Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue #103 - 2020 i Quilters Companion

Coupled with her fabulous choice of prints and colours, this wallhanging is a perfect piece of wall art! Finished size: 139.5cm (55in) square Patchwork FUNdamentals Chris Jurd @patchworkfun Materials • 70cm (¾yd) light-value print fabric (applique background)• Fat quarter red geometric print fabric (basket)• 13cm (5in) square of feature print fabric (basket embellishment)• Fat quarter green stripe print fabric (flower stems)• Assorted fabric scraps in greens and pinks printed with leaf and flower motifs for Broderie perse (leaves and flowers)• 15cm (¼yd) each of 12 lowvolume print fabrics (Pickle block backgrounds)• Assorted scraps in a variety of print fabrics, each at least 13cm (5in)square and some up to 30cm (12in) square (Pickle block spikes and block corners)• Fat eighths of 12 print fabrics (Pickle block centres)• 1.5m (1¾yd) large-scale print…

Finished size: 214.5cm x 178cm (84½in x 70in) Finished block height: 12in Quilters Lane www.quilterslane.co.nz @quilterslanenz Materials • 20cm (¼yd) white tone-on-tone print fabric• 75cm (⅞yd) gold tone-on-tone print fabric• 1.5m (1⅝yd) black with gold print fabric• 2.6m (2⅞yd) black print fabric• 1.65m (1¾yd) grey tone-on-tone print fabric• 4.8m (5¼yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 225cm x 200cm (92in x 78in)• Large quilter’s 60° triangle ruler (optional) – see Sheila’s Triangle Ruler Tips• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting From the white tone-on-tone print fabric, cut: • one strip, 6.in x width of fabric. Cross cut five 60° triangles. If you are using a point-tip triangle ruler, place the ruler with the 6½in line on the bottom edge of the strip. (The…

Hand and/or Machine Made Quilt, quilted by Entrant Braddon,, 190.5cm x 215cm (75in x 85in), Jo Mawbey Artist’s statement: Machine pieced and machine quilted. I love Autumn and that time of year in inner city Canberra, where I have lived on and off for many years, is a beautiful sight. This pattern reminded me of this. Modified version of a pattern called Fall Breeze by V & Co. Best in Show Old Baltimore Gardens, 189cm x 227cm (74½in x 89in), Adrienne Blair Artist’s statement: Hand appliqué, hand quilted. I have always loved Baltimore-style quilts since coming across one appliquéd block at age 18 (many, many years ago!) As always, this quilt is needleturn appliquéd with trapunto and hand quilted. It was slowly worked on here and there over the last…

Finished size: 183cm x 159cm (72in x 62½in) @deborahdorward Materials • 2m (2¼yd) salmon print fabric• Scraps of assorted print fabrics to total about 2.3m (2⅝yd)• 55cm (⅝yd) dark green print fabric (binding)• 3.6m (4yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 200cm x 175cm (80in x 70in)• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting 1 Before cutting the salmon print fabric, refer to the Sashing Cutting Tip. From the salmon print fabric, cut: • seven strips, 6in wide down the length of the fabric From the scraps of assorted print fabrics, cut: • 54 squares, 5¼in. Cross cut each square twice on the diagonals to yield 216 quarter-square triangles • 216 squares, 2⅞in. Cross cut each square once on the diagonals to yield 432…

Kits and block of the month programs are popular choices for quilters for a number of reasons. How many times has a quilt caught your eye and you think “Wow I would love to make that exact same quilt with the same fabrics and colours”? When you buy a kit for a quilt you see you can do just that – make it exactly in the colours and fabrics you see. Kits also take the often difficult job of select fabrics and colours out of the equation. The hard part is done for you so you can just enjoy the sewing. Shops 2 & 3, 53 Alawa Cres. ALAWA NT 0810 p. (08) 8948 0691 e. dragonfabric@bigpond.com www.dragonfabric.com.au 26 Fairway Close, Howlong NSW 2643 Phone: 02 6026 5489 | Mobile:…

Finished quilt size: 192cm (75½in) square fimch2@gmail.com @cherylfilby Materials • 1.4m (1⅝yd) each of two cream tone-on-tone print fabrics (applique block backgrounds)• 1.1m (1¼yd) teal tone-on-tone print fabric #1 (Border 2 and binding)• 90cm (1yd) brown floral print fabric (Border 2)• 50cm (⅝yd) each of two pink print fabrics (applique and Border 2)• 50cm (⅝yd) teal tone-on-tone print fabric #2 (applique)• 40cm (½yd) raspberry spot print fabric (applique)• 40cm (½yd) each of a teal spot and a green print fabric (applique)• 40cm (.yd) each of two light khaki print fabrics (borders)• 30cm (⅜yd) each of one raspberry print and teal tone-on-tone print fabric #3 (applique)• 4.3m (4¾yd) backing fabric• Fat eighth each of one salmon print and one teal print fabric (applique)• Batting at least 215cm (83in) square• Fusible web•…

Finished size: 211cm x 181.5cm (83in x 71½in) Finished block size: 10in quiltingtwin.blogspot.com keryn@kerynemmerson.com Materials • Scraps of dark blue print fabrics to total about 1.25m (1½yd); if you wish to mimic Keryn’s quilt and use one dark blue fabric per block, you will need scraps large enough to enable you to cut eight 2½in squares from them• Scraps of white print fabrics to total about 1m (1⅛yd)• Scraps of medium-value blue print fabrics to total about 1.5m (1.yd).Many of these scraps need to be at least 6½in square• 1.2m (1¼yd) beige print fabric (sashings)• 1.5m (1¾yd) blue stripe print fabric (border)• 60cm (⅝yd) dark blue print fabric (binding)• 4.7m (5⅛yd) backing fabric• 230cm x 200cm (90in x 78in) batting• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot•…

50 Pouches: Putting your fabric scraps to good use Sometimes you just want to make a project that can be finished quickly and is practical, stylish, and uses small bits and pieces from your stash. With 50 different designs to choose from, you’re bound to find pouches in this book to suit almost every person and every need. There are cute little coin purses, pouches to carry your tablet, passport cases and drawstring bags that make gorgeous gift wrappings among others. Pouches are wonderful gifts and are fun to make. The instructions in this book are heavily illustrated with photos or line drawings of virtually every step, and measurements are provided in both imperial and metric. If you’d like to make bags but have no experience, making pouches is an…

Finished size: 206cm (81in) square Finished block size: 9in square fbonner3@bigpond.com (03) 6376 1002 Materials • 4.5m (5yd) aqua tone-on-tone print fabric• 25cm (⅜ yd) each of six floral print fabrics with metallic gold (blocks)• 40cm (½yd) metallic gold tone-on-tone print fabric (Border 1)• 2.3m (2½yd) floral print fabric with metallic gold (Border 2 and binding)• 2.3m (2½yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in) backing fabric• Batting at least 225cm (89in) square• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting From the aqua tone-on-tone print fabric, cut: • eight strips, 3½in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield 82 squares, 3.in• six strips, 5½in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield 82 rectangles, 2½in x 5½in• six strips, 7½in x width of fabric. Cross…

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Unfortunately, most exhibition labels on the quilts are provided only in Japanese characters (kanji) and not in either of the two phonetic alphabets or in English, so we have not always been able to credit individual quiltmakers or include the name of the quilt. We thank Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone of Okan Arts for permission to reproduce photographs they took at this year’s Tokyo Great International Quilt Festival. Okan Arts, based in Seattle, Washington, has an online shop selling vintage Japanese yukata cottons. Patricia and Victoria also teach quiltmaking and conduct textile tours to Japan. For more information, visit https://okanarts.com Whatever Where-ever Craft is your trusted stockist of Homespun’s 2020 Block of the Month ‘QUILTERS HOLIDAY’ Contact us for more information Beep COT QUILT KIT Finished size 112cm x 132cm…

We are a group of ladies specially trained in the area of Foundation Piecing, the Judy Niemeyer method. These patterns are sometimes very involved and we have been trained to help customers and students get the most from their experience when using these beautiful patterns. We are available to travel and help shop owners with the organisation for their classes and aid in selecting fabrics. Each Instructor will offer her own unique information so below we have a list of Instructors available in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia. Please feel free to contact any of these ladies, in your area or if need be contact the Australian Facilitator, Joanne Wearing for any more information. All of the Instructors are available for teaching in shops, groups and for retreats and also…

Felicity started quilting about 25 years ago and is largely self-taught, attending quiltmaking classes for the first time not long ago to enhance her technique. She recalls that her first quilt, an assemblage of six 18in squares in shades of apricot and tan, was gifted to her mother-in-law, who continues to use it as a couch throw. Over time, her quiltmaking has changed as she has become more confident about trying different approaches, influenced mainly by ideas gleaned from quilting magazines and utilising the fabric designs and colours available at the time. Felicity feels a great sense of achievement when she can make a quilt without a pattern, creating a design that is aesthetically pleasing and uniquely hers. Born in Cessnock in the NSW Hunter region, Felicity subsequently lived in…

There are two methods that I will share here: one is using freezer paper as the actual templates for each shape and cutting them individually. This technique eliminates the need to transfer the sewing lines to the wrong side of the fabric — you simply use the edges of the freezer paper as your sewing guidelines. Once all pieces are stitched together you remove the freezer paper templates. This method is Freezer Paper Templates. The other method is using freezer paper as a foundation pattern, although you don’t stitch through the freezer paper as you do in ‘ordinary’ paper foundations. This method is Freezer Paper Foundations. Tutorial – Using freezer paper Peeling freezer paper off a completed block is easier than ripping the paper out of the stitches of foundation…

Finished size: 156cm (61in) square @meganmanwaring Materials • 3m (3⅜yd) brick red print fabric (background)• 25cm (¼yd) each of 10 solid/near-solid fabrics (feathers, borders and binding)• 10cm (⅛yd) yellow-green print fabric (centre star)• 3.6m (4yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 175cm (68in) square• 4in Drunkard’s Path acrylic template set or template plastic and permanent-marking pen to make your own• Threads to match the applique fabrics or in a neutral colour• Freezer paper• Light cardboard• Large sheets of paper• White chalk pencil (optional)• Spray starch• Perle 8 quilting threads, needles, quilting hoop and thimble• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Note: Foundation piecing is used in this project and the instructions assume a good working knowledge of this technique. Sew all the foundation-piecing seams…

Finished quilt size: 180cm (72in) square thimblestitch1@gmail.com @thimblestitch1 Materials • Assorted shirtings and low-volume print fabrics (backgrounds). Included amongst them you will need one piece 8½in square and one piece 9½in square (inner circle), one piece 17½in square (Circle 3) and some larger pieces (border background)• Assorted medium- and dark-value print fabrics (applique)• 55cm (⅝yd) dark red print fabric (binding)• 4.1m (4½yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 200cm (80in) square• Erasable fabric-marking pen• Template plastic and permanent-marking pen• Light cardboard• Roxanne’s Glue-Baste-It (optional)• Spray starch• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Milliners needles size 11 and applique threads to match the applique fabrics; Susan uses Superior Threads Bottomline thread• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Note: This is a project for experienced quiltmakers with advanced skills. Susan’s quilt was…

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