Table of contents for Issue 48 in Love Patchwork & Quilting

Sometimes you just need an easy win, right? Whether you're short on time, or inspiration, just that process of sitting down to sew can be soothing. If that something ends up as a quick finish then it's a major victory in my books! This issue the mag is packed with light, bright quilts that will make you want to sew – and many of them feature supersize blocks that come together in no time. So pick a project that maximises your favourite part of the process. If you love that first fabric pull then choose a design that calls for lots of prints. Fancy a bit of mindless chain-piecing? Try a simple HST layout. Life's too short – make those quilts work for you and enjoy the ride! Join us…

ESSEX YARN DYED HOMESPUN As much as we love prints, we can’t quilt without basics and blenders. Right now we are big fans of the texture trend that we're seeing everywhere, especially the latest Essex offering and its truly touchable linen cotton mix. robertkaufman.com TINTED DENIM WIth ice-cream shades and a delightful denim finish, Cloud9's new solids collection is ideal for swapping with coloured cottons to add texture to your next quilty project. Head to their website for some serious sewing inspo cloud9fabrics.com…

QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Fabric A (pink): ¼yd • Fabric B (navy): ¼yd • Fabric C (aqua): ¼yd • Fabric D (yellow): ¼yd • Fabric E (light blue): ¼yd • Fabric F (blue): ½yd • Fabric G (white): 1 3/ 8 yds • Backing fabric: 1 5/ 8 yds • Batting: 44in x 57in • Binding fabric: ½yd FINISHED SIZE • 39in x 52in approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. • HST = Half-square Triangle. • RST = right sides together. • WOF = width of fabric. • WST = wrong sides together. • Quilted by Elizabeth Lee of Golden Isles Quilting. • Fabric supplied by Stash Fabrics (stashfabrics.com) FABRICS USED All fabrics are from the Kona Cotton…

PLAY WITH COLOUR PLACEMENT TO DISCOVER NEW DESIGNS WITHIN EACH OF THE QUILT BLOCKS QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Black fabric: 2 1/ 8 yds (includes binding) • White fabric: 1 5/ 8 yds • Backing fabric: 3yds • Batting: 54in x 58in FINISHED SIZE • 48in x 52in approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. • HST = Half-square Triangle. • RST = right sides together. • WOF = width of fabric. • WST = wrong sides together. FABRICS USED • Solid fabrics are Black and Snow from the Kona Cotton Solids collection and the backing fabric is Widescreen in Black by Carolyn Friedlander, both for Robert Kaufman. CUTTING OUT 1 From the black fabric cut: • Five (5)…

GRAPHIC DESIGN HASN'T JUST INFLUENCED MY AESTHETIC, BUT FUSED ITSELF INTO MY WHOLE DESIGN PROCESS Tell me about your journey. At the age of 15, I would wander into my friend's basement to peek into her mom's sewing room. To me, it seemed like such a magical place with its miniature towers of Jelly Rolls®, stacks and stacks of yardage, a shiny Bernina sewing machine regally perched in the corner and quilt blocks lined up on a design wall. After timidly asking if I could "maybe sew a little," my quilt mother and mentor, Brenda Winkelmeyer, taught me the basics of piecing a quilt. Although quilting continued to be a deep passion of mine throughout my teenage years, it was not always my main focus. I went to college with…

THIS BAG IS THE PERFECT WAY TO FIND YOUR OWN QUILTY STYLE! HAVE FUN PLANNING YOUR DESIGN DRAWSTRING BAG YOU WILL NEED • Print fabric (background): ¼yd • Fabric scraps: twelve (12) scraps of 4in–7in square • Casing fabric: one (1) fat eighth • Lining fabric: ¼yd • Batting: 21in x 12½in • Rope: 1½yds • Embroidery thread FINISHED SIZE • 8in wide x 9in high x 3in deep approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • RST = right sides together. • WST = wrong sides together. FABRICS USED • Starry Seashell from the Print Shop collection and Add It Up Bone from the Paper Bandana collection, both by Alexia Marcelle Abegg for Cotton+Steel. • Sprinkle Petal from the Cotton+Steel Basics collection by Cotton+Steel. • Ballerina…

YOU WILL NEED • Assorted scraps of brightly coloured fabrics, each 18x23cm • A bunting triangle, cut out in card or plastic • Matching thread • 1cm wide bias binding (see step 6) Finished size: Each pennant is 15x20cm PROJECT VARIATIONS: • Use patterned fabric on one side and plain on the other. • Add bobble trim to the outside of each triangle. • Add fusible appliqués to the bunting triangles to spell out a name, ‘Happy Birthday’ or ‘Congratulations’. • Bring the bunting inside! Make it in colours to match your bedroom, nursery or another room. STEP 1: Place two matching or contrasting fabrics right sides together and pin in place. Draw around the bunting triangle on the wrong side of one fabric. STEP 2: Sew along the line…

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PARTY TIME Dana Willard is bringing the sun to your stash with her new collection for Art Gallery Fabrics. Fiesta Fun mixes Mexican flair with Dana's signature bright and modern style to make one colourful collection. We're loving the colour pop contrasts featured in the fabrics, from cobalt blue set against fiery orange to cool mint paired with sunny yellow. The prints range from floral patterns to tiled geometric shapes – pair with matching solid shades to really show them off. Visit artgalleryfabrics.com to see the whole collection and download this free quilt pattern INKED UP We were head over heels for Libs Elliott's monochromatic debut collection, but her new rainbow palette might just pip it to the post! Tattooed features five designs in Libs' quirky style, from bolts of…

CATCH UP Did you catch our senior editor Jenny Fox-Proverbs in action last month? She visited the SQ studio to share her favourite quilting and sewing books, all full of handy tips and tricks, along with plenty of projects. If you missed it, you can watch all her recommendations again online – just head to the SQ channel on YouTube.youtube.com/sewingquarter WHAT A TREAT Charm packs and design rolls are one of the best ways to speed up your sewing – these little precuts save you time on cutting out and get you straight to the sewing machine. Sewing Quarter have a huge range of colours and designs in their online store, from Tula Pink to Joel Dewberry, and they’re giving LP&Q readers an exclusive 10% discount! Simply head to sewingquarter.com…

This issue, I'm going to focus on light and bright colour palettes. They make for such fun and happy projects, so I'd like to show a few ways I like to play with my ‘lights’. Typically, I organise my colour chips into groups of colour families. For example, light pink with reds, pale turquoise with blues, etc. My neutral chips also have their own pile. In this exercise, I'll be adding my light colours into the neutrals to expand the palettes. Bubble Gum This colour palette looks exactly like the bubble gum ice cream I would habitually order when I was a kid. It made me so happy, and the colours are still making me happy, though admittedly I would definitely choose chocolate ice cream over bubble gum these days.…

THIS LITTLE SCRAP-BUSTER IS A QUICK-SEW PROJECT IDEAL FOR SOME RELAXED WEEKEND SEWING MINI QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Pink fabric: 5in square • Light brown fabric: 5in square • Medium brown fabric: 5in square • Low-volume prints: thirty (30) 2½in squares • Backing fabric: 12in x 14in • Batting: 12in x 14in rectangle • Binding fabric: one (1) fat quarter • Embroidery thread (deep pink) • Fusible webbing FINISHED SIZE • 9in x 11in approx NOTES • All seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • RST = right sides together. • WST = wrong sides together. • For templates, see p89. PIECING THE BACKGROUND 1 Take the low-volume print squares and arrange them into six rows of five squares each. Join the squares into rows, pressing the seams…

LARGE SCALE PIECING LIKE THIS IS THE PERFECT PLATFORM FOR YOUR FAVOURITE PRINT FABRICS BABY QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Fabric A (grey solid): ¾yd • Fabric B (white solid): 5/8 yd • Fabric C (neutral print): 5/8 yd • Back fabric: 1¼yd • Batting: 42in square FINISHED SIZE • 36in square approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • HST = Half-square Triangle. • RST = right sides together. • WOF = width of fabric. • WST = wrong sides together. • Lou made a scrappy binding using Fabrics A–C. If you would like to make a single-fabric binding, you will need 3/ 8 yd. • Fabrics supplied by Olive and Flo Handcraft (oliveandflohandcraft.co.uk). FABRICS USED Fabrics are all from collections by Art Gallery Fabrics: •…

COMBINE BASIC QUILTING UNITS TO MAKE A VARIETY OF COMPLEX LOOKING ARROW-SHAPED BLOCKS QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Print fabrics A–J: ½yd each of ten (10) different prints • Background fabric: 3½yds • Backing fabric: 3½yds • Batting: 63in square • Binding: › yd FINISHED SIZE • 57in square approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. • Print fabric requirements are generous to allow for mixing and matching of colour combos. If the pattern is followed exactly, you will have leftover fabric. • HST = Half-square Triangle. • HRT = Half-rectangle Triangle. • RST = right sides together. • WOF = width of fabric. • WST = wrong sides together. FABRICS USED Print fabrics are from the Blueberry Park collection…

THIS QUILT IS DIVIDED INTO HOT AND COOL TONES SO RAID YOUR STASH FOR APPROPRIATE SOLIDS QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Solid grey fabric: 1 3/ 8 yds (includes binding) • Solid white fabric: ½yd • Blue/green fabrics: thirteen (13) 4in squares • Red/pink fabrics: seventeen (17) 4in squares • Backing fabric: 1 1/ 8 yds • Batting: 42in square FINISHED SIZE • 38in square approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • RST = right sides together. • QST = Quarter-square Triangle. • WOF = width of fabric. • WST = wrong sides together. FABRICS USED Solid fabrics are Iron and White from the Kona Cotton Solids collection by Robert Kaufman. CUTTING OUT 1 From the solid grey fabric cut: • Four (4) 3in x WOF…

BORDER 2 Turn simple pieced units into a tonal checkerboard border FOR THE FINISHED QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Print fabrics: a selection of prints, totalling 4½yds approx • Fussy-cut fabrics: a selection of prints, totalling 1yd approx • Background fabric: 4yds approx FINISHED SIZE OF QUILT • 72in square approx YOU WILL NEED • Medium blue print: ¼yd • Light blue print: one (1) fat eighth • Medium peach print: ¼yd • Light peach print: one (1) fat eighth • Medium pink print: ¼yd • Light pink print: one (1) fat eighth • Medium turquoise print: ¼yd • Light turquoise print: one (1) fat eighth • Background fabric: ¾yd FINISHED SIZE • Border 2: 6in x 42in approx each side NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.…

FULL OF WISDOM Us quilters are a generous lot, often gifting our makes as presents to our favourite people. Enter Wise Craft Quilts, a new book that shows you how to turn your quilty present plans into even more meaningful finished projects by using special fabrics. From super-cute babygro baby quilts to on-trend denim designs, author Blair Stocker has included all kinds of techniques for repurposing fabrics that are close to your heart into a handmade gift.amazon.com PRINT AND PATTERN If print fabrics give you a thrill and you're constantly thinking about pattern combos, then this book is for you! Living with Pattern explains all about the theory of pattern and how to combine different prints and colours in a way that makes each one sing. Whether you're planning your…

WE LOVE HOW THE PIECING OF THESE SOLID SHADES MAKES A KALEIDOSCOPE OF SHAPES QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Fabric A (white): 2¾yd • Fabric B (dark blue): 5/ 8 yd • Fabric C (light turquoise): 5/ 8 yd • Fabric D (denim blue): ¾yd • Fabric E (lime green): 3/ 8 yd • Fabric F (navy): 3/ 8 yd • Fabric G (dark teal): 5/ 8 yd • Fabric H (light green): 5/ 8 yd • Fabric I (green): 5/ 8 yd • Fabric J (dark green): 3/ 8 yd • Fabric K (yellow): 3/ 8 yd • Fabric L (turquoise): 3/ 8 yd • Fabric M (light teal): ¾yd • Backing fabric: 4 1/ 8 yds • Batting: 74in square • Binding fabric: ½yd FINISHED SIZE • 68in…

USE TEXTURED FABRICS LIKE THIS LOOMINOUS COLLECTION FOR A TACTILE FINISHING TOUCH QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Background fabric (cream): 5 5/ 8 yd • Pink prints: 3/ 8 yd each of four (4) different prints • Blue prints: 3/ 8 yd each of four (4) different prints • Yellow prints: 1/ 8 yd each of two (2) different prints • Aqua prints: 1/ 8 yd each of two (2) different prints • Backing fabric: 4¾yds • Batting: 78in x 86in • Binding fabric: ¾yd FINISHED SIZE • 72in x 80in approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • FG = Flying Geese. • WOF = width of fabric. • WST = wrong sides together. • This quilt was professionally long-arm quilted by Carol Brady of The…

YOU CAN SWAP THE COLOURS IN THIS QUILT FOR TONAL SHADES OF ANY SOLID IN YOUR STASH! QUILT YOU WILL NEED • Background fabric (white): 3yds • Fabric A (light peach): ½yd • Fabric B (peach): ½yd • Fabric C (light pink): ½yd • Fabric D (pink): ½yd • Fabric E (dark pink): ½yd • Fabric F (red): ¼yd • Backing fabric: 3½yds • Batting: 63in x 74in • Binding fabric: ½yd FINISHED SIZE • 57in x 68in approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • HST = Half-square Triangle. • RST = right sides together. • WOF = width of fabric. • WST = wrong sides together. FABRICS USED • Fabrics A–F are all from the Kona Cotton Solids collection by Robert Kaufman in the following…

CUSHION YOU WILL NEED • Print fabrics: one (1) fat quarter each of five (5) different prints • Solid fabrics: one (1) fat quarter each of three (3) different colours • Background fabric: 25in square • Backing fabric: 25in square • Batting: 26in square • Calico: 26in square • Zip: 16in long FINISHED SIZE • 24in square approx NOTES • RST = right sides together. • WOF = width of fabric. • WST = wrong sides together. • For templates, see p89. • Fabric supplied by Sewmotion (sewmotion.com) FABRICS USED • Print fabrics are from the Cotton Candy collection by Susan Driscoll for Dashwood Studio. • Solid fabrics are Bright Pink and Candy Green from the Kona Cotton Solids collection by Robert Kaufman. • Background fabric is Essex Yarn Dyed…

PINCUSHION YOU WILL NEED • Beige fabric (for camel): approx 13in square • Print fabric (for rug): 7in x 11in • Batting: 4½in x 6½in • Back fabric: 1¼yd • Pompom trim: two strips of approx 3½in • Polyester toy filling • Embroidery thread in black FINISHED SIZE • 6in x 7in x 4in approx NOTES • Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. • Where the cutting instruction indicates to cut the reverse, flip the template over on the fabric before cutting. • RST = right sides together. • WST = wrong sides together. • Templates include seam allowances, where necessary. For templates, see p91. FABRICS USED • Khaki from the Kona Cotton Solids collection by Robert Kaufman. • Memoir in Pacific from the Alchemy collection by Amy Butler…

I’ve been quilting for five years and every day I’m scouring the web looking for new things to satisfy my creative spirit. With all the time I’ve spent on there I know this to be true – there are a million ways to make the same thing. Very few people live on the bleeding edge of quilting, and those that do generally are not so active on social media. They’re out there being inspired by things that are unrelated to what the masses are doing. But there are also lots of us in the quilting industry who are actively and passionately involved in our online community – and that’s where things can get a bit tricky. I consider myself to be one of these people. I love to see what…