Table of contents for Fall/Winter 2018 in Quilt Sampler

Shop local! Since its inception in 1995, supporting and celebrating local quilt shop owners has been the driving force behind Quilt Sampler® magazine. This issue reinforces that purpose. Our team scoured the nominations, selected 10 shops to feature, and then visited each shop. And as I discovered more about the owners and employees, I was reminded that they, in turn, enrich their communities through education, inspiration, and charitable efforts. And don’t forget about the projects! A magazine-exclusive project that represents each shop’s style follows the profile pages, and each shop offers a kit of fabrics for the project. So whether you’re shopping local by visiting in person or ordering the kits offered by the featured shops, I encourage you to strengthen your community and support independently owned quilt shops. PS:…

Finished quilt: 58½×72" Finished block: 13½" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 25⁄8 yards mottled cream (blocks)□ 3⁄4 yard mottled red (blocks)□ 3 yards mottled green (blocks, border, binding)□ 33⁄4 yards backing fabric□ 67×80" batting Fabrics are from the Toscana collection from Northcott (northcott.com). CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. From mottled cream, cut: • 20—5" squares• 80—2¾×5" rectangles• 240—2" squares• 160—2" squares, cutting each in half diagonally for 320 small triangles total From mottled red, cut: • 240—2" squares From mottled green, cut: • 14—2½×42" strips for border and binding• 40—5⅜" squares, cutting each in half diagonally for 80 large triangles total• 80—2¾×5" rectangles ASSEMBLE BLOCKS Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise…

Finished quilt: 24½×30½" Finished block: 3" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 28—5" squares or 1 charm pack assorted light prints (blocks, outer border)□ 28—5" squares or 1 charm pack assorted dark prints (blocks, outer border)□ 18×21" piece (fat quarter) beige check (applique foundation)□ 7×10" rectangle black felted wool (applique)□ 2" square green felted wool (appliques)□ 4"square red felted wool (appliques)□ 2×3" gold felted wool (appliques)□ 1½" square brown felted wool (applique)□ 3×4" piece teal felted wool (appliques)□ 9×21" piece (fat eighth) teal print (flange)□ ¼ yard red print (inner border)□ ⅜ yard blue plaid (outer border)□ ⅜ yard black print (binding)□ 1⅛ yards backing fabric□ 33×39" batting□ Lightweight fusible web□ Nonstick pressing sheet□ Tear-away embroidery stabilizer, such as Sulky Tear-Easy…

Finished quilt: 65½×76½" Finished block: 30" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 3¼ yards solid dark gray (blocks, border)□ 18×21" piece (fat quarter) each metallic brown, solid orange, solid ochre, solid medium gold, metallic dark salmon, solid light salmon, solid medium peach, solid light peach, and solid pale peach (blocks)□ ½ yard solid dark gold (blocks)□ ¾ yard solid dark purple (binding)□ 4¾ yards backing fabric□ 74×85" batting□ White dressmaker’s pencil Fabrics are from the Kona Cotton Solids and Essex Yarn Dyed Metallic collections from Robert Kaufman Fabrics (robertkaufman.com). CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. Label the numbered fabrics as indicated below; fabric numbers will be used instead of color names during assembly steps. From solid dark gray, cut:…

Finished quilt: 56½×72½" Finished block: 8" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ ½ yard gold print (A and B blocks)□ 1⅞ yards brown print (A blocks, binding)□ 1⅜ yards navy print (B blocks)□ 1⅛ yards cream print (A blocks)□ 1⅛ yards beige print (B blocks)□ 3⅝ yards backing fabric□ 65×81" batting Fabrics are from the Bristle Creek Farmhouse collection by Paula Barnes for Marcus Fabrics (marcusfabrics.com). CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. From gold print, cut: • 10—1½×42" strips From brown print, cut: • 7—2½×42" binding strips• 5—1½×42" strips• 64—2½×4½" rectangles• 64—2½" squares• 64—1½×2½" rectangles From navy print, cut: • 5—1½×42" strips• 62—2½×4½" rectangles• 62—2½" squares• 62—1½×2½" rectangles From cream print, cut: • 64—2½×4½" rectangles• 64—2½" squares• 64—1½×2½" rectangles…

To use the 2 Peaks in 1 Triangle Ruler from Creative Grids to cut A and B pieces, complete the following steps. For A and A reversed triangles, cut two 3×42" strips from cream speckle print. Layer the strips with wrong sides together, aligning all edges. Align the 51⁄4" line on narrow end of ruler with one end of layered strips (Photo 1); cut along ruler edge to make a triangle pair (one A triangle and one A reversed triangle). Referring to Photo 2, rotate ruler 180° to cut a second triangle pair. Continue in same manner to cut 12 A triangles and 12 A reversed triangles total. For B diamonds, cut one 51⁄4×42" strip from each mottled aqua, mottled turquoise, and mottled teal. Referring to Photo 3, fold one…

Get plenty of fall inspiration, including instructions for two vintage projects, in the October 2018 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting® (on sale now). Buy it at local quilt shops, on newsstands, or at AllPeopleQuilt.com/shop. Find us online: AllPeopleQuilt.com search: AllPeopleQuilt Subscription help: AllPeopleQuilt.com/myaccount apqcustserv@cdsfulfillment.com 800/677-4876 Retailers: To order American Patchwork & Quilting, Quilt Sampler, Quilts and More™, and other quilting magazines, email apq2@meredith.com or call 866/378-1064. Note to readers: It is permissible to make and publicly display a single finished product of any project in this issue, including for purposes of competitive winnings up to $1,000, so long as visible credit is given to the designer and Quilt Sampler magazine.…

36”x49” quilt, designed by Hoodie Crescent. Free pattern available! Hoodie’s signature style comes alive in this understated collection. Hand-sketched fish swim with bubbles and lines on textured backgrounds, and you’ll also find plenty of movement in the coordinates: both schools of fish and a pebble sketch print. The palette has a retro feel to it that quilters will love. To view the full “Fish Hope collection, or to download the free quilt pattern, please visit our website, www.pbsfabrics.com. As always, Paintbrush studio fabrics can be found at local independent quilt shops and online retailers.…

BLANKET STITCH To blanket-stitch, pull needle up at A. Form a reverse L shape with thread, and hold angle of L shape in place with your thumb. Push needle down at B, and come up at C to secure stitch. Continue in same manner around entire shape. CHAIN STITCH To chain-stitch, pull needle up at A, form a U shape with thread, and hold shape in place with your thumb. Push needle down at B, about 1⁄16" from A, and come up at C to secure stitch. Continue in same manner. COUCHING STITCH To make couching stitches, pull needle up at A on one side of appliqué, and push it down at B on opposite side. Bring needle up at C, push it down at D, and continue in same…

location: Ponca City, Oklahoma established: 2007 size: 1,800 square feet Ponca City, Oklahoma, is a micropolitan community surrounded by oil rigs, farm crops, and wind turbines, located about 90 miles equidistant from Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Wichita, Kansas. The historic downtown is a 1920s oil boom district of architecturally relevant buildings, galleries, and boutiques. On the east side of town, the city honors its prairie past with the Pioneer Woman Museum, where a 17-foot-tall sculpture honors generations of resourceful female pioneers. At Completely Quilted, a few miles southwest of the museum, owners Nancy Rathbun and her parents, Suzy and Paul Taylor, along with their staff, celebrate all of their customers, who are pioneers in their own right. Suzy and Nancy keep a 30-foot-long color wall well stocked with basics, what…

Finished quilt: 43" square Finished block: 15" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 8—⅛-yard pieces assorted green batiks (Dresden Plate units)□ 8—⅛-yard pieces assorted red batiks (Dresden Plate units)□ ⅛ yard mottled red (Dresden Plate units)□ 2½ yards pale green batik (applique foundations, setting triangles and square, corner triangles)□⅜ yard light green batik (setting triangles and square)□ ½ yard dark green batik (binding)□ 2⅞ yards backing fabric□ 51" square batting□ Fusible web□ Stiletto□ Machine applique thread: red, green□ Water-soluble or erasable fabric pen Fabrics shown are from the Artisan Batiks: Northwoods 6 and 7 collections by Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman Fabrics (robertkaufman.com). CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. Patterns are on Pattern Sheet 1. To make a template…

location: Laurel, Montana established: 2008 size: 3,000 square feet The community of Laurel, Montana, population 7,000, is just 12 miles west of Billings, the largest city in the state with 125,000 residents, but for Sue Hanson, the two are nearly a world apart. As the owner of Trackside Quilting (so named for the nearby rail yard), Sue could’ve opened her shop in Billings but instead chose downtown Laurel. “Billings might have been better for my business, but it’s not about the money,” she says. “It’s really about our community, our village of quilters. I have a huge village, and we look out for each other.” That village comes together all the time for a slew of classes, workshops, and events offered by Trackside Quilting. Sue, a gracious hostess, pattern designer,…

Finished quilt: 37½×60½" MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 6—9×21" pieces (fat eighths) assorted green batiks (branch units)□ ⅞ yard white batik (branch units, appliques)□ ¾ yard total assorted brown batiks (Square-in-a-Square units, tree sections, appliques)□ 9×21" piece (fat eighth) pink batik (Square-in-a-Square unit, appliques, rectangle rows)□ 6×12" piece each turquoise, red, gold, and royal blue batiks (Square-in-a-Square units, rectangle rows)□ 9×21" piece (fat eighth) purple batik (Square-in-a-Square unit, appliques, rectangle rows)□ ⅔ yard blue-gray batik (applique foundation)□ ¼ yard white tone-on-tone (appliques)□ 6×12" piece solid black (appliques)□ 6" square black-and-white print (appliques)□ 1⅛ yards navy batik (applique foundation, binding)□ 2⅝ yards backing fabric□ 46×69" batting□ Lightweight fusible web□ 6 candy-shape buttons: black□ 3 carrot-shape buttons: orange□ 25 to 30—3-millimeter flat-back crystal…

location: Centennial, Colorado established: 1996 size: 4,100 square feet About 20 miles south of downtown Denver is Holly’s Quilt Cabin, a consolidation of three shops’ worth of quilting treasures. What began in 1996 as a shop called The Quilt Cabin eventually sprouted two additional metro-area locations, Quilts in the Attic and Quilting Up a Storm. By 2006, owner and entrepreneur Holly Engelken had consolidated the three shops into Holly’s Quilt Cabin, a one-stop shop. “Because of the long, narrow footprint of the building, it takes me about 30 seconds to walk from the front to the back of the store,” says Kari Nichols, shop manager and quilt designer. Yet customers can take hours surveying the aisles of 6,000 fabric bolts and dozens of original patterns. Many of the stitched samples…

location: Washington, Illinois established: 2003 size: 6,000 square feet In the town of Washington, Illinois, about 10 miles east of Peoria, park benches, globe streetlights, and a misty water fountain give the downtown a nostalgic look. Beyond the corner Denhart Bank building, which anchors a row of shops, Peddler’s Way Quilt Co. continues the look with a vintage sign calling out the shop’s “quilt supplies” and “fabrics & novelties.” While visitors visit Washington for the small-town charm, many are wowed by the spacious shop created by owners Linda Calvert, Debbie Myers, and Gail Warning. They converted raw attic space into a usable second story to turn a one-story shop into a 6,000-square-foot pseudo barn that includes chair-lift access. A grand oak staircase, wood floors, and wood-beam ceilings add ambience to…

location: Morehead, Kentucky established: 2003 size: 1,500 square feet Whether customers come from their community of Morehead, Kentucky, situated in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, or make a two-hour drive from Cincinnati, the owners of Calico Patch Quilt Shop, Vicki and Tom McCarty, have one goal: to share their love of quilting. “Maybe they stopped in to buy something small,” Vicki says. “We want to take it a step further and inspire their creativity.” Housed in a red-and-white barn surrounded by a picket fence, Calico Patch is known for 1930s prints, reproduction fabrics, substantial wool offerings, and Vicki’s Calico Patch Designs. The warm wood tones of the cabinetry and a vintage sewing machine highlight fabrics from Marcus Fabrics and Moda Fabrics. The shop even has an indoor porch swing,…

location: Portland, Oregon established: 2010 size: 3,000 square feet On a busy street corner in Portland, Oregon, sits Modern Domestic, a quilt shop with soaring ceilings and concrete floors warmed by light flowing through plate glass windows, exposed beams of old-growth Douglas fir, and bolts and bolts of color. “It’s modern but cozy,” says Michelle Healy, who co-owns the shop with Lupine Swanson. “We want people who walk in to feel as if they’re coming home.” That “home” is located in the bustling Alberta neighborhood where arts, culture, and food flourish. The area’s energetic and community-oriented feeling appealed to Lupine and Michelle when they were looking to move Modern Domestic from its original location 10 blocks to the east. Gutting an old, industrial building isn’t for everyone, but Michelle and…

Finished quilt: 79⅜×96⅜" (twin-size with 20" drop; full-size with 12" drop) Finished block: 12" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 1⅞ yards cream tone-on-tone (blocks)□ 10—⅛-yard pieces assorted red prints (blocks)□ 10—⅛-yard pieces assorted blue prints (blocks)□ 3 yards navy print (setting squares, setting and corner triangles)□ 2⅝ yards red-and-blue print (border, binding)□ 7⅓ yards backing fabric□ 88×105" batting Fabrics are from the Heritage collection by Dover Hill Studio for Benartex (benartex.com). CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. Cut border and binding strips lengthwise (parallel to selvages). Designer Suzy Taylor prefers to make triangle-squares larger than necessary, then trim them to size. To use this method, cut 4" squares instead of the 3⅞⅞" squares listed in cutting instructions. From…

location: Rome City, Indiana established: 2007 size: 1,100 square feet More than 20 years ago, Caroline North spotted something special in a quaint brick cottage in her hometown of Rome City, Indiana (about 40 miles north of Fort Wayne). “I told my husband, David, that it would make such a great quilt shop,” says Caroline, who had dreamed of owning a her own shop since she was 18 years old. About 10 years later, when she was ready to act on that dream, she and David knocked on the door of the home to see if it might be for sale. As luck would have it, it was. The Norths quickly set up shop. That 1870 structure—a picture of charm with a picket-lined porch, original hand-hewn shutters, and painted oak-plank…

Finished quilt: 52½×65½" Finished block: Block A, 18" square; Block B, 13" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 1⅓ yards cream speckle print (diamond rows, A and B blocks, sashing)□ ½ yard each mottled aqua and mottled turquoise (diamond rows, A blocks)□ 1 yard mottled teal (diamond rows, A blocks, binding)□ ⅝ yard mottled brown (diamond rows, A and B blocks, sashing)□ ½ yard mottled cream (A and B blocks)□ 8—¼-yard pieces assorted cream tone-ontones (A and B blocks)□ 3—⅓-yard pieces assorted brown prints (B blocks)□ 3½ yards backing fabric□ 61×74" batting□ 2 Peaks in 1 Triangle Ruler from Creative Grids (optional) CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. Patterns are on Pattern Sheet 1. To make templates of patterns,…

Finished quilt: 511⁄2×681⁄2" Finished blocks: 81⁄2" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ ⅛ yard each orange print and pink print (A blocks)□ ½ yard red dot (A and B blocks)□ ¼ yard purple print (A and B blocks)□ ½ yard each red floral, black floral, and pink-and-purple print (A, B, and E blocks)□ ¼ yard blue dot (B and C blocks)□ ⅛ yard lime green print (B block)□ ½ yard each fuchsia print and orange floral (C and D blocks)□ 1 yard gold print (C and F blocks)□ ⅛ yard dark purple print (D blocks)□ ⅓ yard each bright pink floral and fuchsia dot (D blocks)□ ⅜ yard each multicolor floral and pink-and-green floral (E and F blocks)□ ⅝ yard black-and-white…

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Finished quilt: 78½×92½" (twin-size with 19" drop; full-size with 12" drop) Finished block: 14" square MATERIALS Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width. □ 3½ yards cream batik (blocks)□ 2 yards navy batik (blocks, inner border, binding)□ 1¼ yards each aqua batik and purple batik (blocks)□ 2⅜ yards multicolor batik (outer border)□ 7¼ yards backing fabric□ 87×101" batting Fabrics are from the Mountain’s Majesty collection by Kathy Engle with Kari Nichols for Island Batik (islandbatik.com). CUT FABRICS Cut pieces in the following order. Cut outer border strips lengthwise (parallel to selvages). Designer Kari Nichols prefers to make triangle-squares larger than necessary, then trim them to size. To use this method, cut 3" squares instead of the 2⅞" squares listed in cutting instructions. From cream batik,…