Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue #110 2021 i Quilters Companion

• Use interfacing for the foundations; it remains in the quilt, so you don’t have to carefully tear away paper foundations behind each block. Don’t use the very lightest-weight interfacing as it will shrink and frizzle when ironed. On the other hand, don’t use a heavy interfacing as it will make the quilt too heavy for comfort. Of course, you can use large sheets of paper for the foundations if you prefer — just tear it off once the blocks have been pieced. • Deborah uses a Sulky iron-on transfer pen (as shown). It enables you to trace the foundation pattern once and then transfer the pattern onto the interfacing multiple times. Deborah is usually able to transfer a pattern between nine and 12 times from just one tracing with…

Finished size: Runner: 35.5cm x 80cm (14in x 311/2in) Mug rugs: 18.5cm (71/4in) square Materials • 35cm (3/8yd) white print fabric (applique and runner background)• 30cm (3/8yd) red tone-on-tone print fabric (applique and mug rug background)• 30cm (3/8yd) dark grey tone-on-tone print fabric (applique and sashings)• 10cm (1/8yd) solid light tan fabric (applique)• 75cm (7/8yd) red and tan print fabric (border and binding)• 85cm (1yd) backing fabric• Batting — given the size of this project, you may be able to use offcuts/scraps of batting left from previous projects• Polyester embroidery threads to match the applique fabrics (machine applique)• Fusible web• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with 1/4in and open-toe embroidery feet• General sewing supplies Cutting From the white print fabric, cut: • one strip, 11in x width of…

Cool Cotton & Whimsical Wool Quilts: 12 Contemporary Folk-Art Projects By Kim Schaefer This book of funky folk-art fun combines bursts of cotton colour with wool wildlife, flowers and more! Best-selling author Kim Schaefer introduces 12 new quilt projects in her whimsical, modern, folk-art style. The quilts are perfect for beginners to explore easy fusible appliqué projects, as well as experienced stitchers, who can enjoy these new designs. Just layer your felted wool pieces, including flamingos, owls, bees and potted flowers, and add to your cotton fabric background. Published by C&T Publishing Seams Like Yesterday By Karen Styles For more than 20 years, Australian quilt and fabric designer, Karen Styles, has been creating works of art with reproduction fabrics. She loves the English paper piecing method and using stars, hexagons…

This quilt is made with three colourful fabrics and one neutral background fabric. Solids and prints are both good choices for this project. If you want to use prints, choose non-directional prints that will blend well at the vertical seam and will read the same whether horizontal or vertical. The quilt backs also have a zigzag feature section that is made the same way as the quilt top. The patches to make these zigzags are included in the cutting instructions. Two strips of backing fabric are added to finish off the back. Any type of print will work well for these. Finished quilt size: Lap quilt – 152.5cm x 114cm (60in x 45in); Twin bed quilt – 228.5cm x 152.5cm (90in x 60in) Materials For lap quilt • 50cm (5/8yd)…

Beginners and Beyond During the lockdowns and isolations of the past year or so, many of us raided our craft, sewing and yarn stashes looking for something to do. Have you been inspired by your yarn stash? Are you looking for some new exciting patterns to make? If so, look no further than Homespun’s special edition: Knitting Beginners and Beyond. See page 124 for more information. Golden Treasures 2021 The biennial Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Exhibition pays homage to the rich history of The Maryborough Knitting Mill, a major part of the industrial hub of Central Victoria. The winner of the 6th biennial exhibition, which was displayed at Central Goldfields Art Gallery from March 4 to May 9, is Suzanne Lyle’s work, Crown of Thorns. The prize is $3000…

Outward curves Use your fingers to turn the seam allowance over the edge of the shape with your fingers, pleating any excess fabric as you go. Then gently run your fingers along the edge to form a smooth crisp edge. Press with an iron to heat set the fabric in place. Inward curves Clip the seam allowance, stopping just a few threads out from the shape. Points Turn under any inward curves up to the point first, then any outward ones. Heat set, then trim off or turn under the excess seam allowance at the point. Inward ‘V’ corners Clip the seam allowance at the centre of the ‘V’ and just to each side of it, stopping a few threads out from the shape. Turn the seam allowance over onto…

Finished size: 124.5cm (49in) square Materials • Fat quarters of 13 ombre fabrics in an assortment of colours. Sharon used Ombre Confetti Metallics by V and Co for Moda (blocks). If you’re not using ombre fabrics, you will need fat eighths or large scraps of a wider range of fabrics in shades of light to dark of each colour• 40cm (½yd) solid pale grey (block centres)• 2.1m (2¼yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric (background). Sharon used Speckled in white gold metallic by Rashida Coleman Hale for Ruby Star Society• 40cm (½yd) cream and gold stripe print fabric (binding)• 2.9m (3¼yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 140cm (55in) square• Water-soluble fabric glue. Sharon used a Sewline glue pen• Cotton or silk threads in a neutral colour or to match the fabrics used…

Finished quilt size: 203cm (80in) square Finished block size: 10in square Materials • 5m (55/8yd) solid white fabric• 60cm (3/4yd) solid pink fabric• 50cm (5/8yd) solid purple fabric• 2m (21/4yd) solid cyan/pale teal fabric• 70cm (7/8yd) solid royal blue fabric• 2m (21/4yd) solid kelly green fabric• 50cm (5/8yd) solid yellow fabric• 1.2m (13/8yd) solid orange fabric• 50cm (5/8yd) solid red fabric• 65cm (3/4yd) black and white stripe print fabric• 2.3m (21/2yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in) backing fabric• Batting at least 220cm (88in) square• Leanne’s Ring template set (available from Mount Vincent Quilts) or template plastic and permanent-marking pen to make your own• Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat• Sewing machine with 1/4in foot• General sewing supplies Preparation and cutting 1 If you’re not using the commercial template set available from Mount Vincent…

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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 Tula Pink Nebula BOM designed by Jaybird Quilts. This stunning quilt is…

Zulu Trinkets, Christine Seager Materials and method: Hand dyed fabrics, layered, stitched and reverse appliqué applied to top layer of orandie Artist’s statement: I was born in South Africa – a place of colour, clear skies and wonderful animals. I was looked after by an amazing Zulu lady and this is a tribute to the colourful beaded bracelets she wore. If travel wasn’t curtailed by the COVID virus at the moment and I could travel, I would go to a country with bright sunlight and a colourful culture on my magic carpet. Hugs and Kisses, Alison Charlton Materials and method: Fibre-reactive dyed cotton and silk, shibori, wax resist, acrylic paint. Embellished with hand stitching. Machine quilted. Artist’s statement: If I had a magic carpet during this difficult period, it would…

My family has always been very supportive of my quilting, which I have been doing since 2001. My eldest daughter was 1½ years old when I joined a six-week beginners’ course, so all three of my children have grown up with me quilting. To them, it’s just mum’s thing she does, although I think they are proud of my achievements. They have all made quilts and won awards themselves, so they know what goes into creating one. My husband has just accepted his lot being married to a quilter and is always available to make things like hanging rods or a new design wall. I grew up in a small country town and my grandma and nana both loved creating things, so I was taught many skills — embroidery, crochet,…

The classic Courthouse Step pattern is a wonderful way to make your very own vintage/antique-look quilt. Deborah started this quilt many years ago, after being inspired by a photograph of a Courthouse Step quilt in a ‘quilts for sale’ catalogue. This quilt is machine sewn using foundation piecing, working on medium-weight interfacing that will remain in the pieced blocks. However, you can work on paper foundations and remove them as you go if you prefer. Using pink, brown and red reproduction fabrics makes this traditional beauty looks like it was made hundreds of years ago! Bust into your reproduction fabric stash and get started. Finished quilt size: 195.5cm x 178cm (77in x 70in) Finished block size: 13in square Materials • Assorted scraps of medium- and dark-value print fabrics in pinks…

Finished quilt size: 183cm x 162.5cm (72in x 64in) Finished block sizes: 8in and 16in square Materials • Scraps of assorted low-volume print fabrics to total about 2.8m (3yd)• Scraps of assorted blue and teal print fabrics to total about 2.8m (3yd)• 55cm (5/8yd) blue tone-on-tone print fabric (binding)• 3.7m (4yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 200cm x 180cm (80in x 72in) square• Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat• Sewing machine with 1/4in foot• General sewing supplies Preparation and cutting From the assorted low-volume print fabrics, cut: • 72 squares, 47/8in (large blocks)• 288 squares, 27/8in (small blocks) From the assorted blue and teal print fabrics, cut: • 72 squares, 47/8in (large blocks)• 288 squares, 27/8in (small blocks) From the blue tone-on-tone print fabric, cut: • seven strips, 21/2in x…

Finished size: 141cm (55½in) square Materials • 1.4m (11/2yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric (quilt centre and Borders 2 and 4)• 25cm (3/8yd) each of nine assorted print fabrics (Dresden plates, applique and Border 4)• Fat eighth mid-green tone-on-tone print fabric (leaf applique)• Fat quarter mid-green plain fabric (vine applique) — also see Michelle’s Vine Tip• 95cm (11/8yd) green print fabric (Borders 1 and 3 and binding)• 3.2m (31/2yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 160cm (62in) square• DMC Stranded Embroidery Cotton in Black (310), Very Dark Beige Brown (838), Medium Antique Blue (931) and Dark Green Grey (3051)• Fine threads to coordinate with your assorted fabric scraps• 0.1 brown pigment pen or fine mechanical pencil• Template plastic, light cardboard and permanent-marking pen• 6mm (1/4in) bias-tape maker• Fabric basting glue (optional)• Spray…

Mitred borders are not as common as straight borders due to the belief that they are difficult to achieve. Mitred borders include a set-in seam, but, once you have practiced a little this method is easy, and certainly worth the little extra time for the polished result. Determining the border length All borders strips are cut to the quilt side lengths, plus an additional 2x the border width plus 1in. Check the width and length of the quilt by measuring through the centre horizontally and vertically. Therefore, if your quilt is 40in wide, and you wish to add a 3in border to each side, the length you will cut your top and bottom borders is 40in + 3in + 3in + 1in = 47in. It is recommended to cut the…

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