Table of contents for Issue 38 in Love Patchwork & Quilting

We might spend all day surrounded by quilts, but there's nothing that the LP&Q team enjoy quite as much as a show and tell session. It's not unusual to find one of us offering up a big reveal with the words, "look what I made". With so much quilty inspiration, it's hard not to start work on a few new projects each month, but we count WIPs as show-worthy and sharing unfinished makes is par for the course! This issue is bursting with quick-sew projects that we reckon you can make over a weekend, and we'd love to see how you get on. Don't forget to post what you're making for all to see using #lovequiltingmag on social media. Join us online… we love to share! LovePatchworkandQuilting @LoveQuiltingMag LoveQuiltingMag www.lovepatchworkandquilting.com…

QUILT YOU WILL NEED Background fabric (white): 3¼yds Assorted print fabrics: eight (8) fat quarters in total Backing fabric: 4yds Batting: 68in x 80in Binding fabric: 5/ 8 yd FINISHED SIZE 62½in x 74½in approx NOTES Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. RST = right sides together. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrong sides together. FABRICS USED Print fabrics are from the Carkai collection by Carolyn Friedlander for Robert Kaufman. White fabric is Kona White from the Kona Cotton Solids collection by Robert Kaufman. The backing fabric is Crisscross in Ebony from the Remix collection by Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman. CUTTING OUT 1 From the white background fabric cut ten (10) 6in x WOF strips. Subcut into ninety (90) 4¼in…

I hope you enjoyed last issue's column and found a palette that moved you. This issue, I've been inspired by summer holidays spent at home. Think barbecues and picnics, warm, balmy evenings in the garden and gearing up for another school year (Yeah! We made it through!). As I show you my colour palettes, I'll be sharing some of my thought processes with you, which I hope you will find helpful when building your palettes for your next quilting project. Fly The Flag Red, white and blue - whether it’s Stars and Stripes or the Union Jack, the colours of the flag go hand in hand with summer. Instead of going straight red, white and blue, I threw in a coral shade and a pale blue. The coral adds a…

POUCH YOU WILL NEED White solid fabric: 10in x 8½in Yellow print fabric: 10in x 13½in Grey print fabric: 26in x 2½in Print fabric scraps (five prints) Lining fabric: 23½in x 12in Fusible interfacing: 23in x 11½in Fusible batting: ¼yd Double-sided fusible webbing: 7in x 4in Thread, for embroidery Variegated thread, for topstitching One (1) magnetic button FINISHED SIZE 9½in x 8in x 2in approx NOTES Seamallowancesarein, unless otherwise noted. RST = right sides together. Minki used Steam-A-Seam2 double-sided fusible webbing from The Warm Company ( Lecien Fabrics are from Fat Quarter Shop ( Minki used Aurifil 12wt thread for topstitching. For templates see p89. FABRICS USED Fabrics are from the L’s Modern Basics and Minny Muu collections, both by Lecien Fabrics. CUTTING OUT 1 From the…

QUILT YOU WILL NEED White fabric: 3yds Royal blue fabric: ½yd Sky blue fabric: ½yd Pink fabric: 1/ 8 yd Grey fabric: ¼yd Backing fabric (white): 3¾yds Batting: 65in square Binding fabric: ½yd FINISHED SIZE 59in square approx NOTES Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. FG = Flying Geese. HST = Half-square Triangle. RST = right sides together. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrongs sides together. FABRICS USED Solid fabrics are Iron, Peacock, Royal Blue, Valentine and White from the Kona solids collection by Robert Kaufman. CUTTING OUT 1 From white fabric cut: Twenty-eight (28) 3½in squares. Six (6) 4in squares. Sixteen (16) 6½in squares. Four (4) 6½in x 12½in rectangles. Four (4) 12½in x 18½in rectangles. Three 6in x WOF strips. Join with straight seams and…

QUILT YOU WILL NEED Fabric A (mustard solid) 7/ 8 yd Fabric B (mustard print) 7/ 8 yd Fabric C (red print) 7/ 8 yd Fabric D (aqua print) ½yd Fabric E (teal and navy print) ½yd Fabric F (black and white print) ½yd Fabric G (black, grey and white print) ½yd Fabric H (white print) ½yd Fabric I (grey print) 2yds Backing fabric: 54in square Batting: 54in square Binding: 3/ 8 yd FINISHED SIZE 48in square approx NOTES Templates include seam allowances. The dashed lines on Template B indicate the stitching line after the pieced units have been trimmed for joining. For templates, see p89. Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. RST = right sides together. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrong sides together. Batting is…

YOU WILL NEED FOR THE 12IN BLOCK Foreground fabric: one (1) fat eighth Background fabric: one (1) fat quarter FOR THE 6IN BLOCK Foreground fabric: one (1) fat eighth Background fabric: one (1) fat eighth FINISHED SIZE 12insquareand6insquare NOTES Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. FGFlyingGeese. RST = right sides together. FABRICS USED Print fabrics are from Imprint by Katarina Roccella with coordinating Pure Elements solids, both by Art Gallery Fabrics. CUTTING OUT 1 For the 12in block cut: Foreground fabric: one (1) 6½in square and one (1) 12½in x 6½in rectangle. Background fabric: two (2) 6½in squares, four (4) 3½in squares and two (2) 3½in x 6½in rectangles. 2 For the 6in block cut: Foreground fabric: one (1) 3½in square and one (1) 6½in x 3½in…

QUILT YOU WILL NEED Twelve (12) print fabrics: one (1) fat eighth each Background fabric: 16in x 21in Batting: 19in x 23in Backing fabric: 19in x 23in Binding fabric: ¼yd FINISHED SIZE 16in x 21in approx FABRICS USED Print fabrics are all by Cotton+Steel, from the following collections: Fruit Dots by Melody Miller: Dottie’s Friends in Orchid and Blue, Fruit Gum in Pink and Ivory, Fruit Blossoms in Mint, Peaches in Orchid and Bright Pink and Gold Stripe in Orchid Clover by Alexia Abbeg: Tulips in Pink Penny Arcade by Kimberly Kight: Pocket change in Navy Bluebird: Tea Stains Dots and Sprinkle Counting Stars CUTTING OUT 1 Cut paper templates for your EPP pieces and baste with fabric using your preferred method. You will need: Twenty (20) 1in hexagon templates.…

Alex Luenz Alex is the queen of all things fussy cutting, whipping up intricate EPP at a moment's notice. We nabbed some of her stitchy style for our coverbook Michael Caputo Quilter, author, paper engineer...Michael has many strings to his bow! This issue he's combined his skills to show you how to piece a curve design Minki Kim Minki is a total trendsetter – her sewing illustration technique is everywhere right now! She shows you how to master the skill this issue with a sewing duo…

FLORAL FLAMINGOS Melissa Ybarra of Iza Pearl Design turns her bright colour combos to flamingos in her new collection for Windham Fabrics. Whether standing on a bold background or surrounded by lush tropical scenery, these flamingos will add a summer vibe to any sewing project. windhamfabrics.com FEELING TROPICAL Embrace all things tropical with this colourful summer fabric collection by Lewis & Irene! Flamingos of all shapes and sizes are joined by on-trend pineapples and pastel palm trees on an exotic palette of turquoise, yellow, green and orange.lewisandirene.com…

1 Start by matching up the 60-degree line of your ruler with the top of the fabric strip with the point of the triangle at the bottom (Fig A). 2 Cut along the edge of the ruler, then rotate the ruler so that the 60-degree line aligns with the cut edge and the point of the triangle is at the top of the strip. (Fig B). 3 Cut along the edge of the ruler, then continue to work across the strip as in steps 1–2 until you have cut the required number of triangles (Fig C). 4 You should be able to cut five triangles from each strip, depending on the width of your fabric (Fig D).…

IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING BLUE, TRY THIS QUILT WITH FAT QUARTERS OF YOUR OWN FAVOURITE COLOUR QUILT YOU WILL NEED Indigo print fabrics: twelve (12) fat quarters Solid white fabric: one (1) fat quarter Backing fabric: 3½yds Batting: 62in x 64in Binding fabric: ½yd FINISHED SIZE 56in x 58in approx NOTES Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. RST = right sides together. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrong sides together. FABRICS USED The Handcrafted Indigo collection by Alison Glass for Andover Fabrics. Kona White from the Kona Cotton Solids collection by Robert Kaufman. Paint Dot in Cloud Pearlized from the Paper Bandana collection by Alexia Marcelle Abegg for Cotton+Steel. Sprinkle in Pickup Truck by Cotton+Steel. CUTTING OUT 1 Take one (1) indigo print fabric fat quarter and…

Every quilt tells its own story. The quilt maker chooses their fabric, pattern (or lack thereof), piecing methods, quilting and more. Each of those decisions tells us about the maker and their history. Some quilts tell a quiet story and as an observer, more time is needed to learn about the maker. Other quilts are loud and proud about their story, and Chawne Kimber’s quilts certainly fit into this latter category. QuiltCon in 2015 provided me with the opportunity to experience Chawne’s quilts first-hand. In the corner of a quilt display, there was a quilt composed of four self-portrait blocks. Each block showed a woman in a hoodie sweatshirt. I immediately remembered similar images I had seen of Trayvon Martin after his murder. The quilt also brought back the feelings…

QUILT YOU WILL NEED Yellow fabric: 4yds White fabric: 4yds Backing fabric: 5½yds Batting: 77in x 99in Binding fabric: ¾yd FINISHED SIZE 70½in x 93in approx NOTES Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrong sides together. FABRICS USED WhitefabricisBleachedWhite PFD from the Bella Solids collection by Moda. Yellow fabrics are from the Ombre Basics collection by Vanessa Christenson for Moda. Amanda used 2yds of each yellow shade to add a greater colour variety. CUTTING OUT 1 From the yellow fabric cut seventeen (17) 6½in x WOF strips. Subcut to give: One (1) 6½in x 24½in rectangle. One (1) 6½in x 21½n rectangle. Twenty (20) 6½in x 15½in rectangles. Fourteen (14) 6½in x 12½in rectangles. Eight (8) 6½in x 9½in rectangles. Five…

I'll be honest – cutting is my least favourite part of the quilting process. The first couple of cuts into a fresh fabric stack are exciting, but it soon gets tiresome and I have been guilty of abandoning projects halfway through a cutting list! The mere thought of individually cutting each of my hoard of fabric scraps into a neat 2in square has me running from my sewing room. So when I was asked to test out a machine that claims to change cutting out forever, I was desperate to give it a whirl. The AccuQuilt Go! reduces the time and effort involved in patchwork in more ways than one. Multiple layers of fabric can be cut in one go, so I was thrilled to find I could cut pieces…

This year I turned *cough* 39 *cough*. Now, I don’t normally get hung up on age because, let’s face it, unless you’re an actor, supermodel or desperate to hit legal drinking age, it really doesn’t matter a great deal. But, every so often when a big milestone approaches, like 40, it makes me stop and reflect on the life I’ve been blessed with. This year, as my birthday rolled around and I was in the thick of one of the most crazy endeavours of my life, I was struck by just how life hasn’t quite gone the way I thought it would. Not in a bad way, just in an “isn’t it funny” kind of way. When I was in Grade 2 and all of seven years old, one of…

QUILT YOU WILL NEED Eight (8) print fabrics: one (1) fat eighth each Batting: 17in x 19in Backing fabric: 17in x 19in Bias binding: 76in FINISHED SIZE 13½in x 15½in approx FABRICS USED Print fabrics are all from the Macrame collection by Rashida Coleman-Hale for Cotton+Steel in the following prints and colours: Owl Bead There in Linen Bead Curtain in Dust Knotty in Navy and Grape Hang It Up in Teal Wall Hanging in Deep Sea and Blush Braidy in Navy and Fuschia CUTTING OUT 1 Cut paper templates for your EPP pieces and baste with fabric using your preferred method. You will need: Twenty (20) 1½in hexagon templates. Four (4) 1½in half- hexagon templates. Sixteen (16) six-point 1½in diamond templates. Thirty-six (36) 1½in equilateral triangle templates. PIECING THE QUILT…

EASY AS PIE This month at LP&Q headquarters we've been stitching up this sweet pattern from one of our lovely contributors, Lucy Brennan. Her Stitchy Pie case has space for all your different needles and notions, plus it folds down into a cute travel size for on-the-go sewing. It's completely customisable – you can add appliqué, embroidery or buttons to make it your own. We made ours using some of our fave prints from Dashwood's colourful Cotton Candy collection! You can buy the pattern to make one for yourself on Lucy's website charmaboutyou.com MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN We love to hear about exciting collaborations between our favourite people, especially when it results in a gorgeous new fabric collection! Enter Cotton+Steel’s new release, designed by Anna Bond of the beautiful stationery…

Tula Pink “I exclusively use Aurifil for the simple reason that it leaves far less fuzz in my sewing machines. My studio runs on the backbone of my sewing machines and keeping them in tip top shape is my primary objective. I have used a lot of different threads over the years and Aurifil thread barely leaves a trace of itself. I use Aurifil for hand sewing as well because it glides through fabric without needing to be waxed which relieves the stress on my hands” Karen Lews “Aurifil’s colour selection is to die for - it’s the Kona equivalent of the thread world. It is backed up by being super top quality too, making it an absolute dream to work with” Kate Spain “Aurifil offers beautiful, high quality threads…

QUILT YOU WILL NEED Print fabrics (mix of red, pink, blue, green, yellow and white) thirteen (13) fat quarters total Natural linen: 1yd Backing fabric: 40in x 46in Batting: 40in x 46in Six-strand embroidery floss (medium brown) Perle thread, for hand quilting 7in embroidery hoop FINISHED SIZE 36in x 42in approx NOTES Wash and press all fabrics well before cutting. Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. Templates do not include seam allowances. For embroidery, Fiona used perle thread #8 in medium brown. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrong sides together. For templates and text, see p89. FABRICS USED Fabrics supplied by The Homemakery ( CUTTING OUT 1 From each fat quarter print fabric cut two (2) 2½in x WOF strips…

RAW EDGE APPLIQUÉ IS A SPEEDY WAY TO ADD CURVES TO YOUR QUILT, JUST CUT AND SEW! QUILT YOU WILL NEED Two (2) dark print background fabrics: one (1) fat eighth each Four (4) mid-tone print background fabrics: one (1) fat quarter each Six (6) low-volume print background fabrics: ¾yd each Eight (8) solid fabrics in various colours: one (1) fat quarter each Backing fabric: 5yds Batting: 70in x 90in Binding fabric: 5/ 8 yd FINISHED SIZE 64in x 84in approx NOTES It is important that you cut each fabric in the order given, so read the instructions carefully before you begin. Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrongs sides together. FABRICS USED Print fabrics are…

OMBRE SOLIDS ARE AN EASY WAY TO CREATE A CLEVER TONAL EFFECT WITHIN THESE BLOCKS QUILT YOU WILL NEED Ombre solid fabrics: one (1) fat quarter each of 16 colours White fabric: 5yds Backing fabric: 4½yds Batting: 78in square Binding fabric: 5/ 8 yd FINISHED SIZE 72in square approx NOTES Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. FG = Flying Geese. HST = Half-square Triangle. RST = right sides together. WOF = width of fabric. WST = wrong sides together. For templates, see p89. Templates include seam allowances. FABRICS USED Ombre fabrics are from the Ombre Basics Collection by Vanessa Christenson for Moda. CUTTING OUT 1 From the darker part of each ombre fabric cut: Four (4) 7in x 2½in rectangles. Two (2) 4in squares. Four (4) 3 7/ 8…

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QUILT YOU WILL NEED Two (2) print fabrics: one (1) fat quarter each Three (3) print fabrics: one (1) fat eight each Background fabric: one (1) fat eighth Batting: 19in x 23in Backing fabric: 19in x 23in Binding fabric: 1/4yd FINISHED SIZE 16in x 21in approx NOTES EPP = English Paper Piecing. Download the EPP templates from the website Wash and press all fabrics well before cutting. Press shapes after basting, as well as both before and after removing the papers. Before cutting, think about the placement of directional prints. FABRICS USED Print fabrics are all from the Cat Lady collection by Sarah Watts for Cotton+Steel in the following prints and colours: Schmitties in Teal and Dusty Blue Friskers in Coral Purrfect Hiding Spot in Pink, Blue and Navy Pouncy…

Tell us about Sew Hot! How did you start the business? Both of us love quilting and fabric and have always dreamt of having our own shop. One day, very impetuously, we just jumped it and did it! Our goal was to provide a place online where sewists could find unique and hard-to-source items, with a focus on fast shipping and excellent customer service. We’ve heard you’re a bit of a design dream team – have you got a favourite design or block? Pam: I have long admired and been inspired by Charles Renee Mackintosh. I love his rose motif, so recently I’ve been trying out different ways to incorporate it into a quilt block. Rebecca: I have a bit of a star block obsession, and when I’m designing, stars…