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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In this issue, we’re delighted to feature…

Today’s Quilter

INSPIRED BY… • Amazing appliqué

FRESH PICKS ALL THE LATEST QUILTING NEWS • Colour your summer with the palettes of Tilda’s latest fabric collection, fill your bookshelves with fresh, eclectic releases and treat your sewing box to an array of stylish tools!

SHOW & TELL JOIN IN AND BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY • 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…

BRING ME SUNSHINE • Combine a sweet, countrified colour palette with the traditional Baskets block to create this stunning design!

BASKET BOUQUETS

Creating Connections • CONNECTING TO THE PAST Sarah Ashford explores how quilts can connect us to the past and also be a source of inspiration for our quilt making today…

DRESDEN DELIGHT • Stitch a soothing, symmetrical beauty with this traditional and beloved design in an array of joyful colours.

PRE-CUTS AND SCRAPS

TECHNICAL TIP

historian profile BARBARA BRACKMAN • Quilt historian, Barbara Brackman, talks to Anne Williams about her love of blocks and what they can reveal about American patchwork traditions…

FURTHER INFORMATION

FLOWERING SNOWBALL • Infuse a little cheer into any room in your home and practise your curved piecing skills in the process with this eclectic design!

CORALS AND TEALS

TECHNICAL TIP

ESSENTIAL GUIDE Working with Diamonds • “Exploring the diamond shape allows us to make attractive tessellating patterns and many patchwork blocks.”

WORKING WITH DIAMONDS – TROUBLESHOOTING • Diamonds are an exciting shape and worth getting to grips with. Here are answers to some questions about using these shapes...

STRAWBERRY TEA • Stitch a bold and bright cushion for summer, using needle-turn appliqué or your favourite appliqué technique, then sit back and enjoy with a serving of afternoon tea!

SUMMER DELIGHT

Needle-turn appliqué technique

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SHORELINE BAG • Make a handy beach bag for sunny summer days. Mix and match your fabrics to make bright and cheerful beach huts!

MAKING WAVES

DAISY CHAIN

Two different ways to baste yours fabric to yours papers • Below are the basics for English paper piecing. For an in-depth tutorial, visit www.gathered.how and search “How to sew hexagons with English Paper Piecing”

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

TEMPLATES • All the templates you’ll need from issue 76...

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