I made another version of my Sadie Sunshine Quilt Pattern and I wanted to tell you all about it!

This is my Sadie Sunshine Quilt Pattern – One Block Version. I also wrote a Four Block version that you can check out here.

I usually stick with all solid fabrics for quilt tops, but I decided to use a couple of patterned fabrics in this baby quilt and I love the way it turned out! I’ve always felt intimidated by patterned fabrics. It’s just so hard for me to visualize how they will look in a design, but Art Gallery Fabrics make it easy because their patterned fabrics often match or coordinate really well with solids within their Pure Solids line. I am particularly a fan of the Suzy Quilts collections as well as her line of Pure Solids. Such great colors and I always feel confident that they will coordinate with her fabrics!

I have used the print in the center (Tiny Meadow Queen Bee) so many times for quilt backings and other projects. I just LOVE it. The floral feels so timeless and it only has 2 colors so it can match other colors really easily. I started with this in the center of the design and worked my way out.

Next to the Tiny Meadows print, I placed Queen Bee – an Art Gallery Pure Solids color that is an exact match to the Tiny Meadow print background. Next I added Thistle which is another AGF Pure Solids color in the Suzy Quilts line, which I knew would coordinate nicely and not be too much more bold than Queen Bee. Thistle is another one of my favorite colors because it is such a warm, purple-y pink, perfect for a baby girl quilt!

At this point, I just had the background and accent triangles to figure out! I have used Sweet Macadamia many times as the background for baby girl quilts, and it felt perfect for this one as well. It is a very light pink but it isn’t too bright, so it blends into the background but has a little more color than just using a white or cream.

For the accent triangles, I wanted something that would stand out to “frame” the center block, and as I was laying fabrics out, this PRINT felt perfect. Who am I, using TWO prints in a quilt top?! I’m really getting out of my comfort zone now, hah! The Coneflower Hemlock print is from the same collection as the Tiny Meadows print (Evolve) so I felt even more confident that they would look great together!

Once I started piecing, I was so happy with how the design was coming out in these fabrics. This isn’t always the case, so I was very pleased!

Then it was time to QUILT! I still love my Babylock Gallant longarm. It’s so fun to be able to finish a quilt all by myself and not have to spray/pin baste and then fit it through my domestic machine. I felt like an edge to edge design that had some curves would be great for this quilt, and when I saw Sew Shabby’s Rainbow Sprouts panto I knew it was perfect! Plus it is a smaller design which makes it much easier for me to quilt on my longarm that has a shorter throat space than more professional machines.

I really enjoyed making this quilt, and I hope I inspired you to try using patterned fabric in your quilt top if you’re usually an “all solids” quilter! I still used mostly solids, but I feel like the pop of prints made this quilt feel timeless and a little more “baby” than it would have felt with all solids.

Fabrics I used: (all Art Gallery Fabrics)

Color 1: Tiny Meadows Queen Bee

Color 2: Queen Bee

Color 3: Thistle

Color 4: Coneflower Hemlock

Color 5: Sweet Macadamia

Pattern: Sadie Sunshine Quilt – One Block Version

My cover verison:

Four Block Version:

Pattern Here