Riley Blake Memory Lane - Downloadable PDF

Riley Blake Memory Lane Quilt Pattern by Carina Gardner – Free Downloadable PDF

The Memory Lane pattern by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs is a free downloadable PDF project sheet for an intermediate-level quilter. The finished project is a 52" x 52" square quilt featuring charming floral appliqué blocks set within a pieced quilt center. This pattern is an excellent choice for quilters who are comfortable with basic quilting terminology and are ready to explore appliqué work alongside traditional piecing techniques.

What Is Being Made

The Memory Lane pattern produces a 52-inch by 52-inch finished quilt, making it a versatile size suitable for a lap quilt, a decorative throw, or a wall hanging. The design is built around a signature Flower Block with a finished block size of 16" x 16". Each Flower Block features appliquéd floral elements including petals, a center petal, leaves, a long stem, and a short stem, arranged to create a lush, vintage-inspired botanical motif. The overall aesthetic reflects the nostalgic, memory-inspired theme suggested by the collection name.

Techniques Used

• Appliqué: The Flower Blocks are constructed using appliqué, and the pattern specifically encourages quilters to use their favorite method of appliqué. This flexibility means the pattern is compatible with fusible web appliqué, needle-turn appliqué, raw-edge appliqué, or any other preferred approach. Appliqué placement is guided by the quilt photo included in the project sheet.
• Quilt Center Assembly: Beyond the appliqué blocks, the pattern includes a structured quilt center assembly process, combining pieced sections with the decorative Flower Blocks.
• Rotary Cutting and Accurate Piecing: All measurements in the pattern include a standard ¼-inch seam allowance, and all seams are sewn with right sides together unless otherwise noted — hallmarks of traditional quilting construction.
• Basic Quilting Technique: The pattern explicitly states that a basic knowledge of quilting technique and terminology is required, placing it firmly in the intermediate difficulty category — ideal for quilters who have moved past beginner projects and are building their skills.

Stitches and Construction Details

• Standard straight stitch piecing with a consistent ¼-inch seam allowance is used throughout the quilt construction.
• The appliqué elements — petals, center petals, leaves, long stems, and short stems — may be secured with a blanket stitch, satin stitch, straight stitch, or zigzag stitch depending on the quilter's chosen appliqué method, offering creative flexibility.

Fabric and Materials

The Memory Lane pattern is designed specifically around the Riley Blake Designs Memory Lane fabric collection, also by Carina Gardner. The fabric requirements call for a carefully curated palette of coordinating prints from this collection:

• 1⅛ yards of blue main (C3210 Blue) — the dominant background fabric
• ⅛ yard of pink main (C3210 Pink)
• ⅛ yard of pink damask (C3211 Pink)
• ⅛ yard of red damask (C3211 Red)
• ½ yard of blue words (C3212 Blue)
• ⅛ yard of gray words (C3212 Gray)
• ⅛ yard of blue banner (C3213 Blue)
• ⅛ yard of gray banner (C3213 Gray)

The collection features a mix of damask prints, text/words prints, and banner prints in a soft, vintage-inspired color palette of blue, pink, red, and gray — perfectly suited to the nostalgic Memory Lane theme. Because this is a quilting pattern, the primary tools required are a