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… • Iconic designs & designers

THE WORLD OF TULA PINK • Enjoy this special collector’s edition of Tula Pink’s wondrous work

FRESH PICKS ALL THE LATEST QUILTING NEWS • From exciting stocking fillers to fantastically festive projects and fabrics to make your Christmas quilts shine, here are some of our hand-picked treasures for the holidays ahead...

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…

CRANBERRIES AND CREAM • Lynne’s twist on a traditional hand-pieced design in a classic red and white palette, adapted for machine sewing.

CHRISTMAS STARS

Meet the designer

Creating Connections QUILTING THE SEASONS • Sarah explores how our quilting practice changes through the seasons and how nature influences and inspires our work...

RUSTIC DISHES • Make a traditional one-block-wonder in your favourite colour palette, with a pieced border made from the scraps.

TIMELESS DESIGNS

TECHNICAL TIP

Meet the designer

THE FESTIVAL OF QUILTS • Anne Williams takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the top prize-winners at this year’s show!

MILL AND STARS • Sew a welcoming ‘home sweet home’ quilt in 1930’s style ditsy prints that’s sure to look delightful anywhere in your home.

FOUR POINT STAR

TECHNICAL TIP

Meet the designer

ESSENTIAL GUIDE Enjoy English Paper Piecing • English paper piecing, or EPP to its devotees, is an immensely satisfying form of patchwork, which can result in many effects, from the simple to the sophisticated

TOOLS FOR EPP • The tools needed for EPP are quite simple.

About the designer

CHRISTMAS CRACKER • Combine the Ohio Star and Pinwheel block, along with gloriously festive fabric, for this nostalgic design.

YULETIDE FUN

Meet the designer

RIPPON LEA • Stitch the final border of the series and combine all your work from the last twelve issues for your Rippon Lea quilt.

A HAPPY ENDING

Meet the designer

TEMPLATES • All the templates you’ll need from issue 80...

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

NEXT MONTH • ISSUE 81 ON SALE 28th of October

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PATCHWORK HUSWIF

OPENING NIGHT • Spots, stripes, stars and brights – sew traditional Sawtooth Star blocks with a monochrome update and pops of colour

RAINBOW STEPS • Take the classic Irish Chain and give it a technicolour twist with fussy cut feature prints and saturated solids

CONFETTI COLOURS • Earn your stripes and commit to an intricate medallion quilt with traditional piecing and fussy cut rounds

PINEAPPLE PARTY • Foundation Paper Piece a repeat block quilt with colour pop piecing and stylish splashes of stripes

BRIGHT STRIPES • Whip up units in saturated shades and combine them into an eye-catching quilt with a double-sided design

BOLD\ BLOCKS • Mix and match your fabric scraps with five fun block designs that'll help you perfect your points and piecing

Accurate 1/4 in seams

TEMPLATES •...