Riley Blake Treasure Hunt - Downloadable PDF

Riley Blake Treasure Hunt Quilt

What is Being Made

The Riley Blake Treasure Hunt is an intermediate-level downloadable quilting pattern that creates a finished quilt measuring 56" x 56". This design features a central block construction with a finished center block size of 16" x 16", making it an ideal project for quilters looking to develop their skills beyond beginner level while still maintaining manageable complexity.

Quilting Techniques Used

This pattern employs fundamental quilting construction methods suitable for intermediate crafters. The primary technique involves creating multiple Four-Patch blocks, which are assembled by sewing fabric strips together and then cutting and recombining them into smaller units. The pattern requires careful attention to directional sewing, particularly when working with directional prints and phrases, ensuring all design elements face the correct orientation. The quilt is constructed through systematic block assembly followed by center assembly and finishing with binding.

Stitches and Block Construction

The pattern utilizes basic quilting seams throughout, with all measurements including a standard ¼" seam allowance. Pieces are sewn with right sides together as the default construction method. The core building blocks consist of:

• Four-Patch A Blocks: A total of 68 blocks are required, utilizing five different fabric varieties: 8 blocks from blue stripes, 20 from blue phrases, 14 from green dots, 14 from licorice solid, and 12 from tea dye solid
• Four-Patch B Blocks: 8 blocks made from blue stripes fabric

The Four-Patch construction begins with cutting fabric strips into 2½" segments, then sewing two segments together to create each individual block unit.

Materials and Fabric Requirements

This pattern uses Riley Blake Designs fabrics from the Treasure Hunt collection, requiring a total of approximately 5½ yards of quilting cotton fabric plus additional yardage for backing and binding. The specific fabric requirements include:

• 5/8 yard main fabric (C2570 Blue)
• 7/8 yard ship print (C2571 Gray)
• 3/4 yard skulls print (C2572 Brown)
• 1 yard phrases print (C2573 Cream)
• ¼ yard phrases print (C2573 Blue)
• ¼ yard dots print (C2574 Green)
• 7/8 yard stripes print (C2575 Blue)
• ¼ yard tea dye solid (C100-20 Tea Dye)
• ¼ yard licorice solid (C100-19 Licorice)
• 5/8 yard binding fabric
• 3½ yards backing fabric

Standard quilting tools including rotary cutters, quilting rulers, and cutting mats are used to prepare fabric pieces. The pattern is designed to work with conventional quilting cotton and standard quilting needles or sewing machine needles appropriate for piecing work.