Riley Blake Victorian Era Quilt - Downloadable PDF

Riley Blake Victorian Era Quilt – Downloadable PDF Pattern by Tasha Noel

The Riley Blake Victorian Era Quilt is a beautifully detailed downloadable PDF quilting pattern designed by Tasha Noel and published under the Riley Blake brand, with fabrics from the Penny Rose Fabrics collection. This intermediate-level pattern produces a stunning finished quilt measuring 65" x 81", making it an ideal size for a throw or bed quilt. The design draws inspiration from the ornate, fabric-rich aesthetic of the Victorian era, combining a rich palette of prints and solids to create a warm, antique-inspired heirloom piece.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a Victorian-style pieced quilt featuring a repeating Victorian Basket Block, each block finishing at 15" x 15". The overall quilt layout incorporates sashing between blocks and a border to frame the finished design. The combination of intricate patchwork blocks, structured sashing strips, and a coordinating border gives the quilt its characteristic Victorian elegance. The quilt and block diagrams in the pattern are described as virtual images, so the final appearance will vary depending on fabric placement choices.

Techniques Used

• Pieced patchwork block construction – building the Victorian Basket Block through a series of units (Unit A and Unit B), joining rectangles and squares in a specific sequence
• Sashing – using 1½" x 15½" and 1½" x 47½" sashing strips to separate and frame individual blocks within the quilt layout
• Borders – adding a structured Border 1 using 1½"-wide strips cut width-of-fabric (WOF) to frame the quilt top
• Strip cutting and sub-cutting – cutting WOF strips into precise squares and rectangles for efficient and accurate piecing
• Right-sides-together sewing – the standard quilting construction method used throughout the pattern
• Seam allowance management – all measurements include a ¼" seam allowance, and the pattern specifically advises measuring through the center of the quilt before cutting border and sashing pieces to ensure accuracy
• Binding – the pattern includes binding as a finishing step to complete the quilt edges

Stitches and Piecing Details

As a quilting pattern, construction relies on precise straight-stitch machine sewing with a consistent ¼" seam allowance throughout. The block assembly begins by sewing print rectangles to cream shade squares to form Unit A, then adding further print rectangles to the top and bottom to create Unit B. This methodical unit-by-unit approach is characteristic of traditional quilting piecing and allows intermediate quilters to build each block accurately before assembling the full quilt top.

Materials – Fabric Requirements

This pattern is designed specifically to coordinate with the Penelope Fat Quarter Stack (FQ-4410-21) from Penny Rose Fabrics, which includes a curated selection of Victorian-inspired prints. The fat quarters used in the pattern include:

• Blue main
• Brown main
• Brown bouquet
• Pink bouquet
• Brown rose
• Blue floral
• Brown floral
• Blue plaid
• Brown plaid
• Pink stripe
• Blue berries
• Brown berries

In addition to the fat quarter stack, the following yardage is required:

• 1½ yards (1.4 m) of brown main (C4410 Brown)
• ⅝ yard (60 cm) of blue stripe (C4415 Blue)
• 3 yards (2.75 m)