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If spring has sprung, why is it that all I am thinking about is smashing my stash and shrinking my scraps? Okay, let's be honest…I am always thinking of those things! (If you do, too, we should be friends.) I occasionally get letters from readers who want to see more designs that help them use up their fabric collections. Sometimes it is really helpful to see quilts using new fabrics, but it is also nice to find a pattern that helps you use up all the fabric you already have on hand! When I think about the clever use of scraps, I think of Emily Bailey. She has a great sense of color and a practical sensibility that is perfect to include in this issue. Her quilt, All Your Charms, is…

Bailey Avenue Quilt Pattern/Kit by Victoria Findlay Wolfe Create a stunning optical illusion with the latest quilt pattern by Victoria Findlay Wolfe! Bailey Avenue is inspired by road maps and made with strips of fabric. Victoria includes paper patterns, so you are successful in piecing the diagonal strips, but the quilt is assembled using traditional block construction. In other words—it just looks complicated! The pattern includes all 4 sizes—from throw to king. Kits are also available so you can make your quilt look just like the sample. vfwquilts.com Wellness for Makers: A Movement Guide for Artists by Missy Graff Ballone Have you ever pushed yourself to free motion quilt on a domestic machine to finish a quilt gift on a deadline only to find yourself in pain for days afterward? It's no wonder if…

Jupiter's Moons I saw your article Salvage Those Selvages in the Quiltmaker July/August 2019 issue. I have been saving selvages for a few years and decided to try the pattern Jupiter's Moons by Ellen Ault. I changed my grays by using Moondust by Robert Kaufman. It adds a nice shimmer. I named my quilt “Planets.” I entered it in our local quilt show and plan to use more selvages as shown by Tracy Mooney. Betty Reisch • Bedford, Texas Shore to Peaks I enlarged your Shore to Peaks pattern from the Quiltmaker July/August 2021 issue to make a throw-size quilt for my son in Denver. Most of the fabric was from my stash, and I did the free-motion quilting myself on my standard-size sewing machine. The photo shows the finished quilt. Thank you for…

Where should we use pantographs? Which quilt tops will benefit from this type of design? Pantographs are best suited for busy quilt tops that have no defined blocks, sashing, borders, or dominant patchwork design. A pantograph can be an asset when quilting scrappy quilt tops like this because you won't be looking at the fabric—you'll have your eyes on the paper pattern and less likely to get lost in the swirling prints. How do you quilt with pantographs? Let's learn how in five easy steps: Step 1 – Roll your machine as far forward as possible and place a piece of tape on your back table following the laser light to form a horizontal line. Repeat this step with your machine rolled as far back as possible. This space between the two pieces…

Plant your seeds to make a bountiful quilt carolmoellersdesigns.com “This quilt design was inspired by all the beautiful rows of seeds that were being planted in the spring. Rows of peas, beans, carrots, peppers, and squash in the furrows of the garden plots. This quilt presents a cozy, welcoming feeling. It's a great quilt to snuggle up under with a cup of tea while looking through catalogs and picking out the seeds for spring planting. Why not dig into your scrap bins and use up those leftover fabrics from previous quilt projects?” Carol materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. Assorted Color Prints 4⅛ yards total for blocks and border 3 Assorted Cream Prints 6⅛ yards total for blocks and border 3 Red Print ¾ yard for border 1 Blue Print ¾ yard for border 2 Navy…

As sweet as spun sugar“I love, love scrap quilts! I jump at the chance to make them. In this quilt, I decided to use light, bright spring-like colors—just like cotton candy in a candy shop! I kept mainly to a palette of pink, green, blue, teal, orange, yellow, and purple. When selecting fabrics, I chose those colors, or fabrics that had that color and possibly one or two additional colors, so it keeps the color tone strong. I also used a variety of white and white-onwhite scraps. Connie conniekauffman.com materials Fabric yardage assumes 40” usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. Assorted Orange Prints ½ yard total for patches Assorted White Prints 2 yards total for patches Assorted Purple Prints ⅜ yard total for patches Assorted Yellow Prints ½ yard total for patches Assorted Blue Prints ½ yard total for patches Assorted Pink…