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Where did 2018 go?! I started this year with so many good intentions: WIPs I had vowed to finish, scribbled designs I wanted to see come alive in fabric... but as always, time just got the better of me. So, I’ve decided to give myself a shorter and more sensible set of sewing goals for 2019. And at the top of that list? To brush up on my techniques. It's true that you can never have too many skills in your quilting bow. Even if you've dabbled in a technique before, there’s always something new you can gain from visiting an old friend (or indeed foe). Just as well then that this month's issue is packed with a heap of different skills for you (and I) to learn, re-learn and…

YOU WILL NEED ■ Fabric A (white) 3yds ■ Fabric B (pink) 1¾yds ■ Fabric C (peach) ¾yd ■ Fabric D (purple) ½yd ■ Binding fabric: ½yd ■ Backing fabric: 4½yds ■ Batting: 74in square FINISHED SIZE ■ 68in square approx. NOTES ■ Seam allowance are ¼in throughout, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ Fabric supplied by Robert Kaufman (robertkaufman.com) NOTICE HOW THIS CLEVER DESIGN SPINS THE BLOCKS FOR AN ON-POINT PATTERN FABRICS USED Solids are all Kona Cotton Solids by Robert Kaufman, as follows: ■ Fabric A: White ■ Fabric B: Punch ■ Fabric C: Melon ■ Fabric D and binding: Gumdrop ■ Backing fabric is from Penned Pals collection by Ann Kelle, also for Robert…

YOU WILL NEED ■ Background fabric: 5yds ■ Fabric A (navy) 1yd total ■ Fabric B (aqua) 1¾yds total ■ Fabric C (light aqua) ¾yd total ■ Fabric D (pink) 1yd total ■ Fabric E (light pink) / yd total ■ Fabric F (green) ½yd total ■ Fussy cut fabrics: at least five (5) fat eighths ■ ½in wide bias tape: 7½yds (or / yd of fabric to make your own) ■ Batting: 88in square ■ Backing fabric: 5½yds ■ Binding fabric: / yd ■ One (1) copy each of the Centre Block template Sections A-E ■ One (1) copy each of the Drunkard’s Path templates ■ Eight (8) copies each of FPP Template A and Template B ■ Six (6) copies of FPP Template C ■ Thin card: 5in…

YOU WILL NEED ■ Medium solid fabrics in pink, green, red, purple, orange and turquoise: six (6) 12in squares ■ Dark solid fabrics in pink, green, red, purple, orange and turquoise: six (6) 16½in squares ■ Yellow fabric: one (1) fat quarter ■ Dark grey fabric: 1½yds ■ Background fabric (grey) 6½yds ■ Batting: 76in square ■ Backing fabric: 4½yds ■ Binding fabric: ¾yd ■ Forty four (44) copies of FPP Template B FPP ■ One (1) copy each of Templates A and C FINISHED SIZE ■ 72½in square NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ FPP = Foundation Paper Piecing. ■ Templates include seam allowances around the outer edges only. ■ For templates, see p86. ■ WST = wrong sides together. ■ RST = right sides…

YOU WILL NEED To make one basket: ■ Main fabric: one (1) fat quarter ■ Light weight mesh fabric: 5in x 7in ■ Fold over elastic: ½yd ■ Lining fabric: 13in x 10in ■ Medium weight fusible interfacing: 13in x 10in ■ Heavy weight fusible interfacing: 8in x 13in ■ Fabric marker FINISHED SIZE ■ 4in x 7in x 3in approx. NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ Fabric and haberdashery supplied by Sew Hot (sewhot.co.uk) ■ Laura used Pellon SF101 medium weight interfacing and Pellon 808 Craft Fuse heavy weight interfacing. ■ Laura also used Fold Over Elastic ¾in in White and Pewter, by Annie. FABRICS USED ■ Print fabrics are…

YOU WILL NEED ■ Fabric A: 2½yds ■ Fabric B: 1 1/ 8 yds ■ Fabric C: 1½yds ■ Fabric D: 2yds ■ Fabric E: 1yd (includes binding) ■ Fabric F: 1¼yds ■ Fabric G: 7/ 8 yd ■ Backing fabric: 5½yds ■ Batting: 90in square FINISHED SIZE ■ 84in square NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ HST = Half-square Triangle. ■ RST = right sides together. FABRICS USED Prints are from the Aura collection by Mister Domestic for Art Gallery Fabrics, as follows: ■ Fabric A: Hawaiian Honu Dusk ■ Fabric B: Loulu Fans Sand ■ Fabric C: Lei Burst Plumeria ■ Fabric D: Laki Island Daylight ■ Fabric E: Tiki Way…

My little family is moving, and while my husband and I couldn't be more excited for this next chapter of our lives, my seven-year-old is struggling with the change. I see a bigger yard and a better neighbourhood, my daughter sees a house she loves left behind. I know how she feels. Growing up, my family moved when I was her age, and I recall sitting down on a box and crying as the movers packed an endless stream of boxes into a truck. My mother sat down beside me, opened a bag of Skittles and assured me that I would grow to love our new house just as much as our tiny home. She was right. I find myself searching for ways to make this transition easier on my…

USING YOUR TEMPLATES 1 Choose your required finished size, and use the same marked line on each template when cutting your pieces. Cut strips of fabric to size from the top of the ruler to your chosen size line. 2 Align the marked line with the bottom of your strips, and trim along both sides of the large triangle template (Fig 1). Turn your template around to cut the next piece, matching up the diagonal edges (Fig 2). Keep working in this way until you have cut the required number of centre triangles for your project. 3 Use the bottom corners of the template to cut the bottom corners for the large triangle pieces (Fig 3). 4 Fold a strip of fabric in half, and use the small template to…

YOU WILL NEED ■ Low volume fabrics: 2¾yds total ■ Selection of rainbow scraps: thirty two (32) 10in squares (see cutting out for colours) ■ Binding fabric: ½yd ■ Backing fabric: 3yds ■ Batting fabric: 54in square ■ One (1) copy each of the Petal and Background templates FINISHED SIZE ■ 48in square NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Templates include seam allowances, where necessary. ■ For templates, see p86. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ Low volume fabric supplied by Windham Fabrics (windhamfabrics.net) SIMPLE REPEATS OF THE SAME BLOCK WILL BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE IN SEWING CURVES CUTTING OUT: 1 From the low volume fabrics cut: ■ Thirty two (32) pieces using the Petal template. ■ Sixty four (64)…

YOU WILL NEED Makes one (1) cushion: ■ Four (4) coloured fabrics light to dark: one (1) fat eighth each ■ Background fabric: ½yd ■ Cushion back: ½yd ■ Batting: 20in square ■ Cushion lining: 20in square ■ Four (4) copies of the FPP template FINISHED SIZE ■ 18in square NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ FPP = Foundation Paper Piecing. ■ FPP templates include seam allowance around the outer edge only. ■ For templates, see p86. ■ For FPP, set your stitch length to 1.5. CUTTING OUT 1 From the cushion back cut: ■ Two (2) 18½in x 14in pieces. 2 From the lightest coloured fabric cut: ■ Four (4)…

YOU WILL NEED ■ Prints and solids: approx. ten (10) fat eighths ■ Backing fabric: ½yd ■ Lightweight fusible interfacing: ¾yd ■ Zip: 18in length ■ Pressing sheet FINISHED SIZE ■ 20in square NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ Fabrics supplied by our friends at Sewing Quarter (sewingquarter.com) FABRICS USED ■ Prints are from the Sunkiss fat Eighth Bundle by Tilda. ■ Solids are from the Fat Quarter Bundle by V & Co. for Moda. CUTTING OUT 1 From your print and solid fabrics cut: ■ One hundred (100) 2½in squares. 2 From your backing fabric cut: ■ Two (2) 12in x 22in pieces. ■ Two (2) 1in x 2in pieces.…

YOU WILL NEED ■ White fabric (108in wide) 1½yd ■ Dark grey fabric (108in wide) ¼yd ■ Pink fabric: 2¼yd ■ Cream fabric: 2¼yd ■ Light grey fabric: 2¼yd ■ Batting: 76in square ■ Embroidery thread: approx. 14 skeins in coordinating colours FINISHED SIZE ■ 70in square NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ Kate used Anchor Stranded Mouline threads in Dark Pink, Mid Pink and Dark Grey, and Pearl Cotton in Mid Grey. ■ White and dark grey fabrics are cut along the width of the fabric. Pink, cream and light grey fabrics are cut along the length. FABRICS USED Solid fabrics are Kona Cotton Solids in White (wide back), Charcoal (wide back), Rose,…

To die for! Need a reason to love the Gemini machine by Crafter's Companion? Let us give you three. 1. The Build-a-Block Patchwork System comes with dies (clever metal shapes, for those of you not fluent in papercraft lingo) that cut squares, Half and Quarter-square Triangles from fabric in a multitude of sizes. 2. Trim through more layers than your rotary cutter can handle with just the click of a button! 3. Make dog ears a thing of the past, thanks to the dies' handy clipped corners. So, kick back with a cuppa and let your machine do the work for you. crafterscompanion.com CUT ONCE! A wise person once said ‘measure twice, cut once’, and you know what? They were probably a quilter. That's why we have our eyes on…

How did each of you first get into quilting? Kristy: I had been garment sewing since I was about five or six and started quilting when I was expecting my first child. My mom and I both started quilting then! Shayla: My grandma – my mom’s mom – taught me to sew when I was about six years old. There's something about skipping a generation with teaching in our family! Watching both my mom and my grandma make beautiful things as I grew up made me want to partake too. I am still always learning things from each of them and love creating with them both. Has sewing been a thing you’ve always done together? Kristy: Most of the time! There was a time period when Shayla was in school…

YOU WILL NEED ■ Fabric A (teal print) 1¾yds ■ Fabric B (light brown) 1¾yds ■ Fabric C (sky blue print) 1¼yds ■ Fabric D (beige) 1¼yds ■ Fabric E (ochre print) 1¾yds ■ Backing fabric: 4¾yds ■ Batting: 75in x 85in ■ Binding fabric: ½yd ■ One (1) copy of the Y Seam template FINISHED SIZE ■ Approx. 63in x 72in TAKE CARE TO SEW YOUR BLOCKS THE RIGHT WAY UP IF YOU’RE USING DIRECTIONAL PRINTS! NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams open unless otherwise instructed. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ Templates include seam allowances, where necessary. ■ For templates, see p86. ■ Press all fabrics well before cutting. FABRICS USED ■ Print fabrics are all from the Blueberry Park collection…

YOU WILL NEED ■ Assortment of print scraps ■ Background fabric: 13in square ■ Border fabric: two (2) fat quarters ■ Backing fabric: ½yd ■ 20in wide fusible interfacing: 1½yd ■ Embroidery thread ■ Sixteen (16) copies of the Dresden template ■ One (1) copy of the Embroidery template FINISHED SIZE ■ 16in square THIS CUSHION HAS THE PERFECT BALANCE OF MACHINE SEWING AND CALMING HAND STITCHING NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ Templates do not include seam allowances. ■ For templates, see p86. ■ Fabrics supplied by Sew Hot (sewhot.co.uk), Alice Caroline (alicecaroline.co.uk) and Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com) FABRICS USED ■ Floral print fabrics are from a Liberty strip roll…

YOU WILL NEED To make one (1) block: ■ Print fabric: 5in x 14in ■ White fabric: 6in x 10in ■ One (1) copy of the Balancing Geese FPP template To make total blocks for the final quilt: ■ Dark blue print: one (1) fat quarter ■ Green print: one (1) fat eighth ■ Light blue print: one (1) fat quarter ■ Pink print: one (1) fat eighth ■ White fabric: 3/ 8 yd FINISHED SIZE ■ One block: 6in square (once sewn into quilt) ■ Quilt: 66in square TO MAKE THE ENTIRE QUILT ■ Dark blue print: 1yd ■ Green print: 1yd ■ Light blue print: ¾yd ■ Yellow print: ¾yd ■ Pink print: ¼yd ■ Purple print: one (1) fat eighth ■ White solid: 6½yds ■ Batting: 70in…