Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 113 i Today's Quilter

Has Spring finally arrived? At the time of writing this, it’s a bit hit or miss, some days we have sun, others heavy rain. But that hasn’t stopped us admiring the gorgeous Spring makes in this issue. From Lynne Goldsworthy’s delightful Baskets and Dresden Plates design, bursting with appliqué blooms, to Jo Colwill’s charming patchwork garden... you’ll be surrounded with pretty flowers no matter what the weather decides to do! Nicola Dodd has also come up with a sweet chicken quilt, which is a great way to use up fabrics in your stash... or perhaps finally cut up a fabric collection you’ve had for a while! And we are so excited to feature part 1 of our 4-part mini-series. Andrea Gorman has designed the sweetest quilting mouse, and over the…

Linking the blocks This block includes a centre area that has appeared before in previous Blocks of the Month and also features a repeat of the corner rolled-back edges that were in the fourth block in the series. As each block is added, more little details reappear here and there, linking the individual designs into an overall collection that will become the final quilt. Every design has a finished size of 12in x 12in and is then edged with an extra frame of background fabric in a finished width of 1½in. This acts as a final border to each block and extends the block size to 15in x 15in. The frame includes a cornerstone square that repeats the corner square of each block. Choosing the fabrics The centre Cathedral Window…

Step by Step Exhibition Until 7 July • Contemporary textiles, By Gillian Cooper and Kay Leech. 10.30-16.00 Wed-Sun Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road Sedbergh, LA10 5LW British Quilt & Stitch Village 12-14 April • Multitude of specialist trade stands and workshops. Admission: Adult £15 at gateChildren under 14: FREE10.00-16.30 (Friday & Saturday)10.00-16.00 (Sunday)Uttoxeter Racecourse, Wood Lane, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8BDwww.quiltandstitchvillage.com Quercus Quilt Show 13 April • 100+ quilts and other quilted items on display; refreshments, raffle and traders; all proceeds to Hospice in the Weald. Admission: £510.00-16.00Knole Academy, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3LE Brunel Quilters Exhibition 20 April • An exhibition of quilts and textile works, plus a charity quilt raffle, sales table and refreshments. Admission: £2 (under 16’s free)10.00-16.00Saltash Wesley Church, Callington Road, Saltash, PL12 6LAContact: brunel_quilters@yahoo.com Abingdon Quilting…

Mary Jenkins fondly recalls sleeping underneath a patchwork bedcover as a child growing up in Pembrokeshire, so she supposes she always had some awareness of quilts. But, until her thirties, it was embroidery that interested her. When Mary took up quilting in the late 1970s, there were limited resources for beginners. She says, “There were very few magazines and tutors, so I taught myself using books. But in 1979, The Quilters’ Guild formed – which I joined early on – and things began to change.” The resurgence of interest in quilting in the UK was in part a result of a nostalgic interest in handicrafts generated by the American Bicentennial in 1976. “I’m ashamed to say that it was American block patterns that excited us back then, with British quilt-making…

BEHIND THE QUILT A MOUSE AND HER QUILTS “Florence lives in an old tree stump house with her squirrel friend, Miss Poppy, who on occasion jests with Florrie about whether they actually need another quilt. Obviously, Florrie pays no attention to this kind of talk. There is always a good reason for a new quilt. “In this block, Spring is here and Florrie is having a good Spring clean. Her quilts have been washed and she is out among the tulips, hanging the washing on the line. Of course, these are her small quilts and there is another line higher up where Poppy hangs the bigger quilts – because a squirrel could hardly cuddle up under a mouse-sized quilt! Florrie is rather proud of the turquoise quilt with its half-square…

FLOWER BASKET HST, APPLIQUÉ TEMPLATES ENLARGE 200% PLEASE NOTE: Appliqué templates DO NOT include seam allowances. HST and Basket templates DO include seam allowances. PATCHWORK GARDEN APPLIQUÉ TEMPLATES ENLARGE 200% PLEASE NOTE: Templates DO NOT include seam allowances. ESSENTIAL GUIDE APPLIQUÉ AND CIRCLE SEGMENT TEMPLATES ENLARGE 200% PLEASE NOTE: Appliqué templates DO NOT include seam allowances. Circle segment shape DOES include seam allowance. FLORRIE'S SPRING CLEAN APPLIQUÉ TEMPLATES AND LAYOUT ACTUAL SIZE PLEASE NOTE: Templates DO NOT include seam allowances. SCAN ME! Scan the QR code here, to go directly to the templates page on Gathered.how and download all templates for the projects at full size!…

BEHIND THE QUILT FLOWERS & SOFT SHADES “The idea for this quilt came from a hotel near my home that has the most wonderful tulip garden, or ‘parterre’, and original chinoiserie hand-painted wallpaper. In order to get the quilt finished quite quickly and because I already had two major hand appliqué projects on the go, I decided to use mainly bonded appliqué for the flowers etc. The fabric is a Moda fabric designed by French General using her lovely subtle blues, greys and soft reds. If you have time, it would be lovely to do traditional hand appliqué, which is my favourite, using my template-free method of appliqué, which is on YouTube and in my books. All my fabrics are from the French General collection, including the basic plains; the…