Essential guide making bird blocks

One of the most outstandingly beautiful facts about many properties in the Suffolk area, along with the pretty colours, is that they are topped off with thatched roofs. I don’t live so far from the th

“As is so often the case with quilt making, this block has a backstory. I was teaching a class on the Nova Scotia quilt (Today’s Quilter Issue 91), one of my first larger projects that used rolled bac

BEHIND THE QUILT FRESH SPRING HUES “The fabric collection I chose for my quilt included a lovely selection of cream prints, so I combined these with a few fat eighths of light, low-volume prints from

To make four (4) of Block 4: ■ Fabric G: one (1) fat eighth ■ Fabric H: 3in x 6in ■ Fabric O: one (1) fat eighth FINISHED SIZE ■ 6in square (6½in square unfinished) NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, un

We are all used to creating mitres when finishing a quilt with binding, but here we take a look at why we might choose to have mitred corners on our borders, how to sew a simple mitred border and also

“This quilt was inspired by an antique quilt. I loved the large-scale Log Cabin blocks and the asymmetrical layout created by having an odd number. I knew that I would love hand quilting this simply a