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.

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Today's Quilter

INSPIRED BY… • Brighter days ahead

FRESH PICKS • We’re on the cusp of a new season, so we’ve curated a selection of beautiful fabrics, nifty toolbox additions and the latest books to draw inspiration from and help you get ready for spring!

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…

THE WALLED GARDEN • In a delightful springtime palette comes this stunning, vintage-style design in a selection of treasured scraps.

SUBLIME SCRAPS

Meet the designer

COMING TOGETHER ONLINE • This month, Sarah discusses the lifeline that social media can provide and how utilising it has brought her closer to the quilting community

Top tips for social media photography

LOVE-LOCK CHAINS • Combine a selection of your favourite colours with a fresh, white background to create an evergreen quilt that would look fabulous anywhere in your home!

PALETTE PERFECTION

Meet the designer

CHRISTINE GREEN • Anne Williams chats to textile artist Christine Green about her liberated approach to quilt-making...

Meet the designer

HEXI BIRDS • A matching quilt and pillow set that promises sweet dreams with a pretty hexagon design featuring friendly appliqué birds.

COUNTRY-HOUSE FANCY

TECHNICAL TIP

A VISIT TO PINCUSHIONS • Stitch a scene of an outing to your favourite quilt shop in a project that will keep your heart and home warm!

APPLIQUÉD ARTISTRY

TECHNICAL TIP

Meet the designer

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

ESSENTIAL GUIDE • Understanding colour

TECHNICAL TIP

UNDERSTANDING COLOUR – TROUBLESHOOTING • An understanding of colour is invaluable when deciding what colours to use for a project. Here are answers to some questions about colour.

BLOCK OF THE MONTH NO.5 SWEET PEA

Meet the designer

Petals of blue

TEMPLATES • All the templates you’ll need from issue 72...

INA MACRAE'S MOSAIC COVERLET WITH PADDED CENTRE