New from the old

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Take inspiration from popular blocks and styles in the past to create a contemporary

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“This is a stash-buster of a quilt, especially good for using up Jelly Roll strips for those little basket tops, indeed baskets of scraps. I mostly used fabrics with lots of colours, although they are

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Grow your own

You will need ■ Background fabric – 1¾yds ■ Fruit and vegetable fabrics* – a variety of colours and prints and sizes ■ Lining fabric – ⅔yd ■ Batting – 24in x 36in ■ Medium sew-in interfacing – ⅔yd ■ T

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Summer in bloom

“As often happens in the design of my quilts, the fabrics are the starting point for the direction I want to go. In this case, the colours of the fabrics are so rich that they reminded me of English g

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Flight of fancy

You will need ■ Main bag fabric (also used for the bag handles and the pocket) – ⅞yd ■ Owl body – 6in square ■ Owl head – 4in x 8in rectangle ■ Owl beak – 3in x 4in rectangle ■ Owl tail – 4in x 6in re

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Quilt school

In order to draw a block and change its size or adapt it in some way, you first need to analyse the layout of the block. Some things to consider include the following: ■ Does it follow a grid pattern?

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Fresh picks

Accessories to make quilting more comfortable, books to inspire and irresistible fabrics hitting the shelves, here’s what we’re adding to our baskets this month... Holbrook is the latest collection fr