ISSUE ONE Meet our troubleshooter LYNNE EDWARDS MBE Pick the right thread, start Jen Kingwell’s BOM, and improve your machine skills Jen Kingwe EMBRACE FRESH FLORAL PRINTS CREATE A FAMILY PICNIC BLANKET PRETTY PETUNIAS! SEW THE SEEDS WITH PAM LINTOTT’S JELLY ROLL QUILT MASTERCLASS TACKLE CURVED PIECING WITH CONFIDENCE THE HERITAGE TRAIL EVERY QUILT HAS A STORY… WE REVEAL YOURS CALMING PASTELS WELCOME A SOFT NEW COLOUR PALETTE INTO YOUR HOME T H E E S S E N T I A L G U I D E T H E E S S E N T I A L G U I D E TEMPLATES What you need and how to use them by Linda Clements SAMPLER
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ISSUE ONE
Meet our troubleshooterLYNNE EDWARDS MBE
Pick the right thread, start Jen Kingwell’s BOM, and
improve your machine skills Jen Kingwell
EMBRACEFRESH FLORAL
PRINTS
CREATEA FAMILY
PICNIC BLANKET
PRETTY PETUNIAS!
SEW THE SEEDS WITH
PAM LINTOTT’S JELLY ROLL
QUILT
MASTERCLASSTACKLE CURVED
PIECING WITHCONFIDENCE
THE HERITAGE TRAILEVERY QUILT HAS A STORY… WE REVEAL YOURS
CALMINGPASTELSWELCOME A SOFT NEW COLOUR PALETTE INTO YOUR HOME
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TEMPLATESWhat you need and how to use them by
Linda Clements
SAMPLER
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All things cosy!
T H E S H O P
A NTHROPOLOGIENew York design studio Voutsa have created this sumptuously colourful print to adorn Anthropologie’s Garden Chinoiserie bedding range this season. The outlining of bright details and delicate contours lends a luxuriously textured effect on the hand screen-printed 100% cotton fabric. Sweet dreams come in queen- or king-size, £148 and£168 respectively. anthropologie.eu
Add a touch of quilted luxe with
Garden Chinoiserie Square Pillowcases, £38 for a set of two.
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Create your sanctuary when
you layer up warming quilted accents in your
bedroom
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If your penchant is for truly vintage
textiles, have a browse through Donna Flower’s
online store, specialising
in beautiful antique, and retro fabrics, from 19th century
French textiles to 1980s prints. donnaflower.com
What to see in September…
HAPPENING NOW
T E C H
Clever stuffThese nifty little sewing-themed USBs from Sew Easy will store up to 2GBs of information and offer a handy portable solution for storing your treasured quilt pictures, documents and downloads. Sewing USBs, They are available in three styles: tape measure, sewing machine and spool and retail for £17.00. For stockist information, email [email protected].
Autumn has never looked so good! There’s so much to see, make and do and of course, our pick of gorgeous new fabrics to inspire you this month
PAT T E R N P I C K S
DESIGNER STYLEWrap up under Heather Bailey’s Pinwheel Stars lap quilt (above) which showcases her latest Ginger Snap fabric. Top that off with a cup of hot cocoa and Today’s Quilter for the perfect night in. See more at heatherbaileystore.com
David Butler is the artist behind the folk modern FreeSpirit fabric designer Parson Gray. His latest collection, Katagami (left), is inspired by the art of stencil dyeing on kimono or yukata fabrics in three colourways: Uchuu (Universe), Sora (Sky), and Chikyuu (Earth). parsongray.com
Q U I LT E R ’ S S TA S H
Gütermann Long Island fat quarters Stripes, stars and luxurious flower patterns set the tone for this new collection from Gütermann. Available in five coordinating colours and prints, there are five fat quarters per bundle. 1. Pink 2. Blue 3.Grey at £18.99 per bundle. Follow Gütermann on FaceBook: Gütermann Creativ UK
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DRESDEN PLATE
SOOTHING SUNFLOWERS
Based on a block from 1934, this is a perfect design for your fabric oddments to create a quilt with a lovely ‘scrappy’
look. It will also give you plenty of practice with set-in seams
Designed and made by CAROLYN FORSTERQuilted by CHRISTINE FARRANCE (The Quilt Room)
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INSPIRATION l prof i l e
We meet Lynne Edwards MBE, quiltmaker and tutor extraordinare, and tireless creative ambassador
to the world of fabric. With her wealth of teaching experience, she certainly has a lot to share…
LYNNE EDWARDS
FOR MORE THAN twenty years now I have been teaching patchwork and quilting to eager and enthusiastic students in a village hall in Chelsworth, an idyllic village in Suffolk. The first batch enrolled as beginners to do a year-long course to make a sampler quilt which hopefully would set them up with the skills and confidence to tackle their own projects and designs. I thought they would say thank you nicely and walk off into the sunset at the end of the course, but no – they refused to leave! They had learned, bonded with fellow students, enjoyed the creative space in the hall and
M E E T
Don’t miss!Issue 2 sees the start of Lynne’s troubleshooting series, where
she takes an in-depth practical look at one essential aspect of
quiltmaking at a time, sharing the tips and tricks she has acquired in
her years of teaching.
Lynne Edwards MBE brings more than two decades of teaching wisdom to the readers of Today’s Quilter
ISSUE ONE
Meet our troubleshooterLYNNE EDWARDS MBE
Pick the right thread, start Jen Kingwell’s BOM, and
improve your machine skills Jen Kingwell
EMBRACEFRESH FLORAL
PRINTS
CREATEA FAMILY
PICNIC BLANKET
PRETTY PETUNIAS!
SEW THE SEEDS WITH
PAM LINTOTT’S JELLY ROLL
QUILT
MASTERCLASSTACKLE CURVED
PIECING WITHCONFIDENCE
THE HERITAGE TRAILEVERY QUILT HAS A STORY… WE REVEAL YOURS
CALMINGPASTELSWELCOME A SOFT NEW COLOUR PALETTE INTO YOUR HOME
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