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Finished quilt size: 146cm x 129cm (57½in x 50¾in) Finished block size: 9½in x 8¼in www.bebebold.com.au contact@bebebold.com.au @bebebold Materials • 30 strips of assorted print fabrics, 3⅛in x 21in• 45cm (½yd) medium-value shot cotton (sashings)• 90cm (1yd) dark-value shot cotton (background and border)• 40cm (½yd) woven stripe fabric (binding)• 3m (3¼yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 160cm x 145cm (64in x 57in)• Sashiko needle and thread• Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Note: A kit containing all the fabrics you need to make this quilt (except for the backing fabric) is available from BeBe Bold. Contact details are on the previous page. Cutting From the medium-value shot cotton, cut: • six strips, 2½in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield…

Anita Ellis www.hillsidequilting.com.au Hello again. I hope you have all been enjoying your quilting over the recent months and that the ideas I have been sharing with you have helped to expand your skill set. Today I am going to cover something that crops up all the time. As your skills increase, the way you look at blocks changes. At first, blocks are often very literally interpreted with the quilting design. The design will probably be constrained within the boundary of the block and the individual pieces within it. For example, you might stitch in the ditch inside all the triangles in a block. Or you might use straight lines to outline a central star element. It can be a light-bulb moment when the realisation hits that a single block…

Old Fabrics for New Quilts: The Story of a Rebirth By Etsuko Ishitobi Etsuko Ishitobi won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival. She loves antique fabrics, indigos in particular, reusing them to create works of art that are impressive both in design and creativity. Along with the 12 quilt projects, there are some simpler ones such as bags, a table runner, placemats, wall hangings and other small items for the home. Published by Quiltmania The Book of Boro: Techniques and Patterns Inspired by Traditional Japanese Textiles By Susan Briscoe Boro is the ultimate slow stitching technique. This collection explores the history of Japanese boro and its relevance to the contemporary sewer. Learn about the materials that were traditionally used, such as cotton and hemp fabrics,…

Finished quilt size: 153cm (60in) square Finished block size: 10in square lindacollins@mailzworld.com quiltsinthebarn Materials • Scraps of assorted medium- and dark-value blue and brown print fabrics• Scraps of assorted light-value print fabrics• 2.8m (3⅛yd) toile print fabric (kite shapes, border and binding)• 3.7m (4yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 170cm (68in) square• Panama Pyramids Triangle and Stars Over Panama templates (available from Linda Collins) or template plastic and fine-point permanent-marking pen to make your own• Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Preparation and cutting 1 If you’re making your own templates, trace the shapes printed on the Pattern Sheet on to template plastic using a fine-point permanent-marking pen. Cut them out accurately on the traced lines. To use the triangle template, trace…

You are well known for your amazing domestic machine quilting. Tell us about that journey. I have always quilted my own quilts. When I first started quilting, it was just what I did. I thought that was part of the process. Back then, I had a very basic Janome and soon realised its limitations and decided to upgrade to a better machine. I purchased a Pfaff that I pieced and quilted all my quilts with until 2007. That was when I won my first Best of Show and I was approached by Brother to try one of their machines. It had a larger throat space and quilted beautifully. I owned and used Brother machines up until 2019. I now have a Bernina Q20 sit down and a 770 QE, and…

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“We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand.”- Anne Lamott. • AQC Relocates to Brisbane After almost two years of lockdowns, cancellations and changes, Expertise Events have made the decision to move the annual Australasian Quilt Convention to Brisbane. Various Victorian Government changes have made an April event difficult and presented many barriers to staging the event. With all that, and more, in consideration the team at Expertise have announced that the 2022 event will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre from May 26–29. For more information visit www.aqc.com.au SOTA The Queensland Quilters’ Guild has been exhibiting members’ works through a juried exhibition called State of the Art Quilt Exhibition since 2009.…

Finished size: 63.5cm (25in) square 16 Fat Quarters info@16fatquarters.com.au www.16fatquarters.com.au Materials • 70cm (¾yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric• 1.3m (1½yd) indigo and cream print fabric• 1.5m (1⅝yd) sand-coloured tone-on-tone print fabric (cushion lining and back)• Batting at least 75cm (29in) square• One 50cm (20in) zipper to coordinate with the sand-coloured fabric• One 64cm (25in) cushion insert• Fusible web• Sheets of paper for foundations – newsprint is ideal• Light coloured machine-sewing thread (piecing and applique)• Dark-coloured machine-sewing thread (quilting and borders)• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in and zipper feet• General sewing supplies Note: Foundation piecing is used in this project and the instructions assume advanced skills in this technique. Sew all the foundation-piecing seams with a short stitch length to make it easier to remove the papers…

Finished size: 48cm x 29cm (19in x 11½in) www.designz.shibaguyz.com www.designz.shibaguyz.com/blog Materials • 50cm (⅝yd) light cotton canvas or quilter’s muslin• 50cm (⅝yd) cotton or silk fabric (reversible lining)• Scraps of assorted print fabrics• Sashiko thread; Shannon and Jason used Aurifil 12-weight cotton thread in a number of different colours• Sashiko needles• Washable glue stick, such as Elmer’s School Glue• Erasable fabric-marking pen• Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat• Sewing machine• General sewing supplies Preparation and cutting From the lightweight cotton canvas or quilter’s muslin, cut: • one strip, 12½in x width of fabric 1 Trim the strip to measure 12½in x 39in. Fold it in half, right sides together and short edges matching; it will now measure 12½in x 19½in. Turn the rectangle so that the left and right edges…

WA • Sew Gentle Era Bridgetown (08) 9761 1490 email@sewgentleera.com.au www.sewgentleera.com.au SA • Adelaide Sewing Centre Ascot Park (08) 8276 3273 info@adelaidesewing.com.au www.adelaidesewing.com.au • Creatively Sewn Mount Gambier (08) 8725 4933 kerry@ringwood-designs.com www.creativelysewn.com.au • Cynthia’s Ark Mallala (08) 8527 2120 cyn@cynthiasark.com.au www.cynthiasark.com.au • Hettie’s Patch Hindmarsh (08) 8346 0548 hettiespatch@gmail.com www.hettiespatch.com • Kornacraft Sewing Centre Gawler (08) 8522 3246 sales@kornacraft.com.au www.kornacraft.com.au • Old Culburra Store Culburra (08) 8575 8020 smallman@internode.on.net • Stitch N Bits Cowell 0457 638 165 stitchnbits@bigpond.com.au www.stitchnbits.com.au • The Quilting Room Adelaide 0411 417 087 thequiltingroom@aapt.net.au www.thequiltingroom.com.au • Widebacks Australia Seaford (08) 8370 7546 www.widebacks.com.au VIC • Catharina’s Vintage Stitches Goulburn Valley (03) 5860 6710 catharinas48@gmail.com www.catharinasvintagestitches.com.au • Good Old Days Quilt Shop Terang 0438 951 852 darlene.oakley@bigpond.com • Honeysuckle Patchwork Bendigo (03) 5441 3289 sales@honeysucklepatchwork.com.au www.honeysucklepatchwork.com.au…

Held in January for 19 years, the Tokyo International Quilt Festival was one of the largest quilt festivals in the world. Hundreds of decorative quilts and artwork were displayed and visitors could browse through various styles and designs from some of the top quilt and crafts specialists from around the world. Each year the festival showcased guest speakers, events, workshops and seminars, and some of the best quilters in the world would share their designs. However, in January 2020, the final event was held. To honour and respect this great festival, we share a look at some of the winning quilts from the 2020 final event. Japanese Princess Kako attended the opening ceremony on January 23 and met with Sumiko Nagami, the winner of the grand prize at the 19th…

Finished size: 152.5cm (60in) square Chris Jurd chris.jurd@bigpond.com @patchworkFUN Materials • 40cm (½yd) each of two large-scale print fabrics (quilt centre)• 50cm (⅝yd) black and white spot print fabric (diamond background)• Assorted fabric scraps at least 3in x 6in (diamonds) or 5in square (Border 2)• 20cm (¼yd) yellow print fabric (diamond base)• 50cm (⅝yd) large-scale print fabric #3 (quilt centre setting triangles)• 20cm (¼yd) stripe print fabric (Border 1)• 1.3m (1.yd) large-scale print fabric #4 (Border 3)• 20cm (¼yd) large-scale print fabric #5 (Border 3 corners)• 3.4m (3¾yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 170cm (67in) square• Freezer paper• Sheets of paper for foundations – newsprint is ideal• Applique glue• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Note: Foundation piecing is used in this project…

Finished quilt size: 176.5cm x 150cm (69½in x 59in) Finished block size: 10½in square Materials • 3.4m (3⅛yd) white fabric (background)• Assorted scraps at least 1½in x 5in• Assorted strips cut from the selvedge of fabrics, including the designer’s or manufacturer’s name. Each of these strips must include at least ¼in of the fabric in addition to the selvedge• 1.2m (1⅛yd) red and white spot print fabric (border and binding)• 3.3m (3⅛yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 197cm x 170cm (78in x 67in)• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting From the white fabric, cut: • four strips, 12½in across the width of the fabric. Crosscut them to yield a total of 30 squares, 12½in. Then crosscut each square twice on the diagonals…

Finished quilt size: 285.5cm (90in) square Finished block size: 9in square Mount Vincent Quilts mtvincentquilts@yahoo.com leanne_mountvincentquilts Materials • 60cm (⅝yd) each of 12 assorted print fabrics OR if you wish to make a scrappier version, you could use two 10in squares each of 50 assorted print fabrics• 70cm (⅞yd) black and white spot print fabric (binding)• 2.5m (2¾yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in) backing fabric• Batting at least 206cm (98in) square• Poppins template (available from Mount Vincent Quilts) or template plastic and fine-point permanent-marking pen to make your own• Rotary cutter, quilter’s ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Preparation and cutting 1 If you’re making your own template, trace the shape printed on the Pattern Sheet on to template plastic using a fine-point permanent-marking pen. Cut it out…

Finished size: 198cm (78in) square Note: Materials required for the entire project were listed in Part 1, published in Quilters Companion #110. Refer to the Fabric Key for the specific fabrics Rachelle used in her project if you wish to create a quilt identical to hers. Otherwise, use the cutting instructions to select fabrics from your assortment of print fabrics at random to make your quilt unique and to achieve a scrappy look. Seam allowances of ¼in are used throughout for the piecing. rachelled@iprimus.com.au @rachelledennenydesigns Rachelle Denneny This Block of the Month project is being published over six issues of Quilters Companion, from issue #110 to issue #115. Contact our subscriptions department to order a subscription or back issues, or log on to Zinio or the Apple/Google Play newsstands to…

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.…