Riley Blake In The Grove Mini Quilt - Downloadable PDF

Riley Blake In The Grove Mini Quilt – Free Downloadable PDF Pattern by Jill Finley

The In The Grove Mini Quilt is a charming, beginner-friendly quilting project designed by Jill Finley of Jillily Studio and published by Riley Blake Designs. Available as a free downloadable PDF, this pattern produces a finished quilt measuring 32" x 42½" — a perfect mini quilt size for wall hangings, lap accents, or decorative displays. The design showcases a stunning grove-inspired fabric panel as its centerpiece, framed by two coordinating fabric borders and finished with a crisp binding.

What Is Being Made

This pattern guides quilters through constructing a panel-style mini quilt built around the White Grove Flower Panel (P10147 White) from Riley Blake's Grove collection. The panel is fussy cut to highlight six large floral motifs at the center, then surrounded by two successive borders that add visual depth and frame the artwork beautifully. The result is a polished, gallery-worthy mini quilt that lets the fabric do much of the decorative work.

Fabrics and Materials Required

• White Grove Flower Panel (P10147 White) – the focal center panel, fussy cut to 21½" x 32" and centered over 6 large motifs
• Cloud Wedges (C10143 Cloud) – ⅓ yard, used for Border 1
• Grapefruit Main (C10140 Grapefruit) – ¾ yard, used for Border 2
• Limeade Slices (C10141 Limeade) – ⅓ yard, used for binding
• Batting and backing fabric are also required to complete the quilt sandwich

All featured fabrics are from the Grove collection by Jill Finley, exclusively through Riley Blake Designs, ensuring a perfectly coordinated color palette of soft whites, cool cloud tones, warm grapefruit, and fresh limeade green.

Techniques Used

Fussy Cutting

Fussy cutting is a key technique in this pattern. It involves deliberately positioning and cutting fabric so that a specific motif or design element is centered in the piece. Here, the White Grove Flower Panel is fussy cut at 21½" x 32" to center exactly six large floral motifs, making the panel the undisputed star of the finished quilt.

Border Construction and Attachment

The quilt is built outward from the center panel using a two-border system. Each border is cut from width-of-fabric (WOF) strips and attached in a specific order — side borders first, then top and bottom — a standard quilting technique that ensures square, even framing. Seam allowances are pressed toward the borders after each round of attachment.

• Border 1 (Cloud Wedges): Cut at 2" x WOF. Side borders measure 32"; top and bottom borders measure 24½"
• Border 2 (Grapefruit Main): Cut at 4½" x WOF. Side borders measure 35"; top and bottom borders measure 32½"

The pattern specifically advises quilters to measure through the center of the quilt before cutting border pieces, a best practice in quilting that prevents wavy or distorted edges caused by varying seam allowances.

Quilt Sandwich and Layering

Once the quilt top is assembled, it is finished using the traditional quilt sandwich method — layering the quilt top, batting, and backing together before quilting. The pattern does not specify a particular quilting design, leaving creative freedom for the maker to choose their preferred quilting style, whether straight-line, free-motion, or custom hand quilting.

Binding

The quilt is finished with a straight-cut binding made from Limeade Slices (C10141 Limeade), cut into four strips at 2¼" x WOF. The limeade green binding provides a fresh, coordinating frame that ties the color palette together beautifully. Standard double-fold binding technique is implied, consistent with