How to Make a Flamingo Quilt

Quilts tell the story of the makers, their families and their communities. Even the most simple quilt patterns have meaning to its maker. The Churn Dash pattern may have 21 different names and variations, but it symbolized the hard work of homesteading the prairie and was an important part of the life of the women who made it. Quilts also reflect the values, culture, and environment of the time when they were made.

This Flamingo Wall Hanging Quilt Pattern is designed after a request from a customer who wanted to make a flamingo wall hanging to use as a grow chart for her granddaughter. This quilt is easy to piece and applique using your favorite flamingo print fabric. The border is perfect for a row of numbers to mark the growth of your child or grandchild, if desired. It makes a fun addition to any bedroom or nursery.

Angela Huffman of Quilted Joy is a talented quilter who loves to share her love of quilting through her YouTube videos. In this episode of Quilting With Angela, she shows how to make a flamingo quilt using the Floating Triangles technique from her book Floating Triangles 2. It’s an excellent way to use up scraps and play with decorative stitches on your machine.

The Floating Flamingos quilt features a fun technique to get the look of a flock of flamingos when they’re spooked! It uses a combination of strip sets and easy-to-piece blocks to create the center of the quilt. The quilt is a good choice for beginner quilters or those who want to learn a new technique.

This block pattern from Burlap and Blossom is a great way to showcase any fat quarter fabric you have in your stash! The pattern is easy enough for a first-time Featherweight owner and includes written instructions as well as colored graphics to help you construct the block. The pattern also includes resizing charts to make this quilt in various sizes.

Harlequin is a bold quilt pattern that creates colorful play between prints and solids. It’s an intermediate level quilt pattern but is easy to piece with straight rotary cutting and straight 1/4 inch seams. The finished size is 46 inches x 46 inches. It can be made with a precut layer cake of print fabrics or an assortment of 28 prints sized at 10″ squares and coordinating solid color yardage fabric.