/King Topper: 107½" x 83½"
- Directional Fabric Friendly: Positions #1, #4, and #5
Wind Dance
- Lap Size: 54½" x 78½"
- Queen/King Topper: 106½" x 82½"
- Directional Fabric Friendly: Positions #1, #3, and #4
Materials Needed for One Standard 5-Yard Quilt
- Quilt Top: Five 1-yard cuts of 44/45" wide fabric
- Backing Fabric: 5 yards of 44/45" wide fabric
- Batting
- Sewing thread to match fabrics
- Fabric should measure at least 42" wide after selvages are removed
- Economy binding is cut from the fabrics; add ½ yard for double-fold binding
- ¼" seam allowance used throughout
For Queen/King Topper Enlargements
- Two yards each of the five fabrics
- 9 yards of backing fabric