Riley Blake In The Forest - Downloadable PDF

Riley Blake In The Forest Quilt Pattern – Detailed Summary

The In The Forest pattern by The RBD Designers is a downloadable PDF quilting pattern available free of charge from Riley Blake Designs. The finished quilt measures a generous 64" x 64", making it a substantial throw or lap quilt. This is rated as an advanced project, meaning it is best suited to quilters who are already comfortable with precise cutting, accurate piecing, and working with multiple fabric types and block configurations simultaneously.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a single, cohesive square quilt built around a central themed fabric collection. The design draws its visual identity from a woodland aesthetic, incorporating a fussy-cut panel fabric as a focal element alongside coordinating prints. The overall layout combines pieced blocks with panel squares to create a structured, forest-inspired composition. The quilt photo and block diagrams provided in the pattern serve as virtual references, and the final appearance will naturally vary depending on the specific fabric placement chosen by the maker.

Fabrics and Materials Used

The pattern is designed specifically around the Riley Blake Designs fabric collection, and the following specific fabrics are called for:

• 1 mustard In the Forest panel – fabric code P8955 Mustard, fussy cut into four 18" squares to serve as prominent feature blocks
• 1/6 yard white main – fabric code C8950 White
• 1/6 yard gray main – fabric code C8950 Gray
• 1 1/8 yards navy trees – fabric code C8951 Navy, the largest supporting fabric in the quilt
• 1/6 yard green bear and fox – fabric code C8952 Green
• 1/3 yard blue cluster dots – fabric code C8954 Blue
• 1/4 yard green cluster dots – fabric code C8954 Green
• 1/8 yard navy cluster dots – fabric code C8954 Navy
• 1 1/3 yards cloud confetti cottons – fabric code C120 Cloud, the second largest yardage requirement and a key background or sashing fabric
• 5/8 yard binding fabric

The variety of prints – including a scenic panel, tree prints, cluster dots in multiple colorways, and a confetti cotton – creates a rich, layered visual texture that is characteristic of a well-curated quilt collection. Quilters will need standard quilting cotton yardage, and all seam allowances throughout the pattern are a consistent 1/4 inch.

Cutting Techniques

Precise cutting is essential to this pattern, and the instructions are detailed and fabric-specific. A notable technique is fussy cutting, used on the P8955 Mustard In the Forest panel to isolate four 18" squares that center or highlight specific motifs within the printed design. Fussy cutting requires careful planning and may use more fabric than a standard cut, so quilters should study the panel layout before making any cuts.

Beyond fussy cutting, the pattern requires cutting a wide range of square sizes from strips cut across the width of fabric (WOF). The labeled cutting pieces include:

• A – five 4 7/8" squares from white main
• B – eight 5 1/4" squares from gray main, and four 5 1/4" squares from green bear and fox
• D – sixteen 3" squares from green cluster dots, and four 3" squares from navy cluster dots
• E – five 10" squares from cloud confetti cottons
• F – five 5 5/8" squares from cloud confetti cottons
• G – twenty 4 7/8" squares from cloud confetti cottons
• H – twenty 2 3/4" squares from cloud confetti cottons
• I – two 5 1/2" squares from cloud