Do you have lots of fat quarters of fabric in your stash and are looking for ideas of what to use them for? We’ve rounded up 50 of our favourite fat quarter projects below for you, sorted by topic so you can get stash busting!
Some of them only require a single one, others require a few, making this the perfect excuse to go and buy some of those gorgeous fat quarter bundles you see in store 😉 The bundle shown above is from Pound Fabrics and works out at just £1 per fat quarter!
Fat quarter projects to sew for the home
Use your fat quarters to make beautiful handmade creations for your home including cushions, oven gloves and a pot holder.
Oven glove – This 2 in 1 tutorial includes a regular oven glove and a heart shaped oven glove
Envelope Cushions – These simple envelope cushions use 1 fat quarter each
Tea Towels – These embroidered tea towels would make a great gift
Carrier Bag Holder – Keep your plastic bags neat and organised with this handy project
Pretty Peg Bag – This pretty peg bag sewing project is one of our most popular
Placemat Set – A 6 FQ bundle wil make you a lovely set of placemats
Pretty Pot Holder – This project can add a lovely colourful touch to your kitchen
Fat Quarter Apron – Sew a pretty apron to use in the kitchen
Pot & Pan Protectors – Keep your cookware stacked and scratch-free
Fabric Wreath – Make a lovely decoration for your home
Cloth Napkins – Easy to make with two FQ’s for each napkin
Storage solutions
Fat quarters are ideal for making fabric baskets – handy for storing all sorts of things in.
Storage Cube – Using just a few 7” squares you get a pretty fabric box to store things in
One Hour Basket – This large spacious basket uses 2 fat quarters of fabric and fits lots of fabric inside!
Nesting Fabric baskets – A few fat quarters can be used for these nesting baskets
Quick Fabric Basket – This only uses 1 fat quarter in total and is quick and easy to make
Divided Organiser Bucket – This useful storage box would be great in the car or home
Can organiser – This organiser would be good for stationery or haberdashery supplies
Armchair needlework organiser – So you can hand sew in front of the TV in the evenings
Hanging Door Pockets – This can be used to store everyday items that you need to hand!
Fat quarter bag projects
These beautiful bag projects below will have you stash busting in no time.
Fat Quarter Drawstring Bag – Using just 1 fat quarter this is an easy to sew project
Evening Bag – You can use either fat quarters or fat eighths for this beautiful evening bag
Tote Bag – This bag is the ideal size for a shopping bag
Cross Body Bag – This patchwork mini cross body bag was sewn from a fat quarter bundle
Small Sewing Bag – Just 2 FQs needed to make this little bag for your sewing supplies
Easy fat quarter bag – This pretty but simple lined bag uses the equivalent of 1 fat quarter
Fat Quarter Tote – Two different sizes of tote using either 3 or 5 fat quarters
Lunch Bag – This tie top lunch bag will make sure none of your lunch falls out
Clutch bag – You only need 1 or 2 FQs to make a handy little clutch bag
Pouches and purses you can sew with fat quarters
Zippy pouches and purses are the perfect size project for using up your fat quarters.
Handy pouch – These cute little pouches would make a great gift
Cute coin purse – This adorable little coin purse has a useful key fob on it too
Boxy Pouch – This spacious pouch would be great as a make up bag or pencil case
Triangle pouch – These fab triangle coin pouches only need small pieces of fabric
Kiss clasp purse – 2 fat quarters are needed to make this purse/bag
Make up bag – Tackle both zips and buttons in this make up bag project
Heart Shaped mini pouch – This cute mini pouch can clip onto your keys or handbag
Ladies purse – This purse has plenty of space for coins, notes and cards
Man’s Wallet – Make this fab wallet for the man in your life
Gadget cases made from fat quarters
Fat quarters are the ideal size for making cases for all your gadgets, phones, i-pads, tablets etc.
Bear Kindle Case – Make an adorable bear case for your Kindle
Camera Cozy – Keep your camera to hand with this camera case tutorial
Quilted ipad mini case – This quilted iPad case will help protect your iPad
eReader case with shoulder strap – This gadget case can be worn cross body
Tablet Carrier Bag – This bag looks like a cute handbag and uses 3 fat quarters
Fast Phone Case Project – This felt lined phone case only takes 10 mins to sew
iPad & laptop cases – Two in one project for a laptop case and iPad case
Clothing & accessory projects you can sew with fat quarters
Fat quarters can also come in useful for clothing and accessory projects, especially for children’s clothes.
Toddler’s fat quarter dress – Only 4 fat quarters needed to sew this patchwork style dress
Infinity Scarf – This 2 fat quarter scarf will keep you warm this winter
Reversible Apron Top – Ideal for young girls – cute reversible top
Fat Quarter Skirt for Adults – An adult size pattern for a skirt made from fat quarters
Baby Sun Bonnet – Sew an adorable baby sun hat with just 2 fat quarters
Baby Bibs – Two different styles of baby bibs to sew
We hope all the great projects above will help you use your stash.
For other Fat Quarter Project ideas do visit our Fat Quarter Pinterest board or visit our free sewing projects page and click the fat quarter tag.
