Sunflower 2 Barn Quilt Pattern
A classic barn quilt block you can customize and print as a paint-ready plan.
Member: Choose your size, borders & colors + personalized Paint Maps
Free: Complete 2' × 2' drawing grid + measurements
Planning the board? Use the sizing calculator for exact cell and border measurements, or read the paint color guide before you buy paint.
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Grid
- 8 × 8
- Colors
- 4
- Suggested board sizes
- 2′ × 2′, 3′ × 3′, 4′ × 4′
Get the Free 2' × 2' Sunflower 2 Pattern Plan
A complete, printable drawing plan: a large 2' × 2' grid diagram with every measurement you need, plus an example colorway.
What's in your free plan
- 2' × 2' drawing grid diagram
- Layout measurements
- Layer diagrams when applicable
- Example colorway + paint equivalents
- Measuring and marking instructions
Personalized Paint Maps — the diagrams showing exactly which pieces to paint each color — come with Designer Membership.
Want to make it your own?
Customize the size, borders and colors — and get personalized Paint Maps — with the Barn Quilt Designer.
Customize in DesignerFree plan vs. Designer Membership
The free plan gives you everything you need to draw the standard 2' × 2' barn quilt. Membership lets you make the plan fit your project.
| Feature | Free Plan | Membership |
|---|---|---|
| Printable 2' × 2' drawing plan | ||
| Layout measurements and grid markings | ||
| Measuring and marking instructions | ||
| Layer diagrams when applicable | ||
| Example colorway and paint equivalents | ||
| Choose your barn quilt size | ||
| Add or change borders | ||
| Customize colors | ||
| Automatically recalculated measurements | ||
| Personalized Paint Maps | ||
| Save and edit designs | ||
| Unlimited personalized plan downloads | ||
| Build your own patterns for the designer |
Want to make it your own?
Customize the size, borders and colors — and get personalized Paint Maps — with the Barn Quilt Designer.
Customize in DesignerAbout the Sunflower 2 block
Sunflowers have inspired quiltmakers for generations, but “Sunflower” refers to a family of designs rather than one single standardized quilt block. Floral quilt patterns became especially prominent during the early twentieth-century quilt revival; designer Marie Webster’s influential Sunflower quilt was published in the January 1912 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal, and other sunflower patterns followed from commercial pattern makers.
Today the motif appears in both appliqué and geometric pieced designs, making it a natural fit for bold barn quilts.
Learn more about the history
Tips for painting a Sunflower 2 barn quilt
Prime both sides of your board and seal the edges before painting to keep moisture out.
Lay out the pattern in pencil first using a grid — every shape lines up on a regular fraction of the board.
Paint the lightest color first, then work toward the darkest so any drips can be covered.
Use painter's tape along straight edges and burnish it down with a credit card to prevent bleed-through.
Ready to design your Sunflower 2?
Customize the colors in the online designer and download a printable paint-by-color plan with a grid diagram.
Open in the designerPainted the Sunflower 2? Share your photo.
We feature finished quilts from real makers in the gallery — it helps other painters see how the Sunflower 2 looks in different color combinations.