Moda Fabrics Purl Panel Quilt - Downloadable PDF

Moda Fabrics Purl Panel Quilt – Free Downloadable PDF Pattern Summary

The Purl Panel Quilt is a free downloadable PDF pattern from Moda Fabrics, featuring fabric designed by Sarah Watts. This is an intermediate-level quilting project that showcases a printed panel as its centerpiece, surrounded by pieced flying geese blocks and coordinating fabric cuts. The result is a structured, visually dynamic quilt that highlights the artwork of the Purl fabric collection while incorporating classic quilting geometry.

What Is Being Made

This pattern instructs quilters in constructing a panel-centered quilt built around a trimmed fabric panel from the Purl collection by Sarah Watts for Moda Fabrics. The panel, cut to 12½" x 20½", serves as the visual focal point of the finished quilt. Surrounding the panel are rows and borders made up of flying geese blocks in multiple sizes, as well as accent squares and rectangles cut from coordinating Purl fabrics. The design is intended to frame and complement the panel print rather than compete with it.

Techniques Used

• Flying geese construction: The primary piecing technique used throughout this quilt. Flying geese are classic quilting units made from one large rectangle and two smaller corner squares, creating a triangular "goose" shape pointing in one direction. In this pattern, multiple sizes of flying geese are made, including units that finish at 20½" x 2½" and 12½" x 2½".
• No-waste or stacked square method: The pattern uses 5¼" squares cut from various fabrics to generate the flying geese units, a common technique that produces four flying geese at once from a single large square and four smaller squares, minimizing fabric waste.
• Panel trimming: The printed panel (RS2029-13) is trimmed precisely to 12½" x 20½" to fit cleanly within the quilt layout.
• Rotary cutting and precise piecing: Accurate cutting of squares, rectangles, and panel sections is essential to this pattern. Quilters work with a variety of cut sizes including 5¼" squares, 4½" squares, 2½" squares, and multiple rectangle dimensions.
• Layout planning for print direction: The pattern specifically notes that print direction across the flying geese blocks will vary in the finished quilt, and instructs quilters not to be concerned about this — a helpful design note for those working with directional prints.

Stitches and Quilting Methods

• Straight stitch piecing: All patchwork units are joined using a standard straight stitch on a sewing machine, with consistent seam allowances as directed in the pattern.
• Pressing and squaring up: Proper pressing of seams and squaring of blocks is implied throughout to ensure accurate assembly of the flying geese rows and panel borders.

Fabrics and Materials

This quilt is designed specifically to be made using fabrics from the Purl collection by Sarah Watts for Moda Fabrics. The pattern references the following specific fabric SKUs:

• RS2029-1 – featured in the main cutting instructions
• RS2033-16 – cut into 5¼" squares, 20½" x 2½" rectangles, 12½" x 2½" rectangles, and 2½" squares
• RS2037-11 – cut into 40 squares at 2¾"
• RS2036-11M – cut into (1) 5¼" square
• RS2033-14 – cut into (2) 5¼" squares
• RS2033-11 – cut into (1) 5¼" square
• RS2035-16M – cut into (2) 5¼" squares
• RS2032-11M – cut into (4) 4½" squares
• RS2