Banksia PAPER Quilt Pattern

Celebrate the bold beauty of Australian flora with the Banksia Quilt Pattern! This detailed pattern guides you through creating a striking 75cm x 103cm wall quilt, featuring the dynamic shapes and rich textures of banksia blooms and foliage.

This pattern features fluid curves and organic movement, allowing you to bring the essence of native plants to life in fabric.

What’s included?

• Full quilt pattern – Clear, step-by-step instructions to guide you.
• Detailed techniques – Learn to piece graceful curved shapes with confidence.

Skills required:

• Confident stitching along a curved line.
• Some manual dexterity for pinning curved pieces together.
• Basic quiltmaking skills: piecing, quilting, and finishing a quilt.

📌 Also available as a DIGITAL pattern.

Finished Quilt Size: 75cm by 103cm

What You Will Need:

✂ Fabric (a detailed list is provided upon purchase)
✂ Sewing machine (or a needle for hand-stitching)
✂ Iron and ironing board (MUST be able to adhere iron-on interfacing to fabric)
✂ Sewing thread (neutral for piecing)
✂ Batting and backing fabric
✂ Basic sewing tools: Fabric & paper scissors, clear sticky tape, thread snippers (if available), pins, safety pins for basting, and a 2B or 4B pencil.

Materials required:

fabric (a detailed list is provided upon purchase)
55cm by 55cm piece of iron-on interfacing for each block 
30cm square of baking paper (roughly)
neutral thread for piecing
assorted threads for quilting
batting
backing fabric
binding fabric
assorted fabrics

Skills Required

✅ You do not need to be an advanced sewer to complete this project.
✅ You do need basic sewing skills, such as stitching an accurate seam, whether following a straight line or a gentle curve.
✅ Quilting and layering are not included in this pattern. These stages are briefly covered in my book ‘Pieced’, or you can have the quilt professionally quilted (a common practice).

Need More Guidance? 

If you would like more detailed instruction, check out my Creative Piecework online class, where I teach my entire quiltmaking process.