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.
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Today's Quilter
INSPIRED BY… Christmas cheer
FRESH PICKS • Start planning your Christmas shopping and stitching as well as your winter reading
SHOW & TELL • The only thing better than putting the finishing touches to your latest quilt is showing it off! So let’s see what you’ve been up to this month…
STARS AND DASHES • A combination of Hunter’s Star and Churn Dash blocks come together to make this stunning quilt in its timeless and traditional colourway!
Meet the designer
Jo Avery CREATIVE CORNER • LABELLING, STORING AND CARING FOR YOUR QUILTS
A bit more
AUSTEN HEIRLOOM • This stunning reimagination of Jane Austen’s iconic and historical coverlet is a wondrous quilt to behold. A true heirloom in the making!
Meet the designer
AFRICAN AMERICAN QUILTS • Anne Williams finds out about the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s historic bequest of an unparalleled collection of thousands of African American quilts!
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE (BAMPFA)
SWEETBRIAR • No thorny piecing here, just a delightful blanket of sweet briars in your favourite rosy-hued fabrics.
Meet the designer
ESSENTIAL GUIDE Working with Wool Fabrics
About the designer
PERFECT POINSETTIA • Use Yasmeen’s handy appliqué templates to create this stunning, festive cushion!
Meet the designer
DIRECTORY • Find the fabrics, accessories and more that you want from this month’s issue.
SPOONDRIFT • The beautiful and whimsical Spoondrift BOM has come to an end. Now it’s time to get stitching those blocks together!
Meet the designer
TEMPLATES • All the templates you’ll need from issue 67...
TRAVELS IN COLOUR • This month, Jane Rae is making a virtual stop at the Kaffe Fassett Studio…