Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue #132 2025 i Quilters Companion

Welcome to March’s issue. We have quite a mix of projects and articles for you in this issue. The quilt Astro Travel is by well-known Western Australia quilter Julie Furness. It is a challenging quilt that features blue and yellow and lots of half-square triangles and star points, with some Log Cabin piecing thrown in. It is a remarkable quilt and well worth the time and attention it will require. We also share Cat Connolly’s quilt, Flipped Out, that features a modern take on a traditional block. Janelle Noack shares the instructions to make a Disappearing Four-patch block quilt: start with easy Four-patch blocks, cut them up, sew them back together and you have an interesting quilt that is simple to make. If you are looking for some summer sewing,…

Finished size: 189cm x 149cm (74½in x 58½in) Materials • 40cm (½yd) each of six gold fabrics ranging from light medium to dark in value• 40cm (½yd) each of six blue fabrics ranging from light medium to dark in value• 60cm (¾yd) blue print fabric (binding)• 3.4m (3¾yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 210cm x 170cm (80in x 66in)• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Block 1 – Light Background 1 To make Block 1 with a light background, choose two gold fabrics, one darker than the other, and two blue fabrics, one darker than the other. From each of the light gold and light blue fabrics, cut: • one square, 2in • two squares, 2⅜in • one rectangle, 5in x 2in •…

Finished size: 136cm (53½in) square Materials • 1m (1⅛yd) yellow and white print fabric (appliqué background)• 40cm (½yd) patterned stripe fabric (Borders 1 and 3)• 75cm (⅞yd) floral print fabric (Border 4)• 20 strips, 2½in x 42in of assorted print fabrics or half a jelly roll (Border 2)• Fat quarter of turquoise print fabric• Fat quarter of green print fabric• Fat eighth of another green print fabric (leaves)• Five squares, 25cm (10in); five squares, 22cm (8½in); five squares, 18cm (7in); five squares, 14cm (5½in); and five squares, 12cm (4½in) in assorted print fabrics (large corner and centre flower appliqués)• Four rectangles, 4½in x 6½in of assorted print fabrics (centre panel flowers)• Nine squares, 14cm (5½in) of assorted print fabrics (corner and large centre panel yoyos)• 12 squares, 9cm (3½in) of…

On being radical A world-exclusive exhibition entitled Radical Textiles has been staged at the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) and will remain open until the end of March. In the hands of artists, textiles from tapestry and embroidery to quilting and tailoring have been pivotal in expressing moments of profound social change and political rupture. The exhibition presents works by more than 150 artists, designers and activists to explore how textiles have marked acts of resistance, revival, remembrance and reconciliation over the past 150 years. It draws on AGSA’s international, Australian and First Nations collections of textiles and fashion, augmented by sculpture, painting, photography and the moving image alongside several new commissions. If you’re not going to be able to visit the exhibition, buy a copy of the 236-page…

Finished size: 207cm (81½in) square Finished block size: 11in square Materials • Assorted print fabrics to total about 2m (2¼yd) (blocks)• 60cm (⅝yd) each of four cream print fabrics (blocks)• 40cm (½yd) cream print fabric (Border 1)• 1.35m (1½yd) green print fabric #1 (Border 2)• 60cm (¾yd) green print fabric #2 (binding)• 2.3m (2½yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in) backing fabric• Batting to measure at least 225cm (90in) square• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting From the assorted print fabrics, cut: • 72 squares, 6½in From each of the four cream fabrics for the blocks, cut: • 18 squares, 6½in — 72 squares in all From the cream print fabric for Border 1, cut: • seven strips, 2in x width of fabric From green print…

Finished size: 245cm x 215cm (96½in x 84½in) Finished block size: 12in square Materials • Assorted low-volume print fabrics to total about 6m (6⅞yd)• 56 fat eighths of assorted bright print fabrics• 1.7m (2yd) black print fabric• 2.5m (2¾yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in wide) backing fabric• Batting at least 265cm x 225cm (104in x 92in)• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting From the assorted low-volume print fabrics, cut: • 672 squares, 3in • 112 squares, 4½in From each fat eighth of bright print fabric, cut: • 12 squares, 3in From the black print fabric, cut: • two strips, 1½in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield 56 squares, 1½in • seven strips, 4½in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield…

Finished size: 218cm (86in) square Finished block size: 9in square, 4½in square and 4½in x 9in Materials • 3.2m (3¾yd) white print fabric• Assorted orange print fabrics to total about 40cm (½yd)• Assorted yellow print fabrics to total about 5.6m (6¼yd)• 70cm (¾yd) orange print fabric (binding)• 7.3m (8yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 240cm (94in) square• Template plastic and fine permanent-marking pen• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting 1 Trace the diamond template for this project from the Pattern Sheet on to template plastic with a fine-point permanent-marking pen. Cut it out on the inside edge of the traced lines. This template includes a ¼in seam allowance. 2 To use the template, lay it face down on the wrong side of…

Welcome to our new block of the month and kits section where each issue we will bring you a diverse selection of block of the month programs and kits for purchase. These product cover a variety of styles, colours and techniques. 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…

Finished quilt size: 204cm (80½in) square Materials • 2.9m (3¼yd) cream print fabric (appliqué background, sashing and Border 1)• 50cm (⅝yd) each of two mulberry print fabrics (appliqué)• 1.8m (2yd) mulberry print fabric #3 (Border 3 and binding)• 1m (1⅛yd) light green print fabric (appliqué, sashing and Border 2)• 30cm (⅜yd) dark green print fabric (sashing)• 70cm (¾yd) plum print fabric (edging units and sashing)• 50cm (⅝yd) pink tone-on-tone print fabric (edging units and sashing)• 30cm (⅜yd) pink print fabric (sashing)• 2.3m (2⅝yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in) backing fabric• Batting at least 230cm (90in) square• Fusible web• Stranded embroidery floss to match appliqué fabrics• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• Sewing machine with ¼in foot• General sewing supplies Cutting From the cream print fabric, cut: • five strips, 15in x width of fabric.…

Finished Size: 152cm x 178cm (60in x 70in) Materials • 25cm (¼yd) each of 11 assorted print fabrics• 20cm (¼yd) each of 14 assorted coloured 8mm-wide ricrac• 50cm (⅝yd) each of five assorted white tone-on-tone fabrics (2.5m/3⅛yd in total)• 50cm (⅝yd) white multi spot fabric (binding)• 4m (4⅜yd) backing fabric• Batting at least 170cm x 200cm (70in x 80in)• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat• General sewing supplies• Sewing machine with ¼in foot Cutting and preparation 1 Cut and sort the fabrics into groups for each row of blocks. From 10 of the assorted print fabrics, cut: one rectangle, 6½in x 4½in (ice blocks) From one of the assorted fabrics, cut: 10 rectangles, 1in x 3in fabric (ice block sticks). From the assorted print fabrics, cut: 14 sets of two squares,…

Proudly brought to you by Quilters Companion and Lloyd Curzon Fabrics Note: This quilt is a major undertaking, requiring accurate cutting and piecing to ensure that each border fits precisely around the edge of the quilt. Refer to the Fabric Key for the specific fabrics Kathy used in her project if you wish to create a quilt identical to hers. Be economical in the use of your fabrics. Hold on to offcuts from earlier parts as they may be used in later parts. Seam allowances of ¼in are used throughout for the piecing. Finished size: 225cm (88½in) square This Block of the Month project is being published over six issues of Quilters Companion, from issue #128 to issue #133. The Materials list for the entire project was included in Part…

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