Moda Fabrics Midwinter Reds Scarf Quilt - Downloadable PDF

Moda Fabrics Midwinter Reds Scarf Quilt – Downloadable PDF Pattern Summary

About This Free Downloadable Pattern

The Midwinter Reds Scarf is a quilting and textile craft pattern designed by Minick & Simpson for Moda Fabrics, available as a free downloadable PDF. Rather than a traditional pieced quilt, this project guides makers through creating beautiful, fringed scarves using Moda Midwinter Reds Woven fabrics. It is an approachable yet satisfying project rated at an intermediate difficulty level, making it ideal for quilters who are comfortable with fabric handling and straight-of-grain techniques but want to explore woven textiles in a wearable format.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces woven fabric scarves with hand-finished fringe ends. Each length of fabric is cut and prepared to yield two finished scarves, making this an efficient and generous project — perfect for gifting during the winter season. The scarves have a rustic, handcrafted aesthetic that showcases the rich red tones and woven texture of the Midwinter Reds fabric collection.

Materials Used

• Moda Midwinter Reds Woven fabrics — the primary material, used in long yardage cuts
• Each piece is cut to 84 inches in length, then folded and cut along the long fold to yield two panels measuring approximately 21 inches × 82 inches each
• Basic sewing supplies including pins for thread pulling and fringe work
• A sewing machine for optional stay stitching at the fringe boundary

Note: Because this is a woven fabric scarf project rather than a yarn-based craft, no knitting needles, crochet hooks, or yarn are required. The woven structure of the Moda Midwinter Reds fabric itself provides the texture and drape.

Techniques Used

• Straight-of-grain tearing — After an initial snip of approximately 1 inch into the long edge, the fabric is torn across the width to ensure a perfectly straight grain line on the short ends, a classic quilting and dressmaking technique that guarantees accuracy without measuring
• Fringe making — A 2½-inch snip is cut up from the short side of the fabric, positioned ⅛ inch away from the selvage, creating a "rat tail" of selvage that acts as a stopping point; threads are then carefully unraveled one at a time using a pin to produce 2½ inches of hand-pulled fringe on each short end
• Stay stitching — An optional machine-sewn line of stitching placed between the fabric body and the fringe zone to secure the fringe and prevent further unraveling during wear and washing
• Square knotting — As an alternative to stay stitching, groups of approximately 10 threads are tied together in square knots along the fringe edge, adding a decorative and tactile finish that reinforces the handmade character of the scarf
• Selvage management — The pattern makes deliberate use of the fabric's selvage as a structural guide during the fringe-cutting process, a technique that reflects a quilter's careful attention to fabric grain and edge integrity

Stitches and Construction Details

• Stay stitch — a straight machine stitch sewn close to the boundary between the fringe and the body of the scarf to lock threads in place
• Square knot — a hand-tied finishing knot worked in small bundles of woven threads, used as a decorative and functional alternative to machine stitching at the fringe ends

Pattern Format and Designer

This pattern is offered as a free downloadable PDF designed by Minick & Simpson, based at 1528 Miller Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103, in collaboration with Moda Fabrics. It is a concise, beginner-friendly instruction sheet that walks quilters through the full process of cutting, preparing, and finishing a w