Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue #115 2022 i Quilters Companion

Learn a new way of piecing a quilt with this queen-size beauty. Although it is based on a traditional block, not one block will be pieced to make the quilt. It is all made from smaller units, which eliminates a lot of bulk at the seam junctions. The quilt is made from several shades of taupe as the main colour with high-contrast pinwheels in orange. Finished quilt size: 216cm (85in) square michelle@pieceville.com.au www.pieceville.com.au @michellemarvig Materials • 5m (5½yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric #1 (background)• 40cm (½yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric #2 (Pinwheel units)• 70cm (¾yd) dark cream print fabric (binding)• 40cm (½yd) dark taupe tone-on-tone print fabric• One strip, 2½in x width of fabric, each of 16 light-medium and medium-value taupe print fabrics• One strip, 2½in x width of fabric,…

A New Twist: Turn 6 Easy Blocks into 12 Colorful Quilts By Nancy Mahoney Choose a fun block, give it a new twist in your layout and see the quilt design change before your eyes, like the colours of a kaleidoscope! Best-selling author Nancy Mahoney shows how the same asymmetrical block can create two strikingly different quilts when you change the colours and rotate the block to let the secondary designs emerge. An expert teacher with an extraordinary eye for design, Nancy demystifies what baffles many quilters about choosing fabrics for scrappy quilts. Learn her tips about colour families, scrap plans and construction techniques. Published by Martingale and Co Home & Hearth: Quilts and More to Cozy Up Your Decor By Sherri McConnell Just as a home’s hearth warms the…

This is another of our favourite quilt projects from Homespun magazine. It appeared in issue 13.01, published in January 2012. Although the block looks complex, it is constructed using only two different units — pieced squares made from half-square triangles and Flying Geese. To make a block, you will choose 10 fabrics in a range of values. One fabric will be used for the triangles that lie around the outer edge of the block and another for the rectangles that lie on the diagonal in each corner of the block. Then, match the remaining eight fabrics in four pairs and they will be used to make pieced squares. Finished size: 204.5cm x 251.5cm (80¾in x 99¼in) Finished block size: 15½in www.artfulsister.blogspot.com Materials • Assorted print and tone-on-tone fabrics of light,…

After the disappointment of having to cancel the 2021 event, the organisers of the internationally renowned Road to California quilt contest were delighted that the 2022 show and workshops were able to proceed. We’re pleased to be able to share several images with you. The 2023 Road to California Quilter’s Conference & Showcase will be held January 18-21 in Ontario, California. Visit the website for more details: www.online.roadtocalifornia.com The Best of Show Harlequinade, 211cm x 173cm (83in x 68in) Rebecca Prior; quilted by Jackie Brown Artist’s statement: “This quilt is a theatrical quilt filled with visual clues guiding viewers to discover the hidden story. Inspired by Venetian carnival masks and commedia del arte characters, the quilt features the antics of Harlequin the trickster, who has his own ideas about freedom…

How many quilts have you made in your life? Of those, how many have been for exhibition and how many for gifts or just for the joy? How many of your exhibition quilts have received prizes? I truly don’t know the exact number, at least 200. When I first started quilting, I made quilts for all my friends having babies as well as my own children, nieces and nephews and also other members of my family. I loved designing, so was quite prolific in the first few years of quilting and also made a lot of things for school fetes and group trading tables. Quite a lot of my early quilts were published in magazines and it was a great way to learn to format my pattern writing and very…

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This quilt is deceptively simple to make and it’s perfect for digging in to your stash. The contrast between the background and foreground is the key to the design’s success. For the background, Jo used a palette of clear cool aquas, blues and greens, while the foreground palette is made up of fiery reds, oranges and magentas. Ensure that you use a vast variety of small- to mid-sized prints to give the quilt even more visual interest. Finished size: 182 x 213cm (72 x 84in) thesecleverhands@gmail.com @thesecleverhands Materials • 45cm (½yd) each of 15 assorted warm/dark fabrics (mid to small prints)• 45cm (½yd) each of 14 assorted cool/light fabrics (mid to small prints)• 60cm (¾yd) binding fabric• 4m (4⅜yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 200 x 230cm (80 x 92in)•…

Winter in cold climates is magical, whether it brings softly falling flurries, blustery winds and swirling snow, or crystal-clear skies. And after spending a chilly day outside making snowmen, skiing, or snowshoeing, there’s nothing like returning home, pink-cheeked, for a cosy evening spent by the fire, under a quilt. Scrappy snowflakes gently drift atop a background of gray blue. This simple but striking quilt captures the magic of the moment when snow first begins to fall. Finished size: 162.5cm (64in) square Finished block size: 9in square www.jendalyquilts.com @jendalyquilts Materials • 3.8m (4¼yd) medium-dark blue toneon-tone print fabric• 80cm (⅞yd) lighter blue tone-on-tone print fabric (Nine-patch blocks)• Fat eighth each of nine assorted white tone-on-tone print fabrics (Snowflake blocks)• 3.8m (4yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 180cm (72in) square• Rotary cutter,…

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Liberty Belle Quilt The Liberty Belle quilt is simply elegant. No matter who you are making this for, the design will bring your fabrics to life to create a stunning handmade quilt to treasure. It is suitable for beginner quilters and comes in four sizes – Baby: 37½in x 45½in, Single Bed: 53½in x 77½in, Lap: 61½in sq, Queen: 79½in x 91½in. There are clear set out instructions with photos and diagrams to help you with your machine piecing of this quilt. Carol’s of Midland Phone: (08) 9250 2722 Email: sales@carolsofmidland.com.au Website: www.carolsofmidland.com.au Cover Pro 3000 Professional Our NEW professional cover stitch machine sews fine-weight fabrics through to heavy-weight fabrics. Stitches available are Triple Top Cover stitch, 2 needle Wide Top Cover stitch, 2 needle Narrow Top Cover stitch, Triple…

Inspired by the vintage Sunflower block, this quilt is a good lesson on what to do when you don’t have enough fabric. Just a few ideas are: make the different centre background a highlight, make each background square different and use two complementary fabrics for the side and corner setting triangles. The 60 flower petals give lots of opportunities for raiding the scrap basket and doing some fussy cutting. The flowers are prepped with English paper piecing then appliquéd to each other to make a ring of petals. Lastly, an octagon shape is appliquéd over the centre. Finished quilt size: 129cm (51in) square Finished block size: 15in square chris.jurd@bigpond.com www.PatchworkFun.etsy.com @patchworkfun Materials • 90cm (1yd) cream print fabric (block backgrounds)• 50cm (⅝yd) black and white spot print fabric (block background)•…

This delightful quilt uses five pastel colours — aqua, pink, lemon, green and lilac. There are five different fabrics in each colour — 25 fabrics in total. The design layout shows where to place each of the five colour groups, however you get to enjoy choosing the combinations of your fabrics within these groups. Template plastic is used to draw the shapes onto the coloured fabrics. The coloured fabrics are all cut out by hand. The cream background fabric is cut with a rotary cutter. The Interlocking Triangles and Arc units are created with freezer-paper appliqué and the Drunkard’s Path units are made with curved piecing. Finished quilt size: 177cm (69½in) square helen@patchworkbliss.com @patchwork_bliss Materials • 4m (4½yd) solid cream fabric (background)• 20cm (.yd) each of five different aqua print…

This quilt is named for the female Nubian giraffe that lived in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris for 18 years. A gift from Muhammad Ali of Egypt to King Charles X of France, she was one of three giraffes Muhammad Ali sent to European rulers in 1827. This quilt features Snowball blocks and fussy cut octagons set around a centre panel featuring fussy cut octagons and setting seams. Finished quilt size: 150cm (59in) square cleverducksquilting@gmail @clever_ducks_quilting_ Materials • 1.1m (1¼yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric• 30cm (⅜yd) light-medium blue print fabric (large star in centre panel)• 30cm (⅜yd) blue and gold spot print fabric (small star in centre panel and other shapes)• 20cm (¼yd) blue and white spot print fabric (feature print frames)• 13 fat quarters of assorted blue print…

This is it: the last part of the marvellous Block of the Month that we have shared over the past 12 months. We trust that many of you have kept up with the magazine instalments. However, it’s not a race: the main thing is to enjoy the journey. As you finish your quilts, we would love to see them on the Facebook group. Finished size: 198cm (78in) square 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…

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