Quilters Companion

3 min. di lettura

Quilts have often been made and given as gifts to commemorate big life events. Ruth Pettit Penn followed a local fashionable trend when she made this quilt for her son’s marriage. In the late 1840s, an existing fad for young ladies to collect poems,

Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine

4 min. di lettura

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

1 min. di lettura

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

3 min. di lettura

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

QUILTMAKER

4 min. di lettura

Finished Size: 38” x 46” Finished Blocks: 4” (see Step 1) Gray Tone-on-Tone 1 ½ yards for blocks Assorted Purple, Orange, Green and Yellow Prints and Tone-on-Tones ¾ yard total for blocks Assorted Black Tone-on-Tones ¾ yard total for blocks White Pri

QUILTMAKER

1 min. di lettura

Finished Size: 60” x 64” Finished Blocks: 12” x 8” Fabric yardage assumes 42” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. 5 ⅝ yards total for blocks ⅝ yard for binding Backing 4 ⅛ yards Batting 68” x 72” (Although fabric amounts are adequ

QUILTMAKER

2 min. di lettura

Finished Size: 59” x 71” Finished Blocks: 12” Gray Tone-on-Tone 1 ⅜ yards for blocks Teal Tone-on-Tone 1 ¼ yards for blocks White Solid 1 ⅝ yards for blocks Teal Print ⅞ yard for blocks Black Tone-on-Tone 1 ¾ yards for blocks, border #1 and binding T

QUILTMAKER

2 min. di lettura

What do you use for your quilt backs? For most quilters, it doesn’t get much stranger than cotton fabric. For others, finding just the right cozy fabric for a child or the perfect way to back an art quilt leads to experimentation. Here are a few fabr

QUILTMAKER

2 min. di lettura

Intermediate Finished Size: 55” x 55” Finished Blocks: 8 ¾” Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. Red Print #1, Green Print #1 and Green Print #2 1 fat quarter each for blocks (a fat quarter is approximately

Quilters Companion

1 min. di lettura

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

Love of Quilting

1 min. di lettura

Quilts cycle through phases: Colors trend in and out; standards slide up and down. The “Fifties Quilt” might be recalled as a low point in quilt history when enthusiasm for modern design, faith in industrial production and novel sewing machine techno

McCall's Quilting

2 min. di lettura

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

4 min. di lettura

Those descriptors have been applied to modern quilts. But they also characterize Amish quilts, in particular the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, style that were originally made 100 years ago—or more. To see modern quilts and Amish quilts together all

Quilting Arts Magazine

3 min. di lettura

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

McCall's Quilting

1 min. di lettura

• beautiful quilts • inspiring stories • great techniques Plan your summer outing and make one of these picnic quilts to take along! https://bit.ly/3434U5Z Who wouldn’t want to go camping in this adorable trailer? Simple appliqué and a pieced borde

Quilters Companion

2 min. di lettura

Firstly, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a fun Christmas and exciting New Year. Secondly, thank you! Thank you for all the warm and encouraging feedback we have received regarding the re-design of Quilters Companion. Plus it seems that many of you

Quilting Arts Magazine

3 min. di lettura

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

Today's Quilter

1 min. di lettura

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,

Today's Quilter

3 min. di lettura

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

2 min. di lettura

This collection was borne from quilt historian Dr Annette Gero’s documentation of heritage Australian quilts that were made in Australia or brought here by immigrants. When she was compiling the content for her first book, The Fabric of Society, whic

Love of Quilting

2 min. di lettura

FINISHED SIZE: 87" x 87" FINISHED BLOCKS: 16 (16") Kentucky Crossroads block ► ⅝ yard each of 16 assorted dark batiks for blocks and pieced border ► 4¼ yards cream batik for blocks, sashing, and inner border ► 1¾ yards navy blue batik for sashing sq

McCall's Quilting

1 min. di lettura

I’m not much of a gardener. My siblings may have gotten the master gardener gene from my dad, but that doesn’t mean flowers can’t surround me. It’s just that my flowers come in the form of floral fabric prints, appliquéd quilts and quilting motifs. O

Quilters Companion

2 min. di lettura

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

Quilters Companion

1 min. di lettura

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

Love of Quilting

5 min. di lettura

Madge Ziegler is a name that might be familiar to longtime Love of Quilting readers and TV viewers: she designed a series of Christmas ornaments and a seasonal wreath that have appeared both in print and on the “Love of Quilting” PBS show. A quilter

Quick Quilts

2 min. di lettura

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

Quick Quilts

1 min. di lettura

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

Quick Quilts

1 min. di lettura

Annie Smith makes stunning appliqué quilts. Her handy reference guide offers you everything you need to get started creating your own beautiful appliqué designs. This book is perfect for beginners and experienced quilters alike. Included are instruct

Quick Quilts

2 min. di lettura

finished size: 37" × 37" One of the first quilts that ever caught my eye was a Trip Around the World done in a traditional Amish color scheme. I loved it right away and so, one of the first quilts I ever made was a Trip Around the World! Since then

Primitive Quilts and Projects Magazine

4 min. di lettura

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 □