Quick Quilts

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quiltingcowboy.com Dale is a quilt and fabric designer who taught himself to quilt on a tour bus for a ballet company in 1999. He lives in Palm Springs, California with his husband and rescue dogs. auntemsquilts.com Emily loves to create modern scra

Today's Quilter

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When I first saw Mandy Shaw’s The Nutcracker Collection supplement in issue 54, I knew I had to have a go! It has taken all through lockdown to make and I have learnt a lot along the way – I thought you might like to see my effort. Some of it is hand

Quilters Companion

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By Betty Busby Size: 46in x 70in How did you come up with the idea for the quilt The title originates from the person who commissioned this piece. It refers both to the spectrum of colours that lichen comes in, and the gorgeous rainbows that she can

McCall's Quilting

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While celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote, we also honor remarkable businesswomen throughout history. A quilt conversation about early businesswomen is incomplete without mention of quilt designer Ruby Short McKim. In 1916, as

Quilters Companion

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Australians have heavy hearts as we reflect on the devastation of the megafires that raged through more than 16 million hectares (as of late January). People have been able to do something to help by utilising their talents to bring relief and kindne

McCall's Quilting

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Designed by Terry Albers Made by LouAnn Eberhardt Machine Quilted by Mary Klein Finished Quilt Size 97" x 113" Number of Blocks and Finished Size 32 Four-Patch Blocks 10" x 10" Visit hedgehogquilts.com to learn more about Terry and her wonderful desi

Quilting Arts Magazine

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a grand quilted peacock greeted visitors at the door of the India Quilt Festival. Quilts featuring flowers, landscapes, portraits, animals, and more flooded the hall with color and excitement. Each beckoned to be noticed and we happily obliged. Quilt

Quilting Arts Magazine

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presented by the Modern Quilt Guild, QuiltCon 2020 was held in Austin, Texas, this past February and featured a wealth of modern quilts by MQG members. The quilts on the following pages—all award winners—represent some of the best examples of contemp

Love of Quilting

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If variety is the spice of life, that explains the appeal of sampler quilts, which feature a “sampling” of many different quilt blocks. Each block in the quilt offers a unique construction and look, and a new opportunity to play with fabric placement

Love of Quilting

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FINISHED SIZE: 54" x 62" FINISHED BLOCKS: 5 (12") blocks Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. ► 2¾ yards dark teal batik for units, blocks, and border ► 1 fat quarter* each pink/orange batik, light teal

Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine

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Finished size: 12½" x 16½" Block Sizes: Pinwheel 2" x 2" Half Square Triangle 1½" x 1½" Friendship Star 3" x 3" Flying Geese 1" x 2" Shoo Fly 3" x 3" Hourglass 2" x 2" □ ½ yard total of assorted dark prints (at least 8 different prints—can use 8 fat

QUILTMAKER

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Thinner than a dime, Applipops create perfectly turned appliqué circles in 90 seconds. Creator Ellen Rosenbach wanted a product that would make dozens of perfect circles, quickly and easily, that would last forever. Made in the USA by a female manufa

QUILTMAKER

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Anne Cowan of Bristol, Tennessee, was starting to get nervous: her son and daughter-in-law had announced their first pregnancy but decided to wait until the baby was born to find out if it was a boy or a girl, and Anne was at a loss for the right bab

QUILTMAKER

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Intermediate Finished Size: 58” x 58” Finished Blocks: 12” Quilts from Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks remains one of our most popular publications. Due to the longevity and appeal of these projects, we thought it would be fun to publish some of our favorit

Quilting Arts Magazine

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I have had several conversations with colleagues in recent days about today’s quilting industry and its roots in prior centuries. It is all too easy for currentday quilters to get caught up in the whirlwind of new fabrics, patterns, and creative infl

Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine

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Whether you are a new quilter or seasoned sewer, we all encounter challenges during the creative process. Send your questions to jeni@primitivequiltsandprojects.com, and longtime quilter and rug hooker Jeni Gaston might address them in a future issue

Quick Quilts

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Quilt Designed & Made by Abigail Dolinger Finished Quilt Size 73 ½" x 73 ½" Number of Blocks & Finished Size 13 Blocks 12" x 12" Dresden plate patterns have been a favorite pattern among quilters for generations, but they can be fussy and time cons

Today's Quilter

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“My inspiration for this quilt came from a very old book on Mennonite quilts that a friend bought me at a Glasgow School of Art library sale. The quilt in the book was more complicated than this design, with extra triangles in the background that req

Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine

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Finished size: 28" x 28" Block size: 6" x 6" □ ⅛ yard light print #1 for sheep background □ Fat 1/16 each of nine small medium/dark prints for star points □ ⅛ yard each of five light prints for star backgrounds □ ⅛ yard dark plaid for inner border □

Quilters Companion

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By Alden O’Brien Curator of Textiles, Daughters of the American Revolution Museum By our best count, there are 4004 triangles in this design using at least 65 different cotton prints, and over 4500 pieces overall (you are welcome to check our math!).

Quilters Companion

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Time is flying and we are halfway through the year already. To help you prepare for Christmas, we have found the perfect Christmas table runner to create. This appliquéd beauty is designed by newcomer to Quilters Companion, Jennie Osborne. If you sta

Quilting Arts Magazine

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ishould have been excited; instead I was full of dread and my imposter syndrome was flaring up big-time. I imagined it would be like stepping into a room with all my favorite famous quilters. Would they smile and be nice to me? Probably, yes. Would I

Quilters Companion

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1 Start small and work your way up to larger quilts. It takes practice and stamina to quilt large quilts. 2 Don’t be too hard on yourself; we all started as beginners — no one started as an expert. 3 Remember the more you quilt, the better you become

Quilters Companion

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Each year, the American Quilter’s Society (AQS) stages quilt exhibitions throughout America. Over these three pages you can see a few of the winning quilts from 2018. In an upcoming issue of Quilters Companion we will be featuring more of the winning

McCall's Quilting

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Quilt Designed & Made by Art Gallery Fabrics Studio Skill Level Easy Finished Size 80" x 80" This dramatic design, using large patches, allows the gorgeous fabrics to really shine. The lush floral fabrics stand out against the dark black crossweave

Today's Quilter

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Paying homage to her favourite quilts and techniques: red and green quilts from the mid 1800’s, folk art and appliqué, each of the 17 projects in this book is a carefully-crafted interpretation of the style and design that continue to inspire Dawn He

Today's Quilter

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I’ve been catching up with quilters up and down the country, from our friends at Cowslip Workshops near Launceston in Cornwall to Jo Avery in her new Stitch Gathering School House in Scotland, and further afield to Lynette Anderson, who’s preparing f

Quilters Companion

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Elizabeth started working on her first-ever quilt in 1968 using surplus materials from her dressmaking, and applying sewing skills learned from her mother, who used a Singer treadle machine that had belonged to her mother. It wasn’t until 1975 that s

QUILTMAKER

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Do you design your own quilts? When I think back over the 25+ years that I have been quilting, I can see my progression. At first, I made the quilts exactly like the pattern, then using my own color palette, and then I wanted the block to be a differ

Today's Quilter

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Designer Rose Johnston runs her Etsy shop, Threadbare Creations, which features a mixture of mini quilts and larger designs using a combination of traditional and paper piecing, with some FPP thrown in too. We love the summery colours in this design,