Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue#82 - 2016 i Quilters Companion

Finished size: 63.5cm x 63.5cm (25in x 25in) Materials Seven fat eighths of cream print fabrics (background) One fat quarter of cream print fabric (background) Assorted scraps of bright print fabrics in yellow, orange and red (pineapple) Three fat eighths of bright green print fabrics (leaves) One fat eighth of black print fabric (text) One square, 15cm (6in) pink wool felt (text) 75cm (&/8yd) backing fabric Fusible batting at least 75cm (28in) square Fusible web Iron-on woven stabiliser 1m (1!/8yd) cream bobble trim (hanger) 70cm (#/4yd) acid yellow fringing trim 65cm (27in) length of dowel with a diameter of 15mm (%/8in) Gold metallic machine-embroidery thread DMC stranded embroidery floss in Lemon (307), Bright Red (666), Burnt Orange (947) and Dark Gold (metallic) (5284) Cream thread for machine quilting 28 pre-cut…

Finished size: 231cm (91in) square Materials Assorted fabric scraps to total about 5m(5%/8yd)(blocks) Assorted royal blue fabrics to total about 2.7m(3yd)(sashing) Assorted cream fabrics to total about 2.4m(2%/8yd) (sashing) 70cm (#/4yd) blue print fabric (binding) 2.6m (2&/8yd) of extra-wide backing fabric Batting at least 250cm (98in) square Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler, 6!/2in square ruler and mat Sewing machine with !/4in foot General sewing supplies Note: Jessica has pieced the sashings in her quilt in a deliberately ‘wonky’ manner so that seams and corners don’t align perfectly. Instructions are provided here for precise cutting and piecing, but if you’d like to replicate the look of Jessica’s quilt, vary the length of the royal blue and cream squares and rectangles a little. www.quilterscompanion.wordpress.com Cut the fabric From the assorted royal blue fabrics,…

Dear Clare, I have just completed a wall hanging for my husband as a commemorative piece. I was inspired by the Gum Blossom wall hanging by Amanda Daly in Great Australian Quilts #5. Using her gum blossom as a base for the wall hanging, I added the helicopter panel and other meaningful patches using the blue cloud fabric as the background. I am pleased with the final result. The hand-dyed and marbled fabrics in gold, rust, green and blue are symbolic of the jungle, the red sunsets and the red earth and finished with the blue mottled fabrics as an outer border and backing, reminding us we are an island nation surrounded by water. The outer white border and white blocks are from the Gumnut series of fabrics in keeping…

Prue Noonan often has multiple textile pieces in progress, so she benefits from having a transformed bedroom that she uses as a workroom. “The room did have a bed but it just got in the way so, one day I put the bed into the hallway and announced that the room had another purpose,” she says. That bed eventually ended up stored in the garage, a sign that it wasn’t needed in the house after all! Two north-facing windows flood Prue’s studio with natural light, and her workroom facilitates many happy hours of creativity. “I find my kitchen and my workroom are the most relaxing rooms in the house,” she adds. Prue credits her mother for introducing her to the world of textiles and the development of her passion.…

Creativity, creativity, creativity is what Mandy Murray lives and breathes. Mandy works full time for a large sewing machine distributor, is a qualified high-school textiles and design teacher, and at night and on weekends she sews and creates for her own interest and her business, Sew Quirky. “My patterns and designs have a fun and quirky style with an emphasi s on inspiring the younger generation to sew and create,” Mandy explains. “I first started sewing when I was four years old,” she continues. “I remember loving long stitch and latch hook. I always adored making my little sister handbags. During primary school we made hessian beach bags with wool embroidery and embellishments. This was when my love of sewing truly started and I made lots of these bags as…

Finished size: 211cm (83in) square Materials 31 fat quarters in assorted green, red, mustard pink and brown pink fabrics Fat sixteenth each of medium and dark pink, red tone-on-tone and cream print fabrics (centre block) Fat eighth of light pink print fabric (centre block) 15cm (!/4yd) brown print fabric (Border 1) 65cm (#/4yd) light cream tone-on-tone print fabric (Border 2 background) Another fat quarter each of light and medium green print fabrics (appliqué in Border 2) 20cm (1/4yd) medium pink tone-on-tone print fabric (Border 3) 45cm (!/2yd) light tan tone-on-tone print fabric (Border 4 background) 50cm (%/8yd) pink floral print (Border 4 hexagons) Another fat quarter dark brown print fabric (Border 4 squares) 80cm (&/8yd) light cream tone-on-tone print fabric (Border 5) 65cm (#/4yd) pink and brown floral print fabric…

Finished size: 209.5cm x 179cm (821/2in x 701/2in) Materials 2.25m (2!/2yd) cream spot print fabric 1.2m (1#/8yd) red and black print fabric 25cm (!/4yd) red print fabric 60cm (%/8yd) dark grey spot print fabric 40cm (!/2yd) light grey print fabric 2.9m (3!/4yd) solid black fabric 4.6m (5yd) backing fabric Batting at least 230cm x 200cm (90in x 78in) Template plastic and permanent marking pen Rotary cutter, ruler and mat Sewing machine with !/4in foot General sewing supplies www.quilterscompanion.wordpress.com Cut the fabric 1 Trace the C triangle shape from the Pattern Sheet onto template plastic and cut it out accurately on the line. From the cream spot print fabric, cut: 10 strips, 4!/4in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield 71 squares, 4!/4in. Cut each square twice across the…

I’m going to be perfectly honest here, I have had my head in the sand when it comes to marking my machine-quilting designs on my quilts. I have been terrified to experiment since witnessing, many years ago at a big quilt show, the white glove ladies spraying a beautiful award-winning quilt with water because the blue wash-out lines were re-appearing. Argh! Nightmare stuff. Still makes me shudder … Well it’s been a long time since that event and there have been many improvements made and new products released, so I thought it was time to check them all out. Off I went to the patchwork shop and purchased the most popular marking tools. Most of these markers should be available at your local patchwork shop or ask for them. I…

Finished size: 193cm (76in) square Finished block size: 16in square Materials Sixteen squares, 10in of light-medium value, largescale prints (block centres) 10cm (!/8yd) each of 16 light-value print fabrics (pickle background) 10cm (!/8yd) each of 16 dark-value print fabrics (pickles) 20cm (!/4yd) each of 16 medium-value fabrics (block backgrounds) 30cm (#/8yd) each of 16 dark-value print fabrics (scallops) 30cm (#/8yd) black print fabric (block corners) 70cm (#/4yd) light grey print fabric (Border 1) 85cm (1yd) black spot print fabric (Border 2) 70cm (#/4yd) black stripe print fabric (binding) 4.4m (4#/4yd) backing fabric Batting at least 210cm (84in) square Freezer paper Paper for foundations – newsprint is ideal Rotary cutter, ruler and mat Sewing machine with !/4in foot General sewing supplies Note: Foundation piecing is used in this project and the…

Katrina Hadjimichael of Harrington Park, NSW, has given her Christmas table a festive makeover with this table runner and place mats. She has even included a candle mat. Tablerunner Finished size: 41cm x 96.5cm (16in x 38in) Materials 45cm (!/2yd) white fabric (background) 35cm (!/2yd) red dot print fabric (appliqué, border and binding) 20cm (!/4yd) each of eight or more assorted Christmas print fabrics (appliqué and border) _ 25cm (!/4yd) light green print fabric (piping) 55cm (%/8yd) backing fabric Batting at least 55cm x 110cm (20in x 42in) Machine-embroidery threads or stranded embroidery floss to match the appliqué shapes _ Machine thread to match the light green print fabric Fusible web Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat Sewing machine with !/4in foot General sewing supplies www.quilterscompanion.wordpress.com Cut the fabric From…

Finished size: 179cm (701/2in) square Finished block size: 15in square Materials 2.9m (3!/4yd) white tone-on-tone print fabric 26 fat quarters of assorted print fabrics. Antonie used light steel blue, lavender, aqua, green, orange and yellow in her quilt 55cm (%/8yd) yellow print fabric (binding) 3.9m (4!/4yd) backing fabric Batting at least 200cm (77in) square Fusible web Rotary cutter, ruler and mat Sewing machine with !/4in foot General sewing supplies www.quilterscompanion.wordpress.com Cut the fabric From the white tone-on-tone print fabrics, cut: three strips, 6!/4in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield 16 squares, 6!/4in. Cut each square twice across the diagonals to yield 64 quarter-square triangles (A) 16 strips, 5!/2in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield eight strips, 5!/2in x 30!/2in (B) and 68 squares, 5!/2in…

Australian quiltmaker, Judy Hooworth, took out a prize in Europe’s largest quilt show, the Festival of Quilts, in August with her art quilt, Rainy Day Dora Creek #13. Judy’s was one of more than 700 quilts on display at the Festival in 14 different categories, including, for the first time, a Modern Quilts category. One of the special exhibitions was a display of the Magna Carta Quilts, made by members of the Magna Carta Quilt Association, a not-for-profit group of quilters living in, or having an association with, the Runnymede area of England, to commemorate, in June 2015, the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta in June 1215. There are eight quilts in the collection in all: the four medieval quilts tell the story of the Magna…

A visit to any quilt show will demonstrate the wide variety of fabrics, fibres and techniques that can be used when making a quilt. If you wish to add another dimension to your next project, you might consider trying couching. A very old embroidery term, couching describes a method of placing threads or cords on a material base and stitching through, or over, these cords to attach them to the surface. Matching or contrast thread was used to couch. Many ancient civilisations used this technique to add embellishment to garments, artworks and household pieces. Historically couching was completed by hand, and still can be today. But if you love your “electric needle” (sewing machine) as much as I do, special couching feet are available. In general, two different feet are…