This is the second time I’ve made this Freewheeling Single Girl quilt. The first time was for our oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation in 2017. Both times I resized the rings so you got more rings per quilt.

To make each block smaller I cut two inches off the side of each inner 1/4 circle of the circle blocks.
I then had to create templates for hand quilting that fit my new ring size.

If the video below doesn’t show up on your device you can see it at theoriginalsewfrench on Instagram. Even the pattern creator, Denyse Schmidt, thought it was a a great visual story and shared it!

Fabrics from over 42 years of quilting, thousands of hours piecing, handquilting, two road trips from Michigan to Florida and back, a hundred Audible books listened to, too many hours of Hurricane Ian news coverage watched and so happy that Single Girl is finally gifted and resting happily on a sister’s bed! And yes, if you questioned this quilt being on a different bed towards the end of the video, you are right. I always sleep under a quilt, at least once, before gifting it!!! Don’t you do that, too?

Merry Christmas, Kim!

Free-Wheeling Single Girl quilt 


A Denyse Schmidt design

Machine paper pieced, hand quilted with a custom cut template

Quilter’s Dream Request batting

Custom sized by making the circles all smaller so more rings shows on the bed.

Over king sized


December 2022