Riley Blake Flea Market Flowers Sew Along Guide - Downloadable PDF

Riley Blake Flea Market Flowers Sew Along Guide by Lori Holt – Downloadable PDF Pattern Summary

About This Pattern

The Flea Market Flowers Sew Along Guide is a free downloadable PDF designed by Lori Holt and published by Riley Blake Designs. It provides a structured, week-by-week framework for completing a large, vintage-inspired quilt alongside Lori Holt's official sew along hosted on her blog, Bee in My Bonnet. The guide is intended to be used in conjunction with weekly instructions posted every Monday beginning January 25, 2021, with a preparatory Bee Prepared blog post published on January 4, 2021.

Finished Project

The finished project is a quilt measuring 76 inches by 86 inches, making it a generously sized bed or lap quilt. The design carries a charming, nostalgic flea market aesthetic consistent with Lori Holt's signature style, featuring floral motifs and a warm, cottage-inspired color palette.

Skill Level and Prerequisites

This guide requires a basic knowledge of quilting technique and terminology. It is not a standalone beginner tutorial but rather a companion resource that works alongside the blog-based sew along. Quilters who are comfortable with foundational patchwork concepts will be well prepared to follow along. The quilt and block diagrams included in the PDF are virtual images, and the layout and appearance of the finished project may differ when using actual fabric.

Quilting Techniques Used

• Patchwork piecing – constructing quilt blocks from cut fabric pieces, a core technique throughout the project
• Block assembly – joining individual blocks into a cohesive quilt top following a planned layout
• Binding – finishing the quilt edges, with specific fabric allocated for an inside binding detail
• Sew along format – the project is broken into weekly segments, encouraging a manageable, step-by-step approach to completing a large quilt

Fabrics and Materials

The pattern is designed to be sewn using Riley Blake Designs fabrics from Lori Holt's Flea Market collection. Specific fabrics called for include:

• 7 Yards of C10229 Cloud Bookkeeping – a primary background or feature fabric used extensively throughout the quilt
• 1 Yard of C10214 Pebble Wallpaper
• 1/2 Yard of C10214 Clover Wallpaper, with 10 yards of this fabric needed specifically for the inside binding
• 3/4 Yard of C10224 Pink Needlepoint
• 3/8 Yard of C10224 Green Needlepoint
• 2.5 Yards of WB10232 Red Roses Wide Back – a wide backing fabric designed to minimize seaming on the quilt back
• A selection of Fat Quarters and Fat Eighths for variety and patchwork interest throughout the blocks
• 2 Packs of ST-4913 Bee in My Bonnet Interfacing – used to support and stabilize fabric elements within the quilt

Notions and Specialty Tools

Lori Holt's patterns are well known for incorporating her signature specialty rulers, and this project is no exception. The following tools are referenced in the guide:

• STVT-2656 Large Coral Vintage Trim – a decorative trim element for embellishment
• ST-18059 Seed Rulers – precision cutting tools designed for specific quilt shapes
• ST-4815 Pie Ruler – used for cutting curved or wedge-shaped pieces characteristic of floral quilt designs
• STRULER