Moda Fabrics Homegrown Quilt - Downloadable PDF

Moda Fabrics Homegrown Quilt – Free Downloadable PDF Pattern Summary

The Moda Fabrics Homegrown Quilt is a charming intermediate-level quilting project that produces a finished quilt measuring 51" x 56". Offered as a free downloadable PDF from Moda Fabrics, this pattern celebrates a rustic, farmhouse aesthetic by making creative use of a printed panel fabric alongside coordinating fat quarters. The result is a warm, story-rich quilt that blends fussy-cut panel motifs with traditional patchwork blocks for a design that feels both nostalgic and skillfully crafted.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a single lap or throw-sized quilt with a finished size of 51" x 56". The design centers on a Homegrown panel — a printed fabric panel featuring farm scenes and a "Farm Sweet Farm" motif — which is fussy-cut and incorporated as focal blocks within a patchwork layout. Surrounding the panel cuts are traditionally pieced star blocks and half-square triangle units, creating a structured yet playful composition. The quilt is well-suited to quilters who have basic piecing experience and are comfortable with rotary cutting, ruler work, and block assembly.

Fabric and Materials

The pattern is built around two primary fabric sources:

• Homegrown Panel – The centerpiece of the design. This printed panel provides the "Farm Sweet Farm" motif, which is cut to measure 5½" x 22", as well as five individual farm scene squares, each cut to 10½" x 10½" (including seam allowances) using a 10½" square ruler. A sixth farm scene square is left over and can be repurposed for a pillow top or used on the quilt back.
• Light Fat Quarters (Fabrics 2–6) – Five coordinating light fat quarters are used for the patchwork sections. From each fat quarter, the following pieces are cut:
  • One 6" x 21" strip, from which three 6" x 6" squares are cut for half-square triangles (HSTs)
  • One 3½" x 21" strip, from which eight 2½" x 3½" rectangles are cut for large star blocks
  • One 4½" x 21" strip for additional patchwork components as detailed further in the pattern

As a quilting project, this pattern requires quilting fabric (cotton quilts cottons are standard), a rotary cutter, a quilting ruler (including a 10½" square ruler specifically called out for fussy cutting), a cutting mat, and a sewing machine. Backing fabric, batting, and binding materials are also needed to complete the finished quilt, though specific yardage for those components appears in the full PDF.

Techniques Used

Fussy Cutting

Fussy cutting is a key technique in this pattern. It involves deliberately centering a printed motif within a specific cutting measurement so that the design appears exactly where intended in the finished block. Here, quilters use a 10½" square ruler to isolate and cut individual farm scenes from the Homegrown panel, and a standard ruler to frame the "Farm Sweet Farm" motif at 5½" x 22". Precision placement is essential to this step, making it one of the more skill-dependent parts of the project.

Half-Square Triangle (HST) Construction

Half-square triangles are a foundational quilting unit made by sewing two contrasting squares together diagonally and pressing open to form a square block composed of two triangles. In this pattern, the 6" x 6" squares cut from each light fat quarter are used to create HSTs, which contribute movement and visual texture to the overall quilt layout.

Star Block Piecing

The pattern includes large star blocks assembled from the 2½" x 3½" rectangles cut from each fat quarter. Star blocks are a classic quilting motif typically constructed