Tula Pink Lend a Paw Quilt - Downloadable PDF

Tula Pink Lend a Paw Quilt – Free Downloadable PDF Pattern Summary

The Lend a Paw Quilt is a free downloadable PDF quilt pattern designed by Stacey Day and released under the Tula Pink brand, featuring fabrics from the Tiny Beasts and True Colors collections by Tula Pink, available through Free Spirit Fabrics. This is a pieced quilt rated at a Confident Beginner skill level, making it an excellent project for quilters who have mastered the basics and are ready to work with a multi-fabric layout. The finished quilt measures a generous 90½" x 90½" (229.87cm x 229.87cm), producing a full, square quilt suitable for a bed or large throw. Each finished block measures 14" x 14" (35.56cm x 35.56cm).

What Is Being Made

The Lend a Paw Quilt is a large, square pieced quilt constructed from a series of uniform 14-inch blocks. The design showcases the whimsical, nature-inspired prints of the Tiny Beasts fabric collection alongside the coordinates from True Colors, both by Tula Pink. The overall effect is a vibrant, playful quilt that highlights the character-driven prints — including woodland creature motifs — that Tula Pink's fabric lines are celebrated for. The pattern was technically edited by Alison M. Schmidt, ensuring precision in the instructions.

Techniques Used

• Piecing: The primary construction technique is traditional quilting piecing, where individual fabric pieces are sewn together with precise seam allowances to form blocks, which are then joined into the full quilt top.
• Block construction: Each 14" x 14" finished block is assembled individually before being arranged and sewn together into the overall quilt layout.
• Multi-fabric coordination: The pattern is designed to work with a carefully curated selection of prints and colorways from the Tiny Beasts and True Colors collections, requiring attention to fabric placement and color balance across the quilt top.
• Confident Beginner piecing: While rated for beginners with some experience, the pattern introduces quilters to working with multiple coordinating fabrics and managing a larger finished size, building skills in layout planning and consistent seam work.

Fabrics and Materials

This pattern is specifically designed for use with Tula Pink's Tiny Beasts and True Colors fabric collections, distributed by Free Spirit Fabrics. The pattern calls for a variety of specific prints in multiple colorways, including:

• Deer John Glimmer (PWTP178.GLIMMER) – ⅜ yard
• Deer John Glow (PWTP178.GLOW) – ¼ yard
• Oh Nuts! Glimmer (PWTP179.GLIMMER) – ¼ yard
• Oh Nuts! Glow (PWTP179.GLOW) – ¼ yard
• Bear With Me (Glimmer colorway) – yardage specified in the full pattern PDF

Each fabric is listed with its specific Free Spirit Fabrics item ID and precise yardage requirements, making it straightforward to source the exact materials needed. As with all quilting projects, quilters will also need quilting cotton for backing and binding, quilt batting in an appropriate size for the 90½" x 90½" finished dimensions, as well as standard quilting tools including a rotary cutter, cutting mat, quilting ruler, sewing machine, and iron and pressing surface for seam pressing.

Skill Level and Suitability

Rated Confident Beginner, the L