Wild Soul in Indie Folk fabrics

April 28, 2024

Wild Soul is a very special pattern for me - one of the best selling RebaLeigh legacy patterns, and the first pattern I designed for myself – for the first time, I wasn’t designing for another person or with specific constraints. It was so liberating, honestly, and I enjoyed every bit of letting my creative side just play.

I have such fun memories of this quilt. I designed and sewed the first version - this one - in 2017 and took it with us to watch a friend participate in a skijoring competition in Leadville, CO.

It's ok, I had to google it the first time I heard about it too.

This sounded like a good idea, but for the non-mountain folks - March in the high country is some of the deepest snow of the year. The first place we stopped we both sank up to our THIGHS in snow! I was laughing too hard to take a decent photo - my husband wasn't tall enough to hold the quilt with half of his body buried! The rest of the ride back to the interstate was spent going - "There!! Quick, pull over!! No - there!! Aww, you missed it - there!! Stop stop stop!" But we managed to get some fun pictures and left with a fun memory to think about almost seven years later as we re-debut this pattern under The June Thimble!

(Oh boy do I miss the mountains!)

This Wild Soul was made with my very favorite AGF Indie Folk fabrics, designed by Pat Bravo. Something about these colors drew me in right away, and they really shine in this scrappy pattern. This fabric line has stayed one of my favorites of all time and we still use this quilt daily!

I used Moda black crossweave for the background, backed it in Shannon Cuddle minky, and it's quilted in Modern Loops by Abby Latimer of Latimer Lane Quilting.

Seven years later it's in perfect shape and still in the daily rotation in our house!

Pattern Details:

This stunning quilt is very pre-cut friendly and much simpler to piece than it looks!

Jelly roll, fat quarter, fat eighth, or scrap friendly pattern
Fast and easy chain piecing
No Y-seams - clever piecing makes this simpler than it looks
Nested seams for perfect points
No waste!

Five sizes included: baby, throw, twin, queen, and king

Skill level: Intermediate/confident beginner

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1 comment

I love your quilt and would like to make it myself. My quilting to this point has been traditional patterns with more traditional fabric. I’m ready to stretch and try these beautiful Indie fabrics and your pattern is perfect. Please let me know if the pattern can be purchased.

Thank you,
Elaine