Lemonade Quilt - the Raspberry Lemonade one

April 21, 2026

We are here to share our second sample we made for our Lemonade Quilt pattern release. Meet the Raspberry Lemonade Quilt!

To get caught up on what we've shared so far, head to these two other blogposts:

Our Raspberry Lemonade Quilt showcases our Large Throw size finishing at 68.5" x 77". We chose the Precut + Yardage design option. Star Point 1 is made from 8 FQs and Star Point 2 is made from white yardage. The background fabric is a variety of 11 Half Yards in pinks and low volume prints. Let's look at the gorgeous fabric pull.

OH MY GOODNESS. It is SO SO yummy. When I was deciding our next sample after the 100% scrappy one, I wanted to make sure mixing prints and solids with precuts and yardage still felt good to me. I made a mock up of a color palette I thought was really pretty just to get the color vibes. Here is what I came up with:

I love this, even in all solids but since I wanted to use prints, I printed out this mock up and tried to pull similar colors from my stash. I also ordered a ton of new fabric in January and I pulled from that new collection as well. Here is all the new fabric I purchased and you can see I grabbed a few different prints from it for this quilt. The other fabrics I pulled from my stash.

The 8 FQs for Star Point 1 came from this pile of new fabric. And 3 of the 11 HYs needed for the background also were from the new fabric. Everything else is from my stash. Here is what I used:

Star Point 1s:

Emily Belle - Vintage Pink
Art Gallery - Dogwood in Sunlight
Riley Blake - Main Floral in Butterscotch
RSS - Egg N Friends Tablecloth in Honey
Petit Pan - Pepin Orange
Fairview Avenue - Wild + Free Maple
Festival - Diamonds
Allegory - Stamped in Midnight

Star Point 2: Kona White

Background Half Yards:

Petit Pan - Shalin Ecru
Petit Pan - Sappho Citrus
Petit Pan - Folksy Ecru
Kitchen Window Wovens - Blush
Bella Pale Pink
Kona Peony
Bella Princess
Kona Petal
Kona Ballerina
Bella 30s Pink
Bella Tea Rose

Now it was time to cut my fabrics, keep them organized into their sections and piles, and then mix and match them into block piles!

From the left are Star Point 1 cuts, then all the white cuts are Star Point 2 and to the right are the background cuts.

For this quilt, making the block piles is pretty easy since each block has a repeating fabric - the white. I started by laying out all the white squares first and then laid the Star Point 2 squares on top. After that, I then paired the background squares needed to finish the star cuts. And lastly, I added the frame cuts needed for each block and made sure it was a from a different background fabric from the star cuts. That is how we have four different fabrics in each block.

I cannot begin to tell you how much we loved sewing these blocks together and seeing them pile up! The first sample of Lemonade was only made by me. This sample was made by Alysson and me and it took us a few blocks to both be sewing the exact same way. At one point Alysson was sewing scant and I was trimming too much so her blocks were bigger than needed and mine were smaller. Ha! Whoops. You’d think after sewing together for 7 years, we would be the same but alas, we were not. But we solved the problem and you can hide A LOT in the seams.

I love this shot of all the blocks stacked together. You can really see the depth and variety of background fabrics. This is 72 Lemonade Blocks.

Here they are stacked in piles by the Star 1 fabrics, 8 piles of 9 blocks that have the same Star Point 1 and 2 pairs but then the backgrounds and frames all vary.

This last photo always makes me smile. The rug looks like a little bunny paws or maybe a dog doing a sploot on their belly. Do you see it?

I put these blocks up on the design wall and I tried my best to space out the star points and make sure no frames of the same fabric were touching.

I believe this was/is our final lay out? I put them all up and then we moved and adjusted them around for maybe 10 or 15 minutes. I forget when I took these photos but regardless this quilt is SO fun. I love the pops of citrine as well as the pops of black. The red and warmer tones are such a fun contrast to some of the cooler pinks and purples of the background. And I love that there are some prints in the background but they don't take away from the prints in the stars themselves.

Once your blocks are laid out, it's time to sew them into their rows. Once your rows are sewn, you press the seams in the rows opposite directions to nest them in their final construction.

And here we go! Our finished Raspberry Lemonade top!

I love the consistent white points in this quilt. It gives the eye something to rest on as the other colors change and it really highlights the pinwheel effect of these Lemon Stars.

I chose the Honey Honey pantograph and Emily worked her magic on this quilt. The pantograph is a fun repeating design that has florals and stems and a bubbly rainbow in it. We chose a shiny light pink thread to blend into the top more but still add a bit of sheen to the final quilt.

I really love the frames in this quilt. The mixture of prints and solids in the background fabric add such a fun detail to the overall design. Each block really shines on its own but together it really sparkles.

I think my favorite photos of release shoots are the ones where the quilt hands from one corner. You can feel and see the movement so much clearer in these shots.

We backed our quilt in Kitchen Window Wovens in charcoal from Robert Kaufman. It's a 3/8" gingham and it's the best compliment to the front and the small amount of black between the front and back pairs perfectly together.

I bound the quilt in a few of the same solids in the background fabric from the front and one print. I wanted the binding to blend into the background and not stand out too much.