Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue #102 - 2020 i Quilters Companion

Finished size: 203cm x 162.5cm (80in x 64in) Finished block size: 16in square Mount Vincent Quilts mtvincentquilts@yahoo.com leanne_mountvincentquilts Materials • 3.5m (4yd) aqua print fabric• 30cm (⅜yd) each of five yellow print fabrics• 30cm (⅜yd) each of five dark yellow/light orange print fabrics• 30cm (⅜yd) each of five dark orange print fabrics• 30cm (⅜yd) each of five red print fabrics• 60cm (¾yd) yellow and orange stripe print fabric (binding)• 3.6m (4yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 220cm x 180cm (86in x 70in)• Template plastic and fine permanent-marking pen• Fine fabric-marking pen• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Preparation and cutting 1 Trace Templates A–E onto template plastic using a permanent-marking pen. Cut them out on the lines. To use these templates, place them…

Finished size: 157cm x 197cm (62in x 77½in) Materials • 72 medium-, dark- and light-value print fabric scraps at least 7in square (Template A and C)• 72 medium-, dark- and light-value print fabric scraps at least 5in square (Template B)• 178 red or blue print on cream fabric scraps at least 4in x 8in (Template D)• 80cm (⅞yd) blue print fabric (binding)• 3.6m (4yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 175cm x 215cm (69in x 85in)• Template plastic and fine-point permanent-marking pen or 2B pencil• Fine thread in a neutral colour; Lorraine uses YLI Select thread • Milliners size 11 needle• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine• General sewing supplies Note: Each block features a nine patch in the centre. Most are made with two fabric prints (although if you…

Quilt Modern Curves and Bold Stripes: 15 dynamic projects for all skill levels By Heather Black and Daisy Aschehoug The quilts that Daisy and Heather design and make are unique, distinctive, and elegant. Both women are masters of precision, creating quilts that pack a graphic punch as well as a sense of subtlety. And when it comes to creating curves and inserting stripes, they know when to piece and when to step back and let the fabric do the design work for them. This book has block-based patterns, patterns with improvisational piecing, patterns with complex piecing, and patterns simple enough for beginners. There are excellent instructions for choosing fabrics, curved piecing and piecing strips to create striped panels. This is a fabulous book for those wanting bold, striking projects in…

There are a few ways that you can draft your own hexagon shape. Some require a compass or round object. Here we share a method that requires only a ruler and pencil. 1 Decide the size of the hexagon you wish to draft: this is the length of one side. In this instance, we are drafting a 2½in hexagon. Draw a line of this length. This will be the first side. 2 Draw two perpendicular lines, top and bottom, 5in in length. 3 Draw a line between these two points. This creates the second, 2½in, side (C and D). 4 Draw a line between C and B, and between D and A. Where they intersect is the centre. 5 From the centre, draw a vertical 2½in upwards (E), and 2½in…

If, like Nicola, you love to bring flowers into the house, whether it’s a bowl of garden roses, pots of bulbs or a flower-filled quilt, then you will love this quilt! The featured block combines two traditional favourites, the Flower Basket and the Nosegay, but it is pieced in an innovative way that avoids the inset seams and on-point setting of the originals. Nicola chose the fabric range Flower Mill by Corey Yoder for Moda as it included printed wovens, suggesting a basket weave, and brightly coloured prints on a rich charcoal grey. This project is one of 13 from well-known UK quilters that can be found in the book Love Jelly Roll Quilts: A Baker’s Dozen of Tasty Projects for All Skill Levels. Finished size: 171.5cm x 157.5cm (67½in…

QC: Can you describe the colours, smells, tastes, and sounds of the markets? CJ: Crazy loud, not too smelly despite all predictions. We didn’t ever eat any street food in the interests of our tummies! All vehicles toot their horn constantly. Our visit to the Chandni Chowk Bazaar was a procession of 11 tuk tuks, pedalled by as many quite-small men in the steamy heat – we felt sorry for them all! They negotiated narrow alleys with great skill and we saw a multitude of shops and stalls. A highlight was walking through the braid and bead alleys. ‘Wedding’ shops were everywhere. QC: Can you describe some of the architecture you saw? CJ: Palaces, forts, ruins and a step well – you name it, we saw it. Forts dating back…

New South Wales March 6-8 The Range Function Centre 306 Copland Street, Wagga Wagga Open: 9.30am-4pm More information: www.craftalive.com.au March 26–April 5 The Nelson Bay Quilters’ 2020 Quilt Exhibition Port Stephens Community Arts Centre, Shoal Bay Road, Nelson Bay Open: 10am-4pm More information: Lyn 0418 449 773 April 18-19 Delungra Quilters’ Biennial Quilt & Craft Exhibition Multi-Purpose Hall, Railway Street Delungra Open: Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 10am-3pm Entry $6.00 June 5-7 Milton Quilters’ Quilt Exhibition Ulladulla Civic Centre, Princes Highway, Ulladulla Open: Fri-Sat10am-4pm, Sun 10am-2.30pm More information: Dianne 0458 005 148 August 8-9 Novocastrian Quilters’ It is All About the Fabric Exhibition Police Citizens Youth Club, Cnr Young and Melbourne Roads, Broadmeadow, Newcastle Open: Sat 9am-4 pm, Sun 9am-2pm Entry fee: $5.00 More information: Margaret 0418 250 211, margblane@hotmail.com, or www.novocastrianquilters.blogspot.com.au…

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• Free embroidery downloads The first issue of Machine Embroidery includes a number of custom designs created especially for readers as free downloads. Please note that not all designs are supplied free as downloads and purchasing information for those designs are included with the projects. Buy your copy from your local sewing machine retailer or newsagent, or by visiting: www.universalshop.com.au • Diagonal seam tape No more drawing lines on endless squares of fabric, or those wobbly ‘by eye’ seams! Made from strong washi tape, this tape acts as a guide while you are sewing diagonal seams. Simply place it on the front plate of your sewing machine. The red line in the centre is aligned with the needle of your machine, and the black lines on either side are exactly…

This sweet quilt combines two of Sharon’s creative loves, English paper piecing and fussy cutting. The scale of the prints in the recently-released fabric range, Bon Voyage by Tilda, work nicely to showcase both the Tenderness and the Indulgence Blooms. Sharon’s decision to add the pink pathways brings a lovely palette to the overall finish. This versatile pattern can easily adapt to a smaller throw-sized or upsized for a larger quilt. Finished size: 138cm x 121cm (54½in x 47¾in) Lilabelle Lane Creations sharon@lilabellelanecreations.com lilabellelane Materials • 20 fat quarters of assorted print fabric. Sharon used a fat quarter bundle of Tilda Bon Voyage fabrics• Assorted solid fabrics to coordinate with the print fabrics. You will need a piece 5in x 8in for each bloom• 1.3m (1½yd) solid off-white fabric• 1.5m…

Having previously concentrated on dressmaking, a chance purchase of a quilting magazine started Cheryl on a quiltmaking journey that has spanned the last two decades. The magazine’s cover quilt had caught her eye and appealed to her sense of a challenge. She read the project’s instructions and decided to “give it a try”. Cheryl remembers that the cover quilt was predominantly of pastel blues and yellows with appliquéd teapots in the centre. Expressing a streak of independence with the confidence to match, she chose to broadly follow the instructions and make her quilt using royal blue and golds with a centred floral appliqué she had designed herself. It was this experience with her first quilt that prompted an ongoing interest in raw-edge blanket-stitch appliqué, something she still enjoys doing today.…

This quilt is a perfect portable stitching project. Mel has chosen the traditional Field of Diamonds design so she could make simple fabric choices – two fabrics for each diamond of hexagons: one bright print and one solid shot cotton. The prints are mostly Kaffe Fassett and a fabulous spot for the background! Make your cutting amazingly easy by using the Accuquilt GO! Hexagon die (55422) or use the perspex Mel hexagon template with removable seam allowance – more information on these can be found on the following pages. Finished size: 195.5cm x 183cm (79in x 72in) Mel Storey Patchwork info@melstoreypatchwork.com patch_girl Materials • Assorted print fabrics to total about 4.4m (4⅞yd)• Shot cotton fabrics to coordinate with the print fabrics to total about 2.2m (2½yd)• 3.3m (3½yd) grey print…

Best in Show Crazy Four Ewe, Janet Stone, Kansas, USA Janet Stone took out Best in Show for an incredible third time in 13 years. (She won Best of Show in 2017 for Garden Variety Sampler and in 2015 for Ewe Are My Sunshine. In addition, in 2013 she won the Founder’s Award for A Letter Bit of Baltimore.) Her 2019 quilt featured figures representing each letter of the alphabet, such as G for gingerbread, K for kittens and X for an image from an X-ray of her own hand when she broke a finger. World of Beauty Award Equality, Hollis Chatelain, North Carolina, USA Hollis dreamed this image — in hot pink — of her daughter in 2014. She was wearing a business suit and had a baby on…

Best in Show First, Modern Quilts — Open Opal Boulder, Katherine Jones, 215cm x 241cm (84½in x 95in) Artist’s statement: “Pieced improvisationally from scraps from more than 20 quilts and 10 garments, Opal Boulder developed organically as I randomly joined scraps of grey cotton, linen and silk.” Machine pieced and appliquéd; hand and machine quilted. First, Large Commercially Quilted — Amateur First, Viewers’ Choice Brilliant Beauties of Joy, Maureen Carswell, 200cm (79in) square Artist’s statement: “I found this pattern in the USA a few years ago, purchased the fabric in Australia and pieced it over 12 months.” Machine pieced; machine quilted by Danelle Griffin. Second, Modern Quilt — Open Best Longarm Machine Quilting Award Solar Flare, Katherine Jones, 251cm x 270cm (99in x 106in) Artist’s statement: “Inspired by Art Deco…

Finished size: 206cm (81in) square Finished block size: 13½in square Sewmiriam www.sewmiriam.com sewmiriam Materials • 3.8m (4¼yd) grey print fabric• 3.8m (4¼yd) cream print fabric• 80cm (⅞yd) solid red fabric (block centres and binding)• 2.3m (2⅝yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in) backing fabric• Neutral-coloured thread for piecing; Miriam recommends using a 50 weight cotton thread• Batting at least 225cm (88in) square• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting From the grey print fabric, cut: • two strips, 2in x width of fabric. Cross cut the first strip to yield one square, 2in, two strips, 2in x 8in and two strips, 2in x 11in. Cross cut the second strip to yield two strips, 2in x 5in and two strips 2in x 14in. Put one of the 14in…

Bernina Best of Show From the Inside Out, Catherine Butterworth Artist’s statement: “I fell in love with the result of fussy cutting the centre cream motif. From there I simply worked my way from the Feathered Star outward. At every stage it was the beautiful fabric prints that dictated the final design.” Bernina Amateur Encouragement Award An Improvised Impossibility, Merody Buglar Artist’s statement: “Free-form cutting forms the basis of this study in movement, colour and line. Moving away from traditional methods of patchwork and design, and working instinctively, this quilt developed spontaneously as it grew. Quilted in the ditch. Thanks for the threads, Jane. Border inspiration Sherri LynnWood.” First, Mixed Techniques – Professional Second, Viewers’ Choice Clouded Leopards, Jennifer Horsford Artist’s statement: “From the moment I saw a clouded leopard…

Finished quilt size: 132cm (52in) square Sew Quilt Designs sewquiltdesigns@gmail.com @sewquiltdesigns Materials • Assorted white print fabrics to total about 1.6m (1¾yd) (background)• 15cm (¼yd) each of 16 assorted print fabrics (patchwork blocks)• Fat quarter green print fabric (appliqué and patchwork blocks)• 10cm (⅛yd) each of two more green print fabrics (appliquéd leaves)• 10cm (⅛yd) each of four orange and yellow print fabrics (appliquéd flowers)• 45cm (½yd) pink print fabric (binding)• 3.1m (3⅜yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 150cm (60in) square• Pencil or erasable fabric-marking pen• 10mm (⅜in) bias tape maker• Spray starch• Freezer paper and light cardboard• Roxanne’s Glue-Baste-It• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting From the white print fabrics, cut: • one square, 20½in (appliqué background)• 64 squares, 5in (Half-square…

Finished quilt size: 192cm (75½in) square fimch2@gmail.com @cherylfilby 130 Materials • 2.5m (2¾yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric (background)• 2m (2¼yd) large-scale floral print fabric (Border 10 and binding)• 1m (1⅛yd) dark green leaf print fabric (Borders 1, 7 and 9 and appliqué)• 30cm (⅜yd) mid-green tone-on-tone print fabric (Border 1, Framed Windmill blocks and appliqué)• 60cm (¾yd) purple print fabric (Borders 3–5)• 50cm (⅝yd) dark cream print fabric (Borders 3 and 5)• 30cm (⅜yd) raspberry print fabric (centre block appliqué)• 30cm (⅜yd) cheddar print fabric (centre block appliqué)• 30cm (⅜yd) dark pink tone-on-tone print fabric (small appliqué blocks)• 30cm (⅜yd) light rust print fabric (small appliqué blocks)• 40cm (½yd) pale green print fabric (Border 8 and Framed Windmill blocks)• 20cm (¼yd) rust print fabric (small appliqué blocks)• 20cm (¼yd) each…

Clover Sliding Gauge Multipurpose, sliding gauge, useful for marking. Convenient for drawing seam lines, hem lines, tucks, pleats, buttonholes and other markers where the seam dimensions need to be used repeatedly. Clover Email: info@clover-mfg.com Website: www.clover-mfg.com Blog: www.clover-mfg.com/blog MiniJumbuk Nu-Wool MiniJumbuk Nu-Wool wadding is made to high and exacting standards in Adelaide, South Australia. Buying Nu-Wool supports Australian jobs and Australian farmers. Our wool batting is simply the best there is and provides great drape and gives natural temperature regulation. Available from all good craft stores. Quality Always Phone: (08) 8349 0200 Email: reception@qualityalways.com Website: www.minijumbuk.com.au/wadding Vintage Market Bag This beautiful carry bag with simple embroidery includes Luccello fabrics in kit; threads and lace extra. Pattern only $25 plus $4 p&h. Kit $59 plus $9 p&h. Faeries in my Garden…