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Personally, I feel that summer has begun in May... though I may be waiting a bit longer for the truly good weather to start. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t pretend long, sunny days are here... even if there is the odd rainy and gloomy day outside. Especially when Lynne Goldsworthy has created two stunning designs, both celebrating gorgeous floral fabric collections. Our cover quilt features A Celebration of Sanderson, and Lynne’s floral and star design shows off the gorgeous prints to perfection. Then, she combines three classic blocks in our Liberty Dream quilt, which is a colourful showcase of Liberty fabrics. But, to get new fabrics, you often have to use up your stash first... not that this is any hard feat! That’s why we love Emily Bailey’s brilliant…

THE BOOK SIMPLE WHATNOTS III What’s not to love about Kim Diehl’s new book? Featuring 18 small, scrappy and spectacular projects, in this third book of her Simple Whatnots series, Kim continues to delight you with helpful Extra Snippet tips, tried-and-true decorating ideas, plus the many perks of pint-sized projects. So, delve into your scrap basket and re-create Kim’s signature look to decorate your favourite little places around your home. THE FABRIC FLOWER POT Inspired by Mother Nature, the new collection by Lella Boutique celebrates how she dots a meadow with flowers and how, at her call, sunflowers turn their heads to follow the sun all day. Even if you’re not green fingered, that doesn’t mean you can’t create beauty. You can simply create your garden with layers of fabric…

Blissful Blooms Beautiful purples, pinks and blues come together in a magnificent menagerie of prints that make up Riley Blake’s new collection, Blissful Blooms. Designed by Lila Tueller, bold florals, dainty rosebuds, winding vines and intricate damask patterns make for the perfect spring to summer collection for your upcoming projects. Blissful by name, blissful by nature, this charming fabric family is sure to give your projects a sweet spritz of floral beauty! www.eqsuk.com Our new Etsy shop! You asked and we listened! We are proud to announce that along with our sister magazine, Love Patchwork and Quilting, we have opened our own Etsy shop where you can purchase individual patterns in PDF format from both of our magazines. New patterns are always being added, so be sure to keep your…

Quilts UK Malvern 12-15 May Featuring quilt displays of well-known quilters and textile artists, workshops on a first come first served basis and a variety of exhibitors selling patchwork and quilting supplies. Excellent facilities including disabled access. Advanced tickets £8 per adult, on the door tickets £11 per adult. Senior and child’s tickets also available, see website for full details. 10.00-17.00 Thurs-Sat 10.00-16.30 Sun Three Counties Showground, Severn Hall, Malvern WR13 6NW www.grosvenorshows.co.uk Shirley Quilters Open Meeting 17 May Nancy Adamek from Lina Patchwork will be talking about English Paper Piecing and will be bringing items from her shop to buy. This is an open meeting so all welcome! There will also be a raffle. Plenty of parking and disabled access available. 19.30-21.30 Admission £4 Shirley Methodist Church, Eldon Avenue,…

Block by block! I was out shopping at my local craft shop and couldn’t resist the new fabric collection from Joules. Having over indulged with my selection, a pattern was eagerly sought – and I didn’t have far to look with all my Today’s Quilter magazines and settled on Karen Styles’ Rippon Lea BOM quilt. I am very pleased with the result, the busy bees around the border make me smile. Kathy, Scotland Such a stunning quilt, Kathy! You have quite the delightful collection there. We love how the bright, golden mustard borders make all the blocks pop in their own special ways. TILE INSPIRED Here are photos of two cushions using Lynne Edwards’ Maker’s Guide to Set in Stone quilts and the accompanying block pattern. I made one during…

You will need ■ Warm print fabrics – Six (6) to eight (8) FQs for the Flower blocks ■ Cool print fabrics – Six (6) to eight (8) FQs for the star blocks ■ Yellow print fabrics – Two (2) to three (3) fat quarters ■ Cream solid (background) – 4yds ■ Backing – 4¼yds ■ Binding – ½yd ■ Templates – Thirty-five (35) HST templates and one (1) leaf and stem template ■ Fusible web – Approx. Four (4) A4 sheets Materials used ■ Fabrics: A Celebration of Sanderson by www.freespiritfabrics.com ■ Batting and fusible web: 279 Cotton Mix 80:20 and Bondaweb from www.vlieseline.com/en ■ Threads: Aurifil 50wt for piecing and 40wt for quilting from www.aurifil.com ■ Basting: Odif 505 spray from www.odifusa.com Finished size ■ Quilt: approx. 68in…