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21+ Flannel Quilt Patterns for Warm and Cozy Winter Nights

There’s nothing like a warm flannel quilt for relaxing after long winter day. Do you want to be nice and cozy this winter (and many winters to come) snuggling under a gorgeous quilt? Then try one of these gorgeous flannel quilt patterns. Choose flannels in darker, brown and blue prints to make a great quilt to for the guys in your life. Choose more vibrant or feminine colors if you are making it for your mom, daughter, sister, or bestie. If you decide to make this for a family, I would ask for the color scheme in their bedroom and try to match it. As always if you are making this as a gift, always ask the recipient first for their color and pattern preferences before you start. These flannel quilts are gorgeous, but they are not everyone’s cup of tea and they are a TON of work.

Tips for quilting flannel

• Use a 1/2 inch seam allowance. Flannel tends to fray more easily than quilting cotton, so the extra seam allowance helps prevent fraying over time and washings.
• Wash flannel fabrics before cutting to preshrink them. Different flannels can shrink at different rates, so washing first helps ensure your pieces won’t change size after construction.
• Cut binding strips on the crosswise grain for maximum stability. The crosswise grain is less stretchy than the lengthwise grain.
• Flannel is a bit stretchier than quilting cotton but doesn’t necessarily need to be cut on the bias. Straight cuts work well.
• Consider using a walking foot when quilting, as flannel’s bulk can be harder to maneuver than quilting cotton. Or try stipple quilting, which also works well for flannel.
• Sizing the blocks: to get the size you want, cut the blocks 1” bigger to account for 1/2″seam allowance. For example if you want 6.5” finished blocks, cut them 7.5”. You can usually get 10 blocks of this size out of a half-yard.
• Popular flannel fabrics include Kaufman Mammoth, JoAnn’s Platitudes line, and Hancocks of Paducah brands. These hold their shape well. Avoid flannels that may pill more easily over time like The Snuggle line.

Simple Patchwork Flannel Quilt and Flannel Sewing Tips

Learn to sew a simple patchwork flannel quilt with additional tips for successfully sewing with flannel

Put those scraps of flannel you have from other projects and old shirts to good use as you follow the instructions on this pattern to sew a lovely big quilt with a wide checkered frame around the edges and many differently colored squares in identical dimensions inside, and learn some helpful quilting tips along the way.

Comfy Cozy – Flannel Quilt Pattern

Here’s one of the flannel quilt patterns that are loads of fun to make thanks to the type of blocks it’s made of, each block featuring a square with contrasting rectangles around them and matching small squares at the corners, set in a grid with alternating colors on each row.

Finished Size: 68″ × 76½”

Finished Blocks: 72 (8½”) blocks

by Quiltingdaily

The No-Sew Reversible Flannel Quilt

Cold nights call for easy comfort. A flannel quilt provides simplicity and style. While some opt for bulky fleece but the lighter flannel fabric allows warmth without weight.

This design needs only a few quick steps. Pair two prints of your choice, pin the edges in place. Cut away the excess and tie it all together. Your work is done but the coziness has just begun.

Curl up with a good book or cup of tea as the chill sets in. Appreciate the ease of creation that brings such enjoyment. No complex patterns or late nights sewing – just relax knowing a homey quilt was yours with little fuss.

As boots and sweaters come out of storage, grab your flannel wrap. Cocoon in its softness no matter the season. Simple pleasures often provide the deepest comfort.

by Hellosewing

Simple squares flannel quilt

Here comes a pattern that will help you make a quilt as simple as it can get in the quilting world, with many squares of flannel in identical sizes and different colors that you can upcycle from old shirts, stitched together into a grid of ten columns with eight squares per column.

by Diaryofaquilter

Easy rag quilt with cotton and flannel

Combine cotton and flannel with this pattern and create an adorable baby quilt that has a 5 x 4 grid of colorful squares made of solid and patterned fabrics and a creative decorative addition of frayed rag borders between each square that emphasize the play of colors and give the quilt a rustic look.

by Hellosewing

Rainbow Mammoth Flannel Pattern

Sort those flannel fabric pieces by color and get ready to make a rainbow because this pattern helps you sew a beautiful quilt with a 15 x 12 grid of checkered squares that are sorted by color so that they form a gradient rainbow from the top right corner to the bottom left one.

Quilt size: 54″ x 67 1/2″

by Robertkaufman

The make-it-over-the-weekend hand tied flannel quilt

Decorate your house with a one-of-a-kind quilt with a simple but creative design that has a grid of squares that alternate between solid and squares that are made by four smaller squares set in two rows, finalized by red strings tied into small bows stitched to the quilt around the corners of each block and a contrasting outer frame around the whole quilt.

by Simplesimonandco

Easy peasy flannel throw blankets

You can never have too many light blankets for your living room couch or porch furniture, says this pattern as it shows you how to quickly make flannel blankets that have fringes, small pom-pom balls, or slightly larger contrasting pom-pom balls around their edges as a decorative touch.

by Thegirlinspired

Cozy Corners – Free Layer Cake Flannel Quilt Pattern

Spend a warm winter day in your sewing room while you make this beautiful quilt that features seven rows and six columns of square blocks that consist of two contrasting triangles stitched together so one covers the top left half and the other the bottom right half, then spread it in your room to give it a bit of that forest cabin charm.

Quilt size: 54 x 63”

by Chickenscratchny

Reel Time Picnic Quilt Pattern

Prepare yourself for the best picnic you’ve had in a while with this lovely quilt that has a 7 x 6 grid of squares in different colors, white narrow rectangles around each square, and dark small squares around the corners of each square that pronounce the creative contrast between the blocks.

Finished size: 72″ x 83.5″

by Fatquartershop

Lazy Logs Flannel Baby Quilt

Here’s a pattern that gives the best results if you use a bright floral flannel fabric to create the quilt that has many diamond shapes in identical dimensions bordered by light frames around each diamond that give the quilt a soothing look ideal for children’s beds and rooms.

Size: 51 x 51”

by Free-quilting

Hunter’s den

Recreate that warm feeling you get when you’re in a cabin in the woods in the form of a quilt that has a checkered outer frame with a darker and smaller frame inside it and a 6 x 4 grid of blocks that have a square inside with a double contrasting frame around it and dark lines stretching out towards the corners of each block.

Finished quilt size: 59″ x 83¼”

by Media.rainpos

Autumn glow

Capture the vibes of autumn on a beautiful quilt with this pattern that helps you sew a quilt with five rows of yellow sawtooth stars with slightly lighter squares inside them set on green, orange, red, pink, and brown squares, with three of the five rows filled by five such blocks while the remaining two have three such blocks and two halves of one such block, one on the start of the row and another at its end.

Size: 48 x 60

by Benartex

Blueberries and cream

This pattern presents a perfect opportunity for you to upcycle the scraps of flannel you have left from your other projects since it helps you snip them up into narrow rectangular strips that you join alternating into long strips and then sew many of those strips together by their long edges.

by Allpeoplequilt

Plaid stars wall quilt

Here’s a quilt that might seem complex but when you break it down it isn’t so bad because it’s just four giant blocks of X marks on contrasting backgrounds with contrasting diamonds in their centers, with hourglass blocks in their corners and a sawtooth star in the center of the quilt.

by Allpeoplequilt

Road Home Snuggler

Have fun as you whip up this lovely quilt that has a 6 x 5 grid of square blocks that are made of two contrasting triangles and are arranged so the triangles of the neighboring blocks together make interesting designs like windmills, diamonds, and hourglass blocks randomly on the quilt.

Quilt size: 57″ x 63 1/2″

by Happyquiltingmelissa

On the fly flannel quilt

Here comes a great opportunity for you to repurpose those old flannel shirts as you cut them into small rectangles in identical sizes and sew them by their long edges to make seven tall columns you’ll frame with thin red lines and sew together into a colorful and cheerful quilt.

Finished quilt: 47×70″

by Allpeoplequilt

Woolen Flannel fans

The quilt you can make with this pattern is a creative and interesting one, thanks to its thin frame of half-square triangles around the edges that give it a serrated look, and the unusual but beautiful 3 x 3 grid of fan shapes that are made of many small diamonds and one large diamond each.

Finished quilt size 69″ x 69″

by Rileyblakedesigns

Midnight flowers

Simple but effective and enticing, that’s the main impression this quilt gives off with its dark background and colorful sawtooth stars with slightly brighter squares inside them, set on the quilt in five rows, three of them with three stars and two with five stars, alternating between shorter and longer rows.

Finished size: 48 x 60”

by Benartex

Outer space flannel quilt

Get ready to go space exploring as you make this quilt that features an outer frame out of dark fabric with space motifs around the edges, then a green base with four rows that each have three squares in the same fabric as the outer frame, bordered by blue lines and small blue squares in the middle of the gap between them.

Size: 58 1/2″ x 73 1/2″

by Connectingthreads

Lumberjack cozy flannel quilt pattern

All those old lumberjack shirts can now start a new life together as you cut them up into squares and turn them into a wonderful quilt with this pattern, featuring a 7 x 8 grid of squares that alternate in color and pattern while retaining that mainly red Canadian lumberjack look we all love.

The finished quilt measures 66 ½” x 76”

by Lakegirlquilts

Nothing says “cozy” like curling up under a warm, soft flannel quilt. In this roundup, we’ve selected free and easy quilt patterns that celebrate everything we love about these comforting fabrics. From traditional block designs to modern pieced looks, there is a layout here for every skill level. Plus, the fuzzy texture of flannel makes these quilts a dream to snuggle with on chilly nights.

I hope you liked my collection of flannel quilt patterns! As always I would love you to pop in the comments below and tell me which are your favorites! Until next time