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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Today's Quilter Magazine

18 January, 2023

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Quilt school

Quilters love scraps. They carry the stories of past projects, cherished fabrics, and those happy accidents that happen at the cutting table. Yet as joyful as scrap quilting can be, it often teeters o

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Nature’s treasure

You will need ■ Prints, fabrics A – Four (4) fat quarters for A blocks ■ Prints, fabrics B – Four (4) fat quarters for B blocks ■ Dark red fabric – ½yd ■ Background (BKG) – 2½yds ■ Binding – ½yd ■ Bac

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Karen lewis

Like many of us, I grew up surrounded by fabrics and wool. My mum was a big knitter and I can’t remember a time when she wasn’t sitting in front of the TV without the clickerty clack of her needles. I

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Piece by piece

You will need ■ Selection of greys/black fabrics (Set 1) – 2¼yds ■ Selection of cream/taupe fabrics (Set 2) – 2¼yds ■ Red contrast fabrics (Set 3) – ⅞yd ■ Border – ⅞yd ■ Backing* – 4¼yds (optional) ■

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Step it up

NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RST = right sides together. FABRICS USED Lynne uses a group of similar fabrics that a

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Classic calm

NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ WST = wrong sides together. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ HST = h

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Karen lewis

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Piece by piece

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Step it up

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Classic calm