Welcome!
Haven is a 12-week quilt-along created as a place of calm, comfort, and creative refuge. The name reflects the heart of the project: a reminder that quilting can be a source of solace and peace in our busy lives. Each week, a video lesson walks you through the construction of a block or border unit, beginning with an introduction in week one.
The quilt is offered in two colorways: Forest Lake, with blues, greens, teals, and a pop of goldenrod, and Painted Desert, featuring dusty pinks, terracotta, rust, and muted green. Quilt kits are available exclusively from Vintage Pink & Green and include fabric for the quilt top only.
How the Quilt-along works
“The Haven quilt-along is a 12-week series, with a new tutorial released each week beginning with this “getting started” information. Here’s a quick breakdown:
Week 1: Welcome and getting started
Weeks 2-3: We’ll make components for the pieced border (and practice skills needed for the blocks)
Weeks 4-9: A different block each week! We’ll make anywhere from 1-8 of each block.
Weeks 10-12: Putting the quilt and borders together.
By the end of the quilt-along, you’ll have a gorgeous 72″x72″ quilt. If you want a larger quilt, I’ll share tips on adding borders when we finish the quilt top.
Getting Started
To make the process as smooth as possible, I’ve created a downloadable guide for the quilt-along. This guide isn’t a traditional pattern but a helpful resource for cutting and organizing your fabrics. You can download it for free by clicking the buttons below.
To receive the PDF instructions for making each block and border units, you will need to join my Haven mailing list. Each week, you’ll receive an email reminder when the new tutorial is available on my YouTube channel and the PDF of that week’s instructions.
QAL Guide for Forest Lake Colorway
QAL Guide for Painted Desert Colorway
1/9/26: I found a few tiny errors in the guides and have updated them. The current version is “REV1”. The only pages affected were pages 5, 7, and 9. I have you cutting one too many (narrow) strips for two of the fabrics, and the Flying Geese 5 should be Teal 2/Salmon 2 instead of Navy/Rust (but I have you cut the correct squares – just labeled wrong in drawing).
Fabric Requirements
For this quilt, you’ll need 10 fabrics, one yard of each fabric. (Note: this is for top only. Backing and binding requirements are below). I used batiks for my quilt, but you’re welcome to customize the colors to suit your taste. Here’s what I used:
1 white: I used a print that picked up some of the other colors in the quilt, but the overall look was “white.”
1 pale/very light: For the Forest Lake colorway, I used a very pale green batik; for Painted Desert, I used a blush print.
3 light/mediums: Teals for Forest Lake and Salmons for Painted Desert. Some were brighter and some more muted.
2 medium/darks: A lovely medium blue and medium/dark green for Forest Lake. For Painted Desert I went with two terracotta batiks
2 darks: Navy and dark green for Forest Lake, and two muted dark greens with generous amounts of terracottas and salmons in the print.
1 pop/contrast: Goldenrod provided the pop of warmth to the cool colors of Forest Lake while a deep blue-green served as a grounding contrast in Painted Desert.
If you prefer, you can create your own palette — just ensure you have a similar range of light, medium, and dark tones.
Backing fabric: 4-1/2 yards (if no additional borders are added)
Binding fabric: 5/8 yard (again, if no additional borders are added)
Helpful Tip: After cutting your fabrics, organize them into baggies labeled by block/unit. This way, you’ll be ready to sew without any confusion. The downloadable guide includes a chart to help you keep track of which pieces go into each block.
Kits available
If you’d like to use the same fabrics I did, you’re in luck! Kits are available from my favorite quilt shop, Vintage Pink and Green. These kits include all the fabric you need for the quilt top, but please note that additional borders, backing, and binding are not included.
Techniques covered
I would rate this quilt as a confident beginner/intermediate skill level. If you are new to quilting, check out my other QAL’s which are more beginner-friendly: Stars in My Garden and Patching the Hole in the Barn Door.
Here are some of the techniques that we’ll cover in this quilt:
- Half-square triangles (HST’s)
- Flying Geese
- Quarter-square triangles
- Triangle in a square
I walk you step-by-step through the construction of every block.
There are A LOT of pieces to this quilt, so be sure to keep all the bits organized from the get-go!
Progress meets peace
One of the best things about this quilt-along is that you can sew at your own pace. Whether you follow along weekly or save the tutorials for a future quilting retreat, the lessons will remain available indefinitely.
The theme of this quilt is quiet and solace. Enjoy the process of making each block and component!
Join along!
I’ve found so much serenity designing and sewing the Haven quilts, and I can’t wait to share the journey with you. Sign up for weekly notifications and grab your free guide by clicking here. Then, gather your fabrics, organize your supplies, and get ready to create a quilt that resonates calm and solace.
Let’s piece (peace?!) some comfort together!
5 Responses
I’m excited to begin this quilt. My friend told me about this unique 12 week opportunity and we will be doing this together!
Yay! Thanks for sewing along!!
I cannot open the Painted Desert QAL Guide.
Try again – I think I fixed the issue!