Stitching the Southwest

A new quilt-along with Ingrid from Joe June and Mae, Riley-Blake-Designs and Bernina.

I’m thrilled to finally share my Southwest Trails Quilt pattern with you, and invite you to the ‘Stitching-the-Southwest-Quilt-Along with Bernina and Riley-Blake-Designs.

This quilt pattern is a design that I wanted to do for years and one that began quite unexpectedly… on the couch!

Back in 2024, I was completely hooked on the Yellowstone-Tv series. Every day (yes I was that hooked) I’d sink into the dramatic landscapes, the rugged textures, and those endless golden plains framed by the big Montana sky.

Somewhere between the open trails, the earthy tones, and the handwoven blankets draped across every cabin chair, the design for this quilt took shape. I wanted to capture that feeling, when Beth Dutton steps out on the front porch…wrapped in a quilt! 

That’s how Southwest Trails Quilt pattern was born.

This quilt is journey through the open landscapes, light, and texture. Each motif represents a piece of the land, the trails that cross the hills, the rhythm of woven patterns, the jagged outlines of distant mountains, and the soft flow of the horizon. It’s a blend of tradition and modern geometry, inspired by nature, campfires and guitar music.

For the fabrics, I couldn’t have imagined a better match than Riley Blake Designs Basic Collections.

Their beautiful basic collections, Sparkler, Dapple Dot and Confetti Cottons have the perfect tones, everything from soft clay reds and weathered turquoise to sandy neutrals. Together, they echo the earthy color palette with a little twist, that I had in mind.

I had so much fun pulling combinations that felt classic with a spin, but still natural, with the kind of depth that makes a quilt feel like it’s telling a story.

As I began designing, I knew, I needed every motif that echoed the open wide landscape. Anything that carried the feeling of horses, cattle, country music, campfire combined with lightness and tradition. I played a lot with placement and color transitions. I think I managed to capture that essence, what do you think?

The Stitching-the-Southwest Quilt Along is your invitation to join this journey!

Whether you’re new to Foundation paper Piecing or you have stitched hundreds of quilts, this design is approachable, rewarding, and full of creative possibilities.

You’ll find all the quilt along details, schedule, and tutorials over on the Bernina Blog at WeAllSew.com everything you need to join the fun, step by step.

The pattern is available here on my website, www.joejuneandmae.com

Or on my Etsy-Shop, Joe June and Mae

All Riley-Blake-Designs blog readers get a 20% discount with CODE: SOUTHWEST

You can get precut fabric-kits, with my Riley-Blake-Fabrics at Mojave Farms Quilt Company for the USA. And if you’re in Canada, pls contact Kingfisher Craft Co. for more information

We will start the Quilt Along on January 8th 2026, so you have plenty of time to get the pattern and choose your fabrics.

AND there is more…. you can win BIG, by sharing these buttons on Social Media, you can win fabrics… Riley-Blake-Designs of course, threads from Mettler-Threads , Shirts from JoesPrintsStore and for the final giveaway a sewing machine from Bernina.

So grab your fabrics, Riley Blake beauties work amazingly good, choose your favorite trail of colors, and let’s sew together!

Don’t forget to share your progress using #SouthwestTrailsQAL, and tag @joejuneandmae @rileyblakedesigns and @berninaUSA I’d love to see your own take on the Southwest spirit stitched in fabric.

This quilt has truly been a creative adventure for me, one that began with a bit of TV inspiration and turned into a fabric journey through the dusty trails and sunlit skies of the Southwest.

I can’t wait to see where your trail leads.

Happy stitching

INGRID xx of www.joejuneandmae.com