Innholdsfortegnelse for November/December 2021 i Quiltmaker

When I started quilting, hand quilting was the norm. I loved the rhythmic task of quilting the layers together. I found it relaxing. Fast-forward twenty years, arthritis has taken away most of the pleasure from hand quilting, but I appreciate those who love the portability and enjoyment of slow-sewing a project. In this issue, we focus on different aspects of creating quilts using hand-sewing techniques—but fear not if you think “hand” is a four-letter word. We share more than just hand quilting projects and all the handwork in this issue can certainly be done by machine. The Artist Q & A by Jenni Grover is with Heidi Parkes, who you may know from QuiltCon. Heidi is a certified yoga instructor who specializes in hand yoga. Her quilts are stunning and…

Intermediate Finished Size: 50” x 60” Finished Blocks: 10” materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. White Solid 2½ yards for blocks Dark Green Solid ⅝ yard for blocks Medium Teal Solid ¾ yard for blocks Navy Solid ½ yard for blocks Yellow Solid ¼ yard for blocks Light Green Solid ½ yard for blocks Medium Red Solid 1⅜ yards for blocks and binding Dark Red Solid ⅞ yard for blocks Backing 3¼ yards Batting 54” x 68” Download the Basic Lessons PDF at: www.quiltingdaily.com/quilt-basics-and-lessons/ cutting Patches are lettered in order of use. Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. White Solid 15 squares 11½” (D) 60 squares 2⅞” (A) 60 squares 2½” (B) Dark Green Solid 60 squares 2⅞” (A) Medium Teal Solid 4 strips…

Easy Finished Size: 2⅝” x 3½” materials Note that yardage is for one ornament. Blue Wool 3” x 3½” piece for house Brown Textured Wool 1½” x 3½” piece for roof and door Gray Wool ½” x 3¼” piece for windows Flannel 3” x 3½” piece for backing Assorted Embroidery Floss Fabric Glue Perle Cotton 12” length for hanging loop cutting Patches are lettered in order of use. Blue Wool 1 template A Brown Textured Wool 1 template B 1 tempalte C Gray Wool 5 template D Flannel 1 template A The appliqué templates are found on the pattern sheet. Add a personal touch to your holiday decorating with these wool ornaments. 1 About These Ornaments Wool scraps and simple embroidery combine to make these simple and charming ornaments. Our…

Intermediate Finished Size: 7½” x 11½” Finished Blocks: 7½” materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. White Solid, Black Solid, Orange Solid, and White Print 1 fat eighth from each for blocks (a fat eighth is approximately 9” x 20”) Blue Solid 1 fat quarter for blocks (a fat quarter is approximately 18” x 20”) Red Print and Green Print 1 fat eighth from each for blocks and patches Brown Solid scrap for blocks Black Stripe ⅜ yard for block and bindings Backing ⅜ yards Batting 12” x 16” each Embroidery Floss (Although fabric amounts are adequate for foundation piecing, you may need more if you cut very generous patches.) cutting Patches are lettered in order of use. Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. Cut…

Inspired from the Start Heather first tried quilting in 1995, but didn’t catch the quilting bug until 2011 when she designed, pieced, and hand quilted her first queen size quilt. Shortly after that she discovered modern quilting and from that point on Heather has been designing and making quilts whenever possible. Heather designs quilt patterns, is an author, and has added textile designer to her ever-expanding list of titles, with two new fabric collections with Paintbrush Studio Fabrics. Heather lives in the Pacific Northwest. Join us as we learn more about how she plans the quilting process for her quilts. Quilting Inspiration I like to pick a theme for a quilt that I stick to from beginning to end. The theme may be related to the inspiration but sometimes it’s…

Easy Finished Size: 15” x 15” materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. Grey Print Flannel 1 fat quarter for background (a fat quarter is approximately 18” x 20”) Assorted Blue, White, Red, Cream, Black, and Green Flannels scraps for appliqué Black Print Flannel ½ yard for binding Backing ⅝ yard Batting 19” x 19” Fusible web Optional: AccuQuilt Go! Gnome Die and Go! Northwoods Medley dies cutting Patches are lettered in order of use. Grey Print Flannel 1 template A Assorted Blue, White, Red, Cream, Black, and Green Flannels 1 complete set of appliqué patches Black Print Flannel 3½”-wide bias strips to total 58” for binding The templates and appliqué patterns are found on the pattern sheet. Download the Basic Lessons PDF at:…

Creative Living Ukranian-born Olesya Lebedenko is a teacher, designer, quilter, doll maker, author, magazine contributor, and entrepreneur living in Ontario, Canada. Her work has been featured in U.S., Canadian, and Ukranian publications and she has led hundreds of workshops all over Europe and Canada. She is full of ideas and constantly creating fresh, modern patterns—even through international catastrophes! Join us as we learn more about Olesya. Crafting through adversity I grew up in a big city, Dnipropetrovsk (now called Dnipro), in Ukraine. My granny taught me how to cross stitch and knit when I was five years old, and she kept me busy every summer making doll clothes in the countryside. My husband and I met at university (I have masters degrees in both economics and marketing) and eventually moved…

Heidi Parkes is in a five-year phase of doing nearly everything by hand: Hand piecing, hand quilting, hand yoga…and teaching all of those techniques, too. A certified yoga instructor, yoga therapist, fiber artist, and experienced teacher, she is passionate about helping other quilters learn to express themselves in their work—and stay healthy in the process. Heidi has been teaching quilting and yoga at QuiltCon (the Modern Quilt Guild’s annual conference) for many years and in 2020 launched @handyogaclub on Instagram, where she shares many of the techniques she learned to recover from serious hand pain. “As soon as I knew better, I didn’t want people to have that same health journey that I had,” she says. “Adding hand yoga to a quilting workshop or retreat suddenly became the new normal…

Easy Finished Size: 35” x 35” Finished Block: 19” materials Assorted Red Prints and Tone-on-Tones ⅜ yard total for Dresden Plates and appliqué White Dot ⅝ yard for background Assorted Green Prints scraps for appliqué Yellow Tone-on-Tones scraps for appliqué Black Solid scraps for appliqué Yellow Check ¼ yard for appliqué and narrow border Red Dot ½ yard for setting triangles Green Print 1 yard for border and binding Backing 1⅛ yards Batting 39”x 39” Green embroidery floss cutting Assorted Red Prints and Tone-on-Tones 30 template A 1 pattern F 1 pattern Fr 2 pattern G 4 pattern K 12 pattern L White Dot 1 square (B) 18 ” x 18 ” (trim to 17 ” x 17 ” after appliqué) Assorted Green Prints 26 pattern C Yellow Tone-on-Tones 4…

Making Quilting Manageable For over 50 years, Marti Michell has paved the way for quilters as a teacher, quilter, author, publisher, manufacturer, designer, consultant, judge, and avid quilt collector. She paved the way for the rotary cutter to change the way we make quilts, pioneered quilting techniques, and taught us all “the Marti way.” Marti is the recipient of three prestigious quilt industry lifetime achievement awards, including recently being inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame. Marti and her husband, Richard, live in Atlanta, Georgia, but she was born and raised in Iowa. Join us as we learn more about how Marti plans quilting her quilts in sections. Quilting Inspiration Soaring Proud had a specific goal. Both Quiltmaker magazine and I are very supportive of the Quilts of Valor® movement.…

Easy Stockings: 11”x 16” materials Checkerboard Nine -Patch Red Solid ½ yard for Nine-Patches, cuff, and hanging loop White Solid ¼ yard for Nine-Patches White Dot ⅛ yard for stocking front Stocking Back 1 fat quarter (a fat quarter is approximately 18”x 20”) Inner Stocking and Muslin ⅜ yard each Template plastic cutting Red Solid 3 strips 1½” x 40” for bands 1 rectangle (D) 7” x 14” 1 rectangle (E) 2” x 5” White Solid 3 strips 1½” x 40” for bands 1 rectangle (C) 1½” x 9½” White Dot 9 squares (B) 3½” x 3½” Stocking Back 1 rectangle 12” x 17” Inner Stocking and Muslin from each 2 rectangles 12” x 17” The foundations, applique patterns, templates, and embroidery stitches are on the pattern sheet. materials Christmas…

Intermediate Finished Size: 56” x 64” Finished Blocks: 8” materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. White Solid 3¼ yards for blocks Dark Blue Print 1 yard for appliqué, border 2, and binding Light Blue Print 1¼ yards for appliqué and borders Light Green Print ⅜ yards for appliqué Gold Print ⅛ yards for appliqué Pink Print ⅝ yards for appliqué Backing 3⅞ yards Batting 64” x 72” Download the Basic Lessons PDF at: www.quiltingdaily.com/quilt-basics-and-lessons/ cutting Patches are lettered in order of use. Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. Border strips will be pieced and cut to exact length needed. You may want to make them longer to allow for piecing variations. White Solid 42 squares 9½” (A) Dark Blue Print 7 strips 2½” x…

Challenging Finished Size: 79½” x 79½” Finished Blocks: 10½” materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. Medium Peach Solid ⅞ yard for patches and blocks Blue Solid 4¾ yards for patches and blocks Orange Solid 1 yard for patches, blocks, and binding Light Peach Solid 1⅜ yards for patches and blocks Backing 7⅞ yards Batting 88” x 88” Download the Basic Lessons PDF at: www.quiltingdaily.com/quilt-basics-and-lessons/ cutting Patches are lettered in order of use. Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. Medium Peach Solid 4 strips 2” x WOF for bands 32 rectangles 3½” x 5” (B) 8 squares 2” (G) Blue Solid 11 strips 2” x WOF for bands 4 rectangles 14” x 26” (J) 4 rectangles 12½” x 14” (I) 16 squares 6½” (D) 4…

I am a hand quilter and a certified yoga instructor and yoga therapist (for more about Heidi, read our Artist Q&A on page 34). After some bad-thimble issues sent me to an occupational therapist, I learned to apply my skills with yoga to caring for my hands long-term. Thus, my Hand Yoga Club presence on Instagram and YouTube was born! Hand yoga encompasses many movements and self-care routines for the hands and arms. Here, I introduce my top 10 tips for hand care. 1 Gentle Movements are Key Sewing requires gripping, pushing, pulling, holding, and lot of intense movements. Simply resting your hands at your sides and opening them to 70% open, followed by 70% closed is a powerful restorative movement. Extra yoga points for syncing your movement with your…

Intermediate Finished Size: 62” x 78” materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. Light Pink Solid 1¾ yards for piecing Dark Teal Solid 1⅞ yards for piecing, border 2 and binding Light Teal Solid ⅞ yard for piecing and border 1 White Solid 2 yards for piecing Yellow Solid ½ yard for piecing Dark Pink Solid ¼ yard for piecing Brown Solid ¼ yard for piecing Backing 5⅛ yards Batting 70” x 86” cutting Patches are lettered in order of use. Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. Border strips will be pieced and cut to exact length needed. You may want to make them longer to allow for piecing variations. Light Pink Solid 5 rectangles 5” x 9” (A) 42 rectangles 4½” x 8½” (B)…

Intermediate Finished Size: 102” x 102” Finished Blocks: 34” materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. Medium Blue Solid 1½ yards for blocks Medium Gray Solid 2⅛ yards for blocks Navy Solid 6¼ yards for blocks and binding White Solid ½ yard for blocks Dark Brown, Medium Tan, Light Tan, and Cream Solids ½ yard each for blocks Dark Gray Solid 1⅛ yards for blocks Backing 9¾ yards Batting 110” x 110” cutting Patches are lettered in order of use. Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. Medium Blue Solid 36 rectangles 2½” x 17½” (A) Medium Gray Solid 6 rectangles 2½” x 20½” (D) 48 rectangles 2½” x 17½” (A) Navy Solid 12 strips 2½” x WOF for binding 72 rectangles 2½” x 34½” (B)…