Today I'm excited to share the new Windblown quilt! Perfect for using your stash, Windblown is fat quarter friendly, making it easy to use what you have. The pattern includes 8 sizes from Baby to King with 2 Throw sizes and 2 Queen sizes, so you can make the perfect size for any one on your list.
The Windblown quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
In this half-square triangle quilt, the prints appear to blow across the quilt top in windy waves. The windblown look is further defined with two accent colors - a light hue and a medium hue.
You'll love the large blocks that go together quickly with simple sewing.
Windblown Quilt Pattern Features
- Includes 9 sizes
- Fat quarter friendly
- Stash friendly design
- Confident beginner friendly
- Easy-to-follow instructions, diagrams, and charts
So many sizes!
The math for Windblown worked out for all sizes except the Full, unfortunately - that's 8 sizes in all!
I sure do enjoy doing all of the math in calculating the quilt sizes for you. I've done it all inside the pattern too, and I think you're gonna love that. You will not have to calculate how many squares to cut from a strip when using my patterns; the detailed cutting instructions are right there in black and white.
Windblown Quilt Stats:
Beautiful Batik Fabrics!
For this quilt, I broke into the Java Batiks FQ bundles in my stash and pulled out the deeper blues and teals for the waves and used the lighter seafoam for the accent fabric, along with solid white batik for the background. Also added in were a few Expressions Batiks by Riley Blake Designs.
One thing I really love about batiks is they are reversible, so both sides are right and there is no flipping fabrics over when piecing.
The binding strips were cut from the leftover fat quarters. I joined all of the seafoam strips and then the dark teal and then the blue and navy strips together in an attempt to make it look less scrappy.
The Windblown quilt pattern is available in the Busy Hands Quilts shop.
Um, I made an oopsie!
I made a big oopsie when assembling this quilt, and it's so hidden that I'm not sure it would be noticed if I didn't confess. The blocks in every other row are oriented incorrectly. The placement of the two accent fabrics is supposed to be swapped in the blocks in every other row, and I didn't swap them at all. By golly, I didn't even notice until I was looking at it on the longarm, after it was quilted! Fortunately, with these fabrics it's not really noticeable. I made this same mistake on the other Windblown quilt I made, and it still looks great, so I'm thinking it doesn't really matter... :)
For comparison, below is an image in similar fabrics showing how the pattern is written. The accent fabrics are supposed to rotate 45 degrees in the blocks in every other row.
This fabric collection is Codici in the cool colorway by White Owl Textiles. This awesome collection of blenders will be in shops soon (March 2026).
Longarm Machine Quilting
The digital longarm quilting design used on this quilt is a mystery at this time. I will insert it here when I find the name of it. :) Quilted on my Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher using Superior Omni Thread in Fountain Mist Light Blue.
Quilt Stats:
Pattern: Windblown by Busy Hands Quilts
Quilt Size: Large Throw 60" x 72"
Fabric: A blend of Java Batiks by Maywood Studios with a few Expressions Batiks by Riley Blake Designs added with the lighter seafoam batiks used as the Accent and Batik white for the background
Thread for Piecing: Superior So Fine! in #519 Barely Mint Blue
Pieced on: Juki TL-2010Q
Batting: Hobbs Heirloom 80 cotton / 20 poly
Backing: Widescreen in Niagara by Robert Kaufman, available here
Quilted On: Handi Quilter Amara with ProStitcher
Digital Longarm Design: Unknown at this time
Thread for Quilting: Superior Omni #3070 Fountain Mist Light Blue
Made By: Myra Barnes
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