Moda Fabrics Haiku Crosses Quilt - Downloadable PDF

Moda Fabrics Haiku Crosses Quilt Pattern – Downloadable PDF Summary

About This Quilt Pattern

The Moda Fabrics Haiku Crosses Quilt is a free, downloadable PDF quilting pattern designed by Moda Fabrics. The finished quilt measures 69 inches by 79½ inches, making it a generous lap or throw size suitable for display or everyday use. This is an intermediate-level pattern, meaning it is best suited for quilters who are comfortable with precise cutting, accurate piecing, and working with multiple fabric pieces to build structured, repeating blocks.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a full-size patchwork quilt featuring a Crosses block design. Each block is constructed with a central print fabric surrounded by a coordinating border print, creating a framed, medallion-like appearance within each individual block. The overall quilt layout repeats this block across the quilt top, producing a cohesive and visually striking crosses pattern. The design is well suited to Moda's signature fabric collections, which typically feature coordinating prints and solids ideal for this type of structured block work.

Materials Required

• 21 Fat Quarters – print fabrics, one per block (note: 2 fat quarters are listed as extra)
• Background fabric – cut into multiple width-of-fabric strips in 15-inch, 11-inch, and 10-inch widths
• Additional fabric – for borders and binding, cut in 3½-inch width-of-fabric strips
• Standard quilting tools including a rotary cutter, cutting mat, and quilting ruler are recommended for accurate strip cutting
• A sewing machine suitable for patchwork piecing, cotton thread, and an iron for pressing seams

Cutting Instructions Overview

Precise cutting is central to this pattern. From each of the 21 fat quarters, the quilter cuts:

• 2 strips measuring 3 inches by 21 inches, then sub-cut into four 3-inch by 8-inch pieces (A)
• 5 strips measuring 1½ inches by 21 inches, then sub-cut into pieces labeled (B), including 1½-inch by 8-inch, 1½-inch by 15-inch, 1½-inch by 4-inch, and 1½-inch by 3-inch segments

From the background fabric, width-of-fabric strips are cut as follows:

• 3 strips at 15 inches wide, sub-cut into 42 pieces measuring 15 inches by 3 inches
• 2 strips at 11 inches wide, sub-cut into 42 pieces measuring 11 inches by 1½ inches
• 2 strips at 10 inches wide, sub-cut into 42 pieces measuring 10 inches by 1½ inches

Block Construction Techniques

Each block is built using a structured, step-by-step piecing sequence. The border that frames each block is cut from a single coordinating print fabric, giving each block a unified, bordered appearance. The construction process involves:

• Strip piecing – joining long strips of print and background fabric before sub-cutting into segments, which is an efficient technique for producing multiple identical units quickly
• Segment assembly – an 8-inch by 3-inch print strip is joined to an 8-inch by 1½-inch border strip, then cut into 3-inch-wide block segments
• Corner unit construction – a 15-inch by 3-inch background piece is joined to a 15-inch by 1½-inch border strip, cut into 4 segments of 3 inches wide, and then a 4-inch by 1½-inch border segment is added to one side of each to form a corner unit; four corner units are made per block
• Block assembly – two corner units and one central block segment are joined together, repeated twice per block, and then the full block is assembled from these sub-units

This method of building sub-units before final assembly