Today's Quilter

Today's Quilter provides a fresh take on traditional quilting with 100 glorious pages of projects, features, techiniques and news for intermediate to expert quilters. The quilt projects are exquisitely photographed, while technical features improve skills. There's quilting news, events to visit, designer profiles and quilt heritage, plus chat and fun from the quilting community.

TODAY'S QUILTER

WELCOME!

LEARN HOW TO MAKE BALTIMORE QUILTS! • Create Shirley Bloomfield’s fresh take on the traditional Baltimore Album Quilt with this fantastic booklet!

ALL THE LATEST QUILTING NEWS • Summer is in full swing and it’s the perfect time to do a bit of al fresco quilting! Why not treat yourself to some fresh fabrics and make a pretty quilt for weekend picnics? Or enjoy a spot of light reading with a new quilting book!

SHOW & TELL JOIN IN AND BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY • In between quilt projects? Take a look at our readers’ recent work and get some ideas for your next masterpiece!

DIARY DATES • Treat yourself to a wonderful day out at an inspiring quilting or textile exhibition. See what’s on around the country with our handy listings guide.

JANOME MEMORY CRAFT 9480 QC PROFESSIONAL

NEW YORK BEAUTY • Pinks, soft blues and reds combine to give the New York Beauty block a softer look but with all the impact of a traditional red and blue quilt!

BEA’S GARDEN • Sew adorable hares and chickens for this delightful appliqué quilt

artist profile EKTA KAUL • Anne Williams catches up with artist Ekta Kaul to find out about her love of kantha

STRAWBERRY FIELD • Raid your fabric stash to create this charming and colourful scrapbusting quilt

STUNNING SASHIKO BAG • Sew this gorgeous drawstring bag featuring the ohana moyo sashiko design

ESSENTIAL GUIDE Exploring Creative Quilting • Creative quilting is fun and relaxing and a great way to use some of the fabrics, trims, lace motifs and buttons you’ve been collecting

DIRECTORY • Find the fabrics, accessories and more that you want from this month’s issue!

CURVES AND POINTS

TEMPLATES • All the templates you’ll need from issue 117...

NEXT MONTH ISSUE 118 ON SALE 28th of August 2024 • TO RECEIVE ISSUE 118 AS YOUR FIRST COPY, SUBSCRIBE BEFORE 12 AUGUST 2024. SEE PAGE 16 FOR DETAILS!

WELCOME

TODAY'S QUILTER

FULL BLOOM

GETTING STARTED

STITCHING

BALTIMORE SAMPLER

CLEMATIS CIRCLE • This is a good starter design if you are fairly new to hand appliqué as there are not too many pieces. Stitch the leaves first as they are easier than the flowers.

ROSE WREATH • This block introduces two new techniques – fine stems and padded appliqué. Fussy cutting a multi-shaded batik was a great way to achieve shading on the rose and buds. The same batik also provided mauve for some of the irises too! This is the ideal type of print to look out for when browsing in quilt shops.

IRIS LYRE • The lyre design is the most complex of the designs – each iris has five separate petals and part construction is used for the leaves and “unit appliqué” for the buds. So, three new challenges – use the notes below to help you master these new techniques. The irises can be in a colour of your choice but purple and mauves links with the clematis block. Try to get a tonal contrast between the top and lower petals to give definition to the iris.

Templates

Assembly