Victoria Stars
Finished size: 127cm x 127cm (50in x 50in)
Finished block size: 20cm (8in)
Squares, rectangles and right-angle triangles are easily cut with a rotary cutter, ruler and mat but when the shape you want is not standard, for example, an elongated triangle, what do you do? Templates can be made from template plastic but they are not always accurate, are difficult to use with a rotary cutter and are damaged easily. The templates used by Meredithe Clark to cut the pieces for her Victoria Stars quilt are made from the same material as patchwork rulers and, being the same depth as a ruler, can be used with a rotary cutter. They are transparent, so they are ideal for fussy cutting and have holes for matching pieces or marking seam junctions. These templates work particularly well with a 28mm rotary cutter and a rotating mat. Templates for this project are also provided on the Pattern Sheet. Inspiration for Meredithe’s quilt design came from an antique quilt in Mary Elizabeth Johnson’s Star Quilts.

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Candy Wrappers
Finished size: 157cm x 157cm (62in x 62in)
Finished block size: 35.5cm (14in)
Judy Hooworth was invited to share some tips with Quilters Companion readers on working with colour. She designed Candy Wrappers to show you how effective quilts can look with the careful selection of a colour scheme and an interesting mix of fabric prints. We hope you will learn from Judy’s teachings.

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This fantasy garden, complete with weeds, was designed and made by Caroline Price of Pyramul, NSW from the wonderful fabric range Mambo by Rosemarie Lavin.

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Aurora - Finished size: 82cm x 82cm (32in x 32in)Lisa Walton of Sydney, NSW took one piece of her trademark multicoloured hand-dyed fabric and embellished it with curvaceous quilting and simple beading stitches to create this stunning wallhanging. Lisa demonstrates several beading stitches on the DVD accompanying this issue.

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Oriental Directions
Finished size: 147cm x 147cm (58in x 58in)
Finished block size: 51cm (20in)
Michelle Marvig of Blaxland, NSW designed this quilt to demonstrate to Quilters Companion readers the technique for foundation piecing. While this block is a quite traditional take on the Mariner’s Compass block, Michelle has given the quilt quite a modern, even masculine feel, with the use of strongly coloured oriental prints. The Robert Kaufman fabrics for this quilt were kindly donated by J Leutenegger. You can follow Michelle’s demonstration of how to foundation piece this block on the DVD accompanying this issue.

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Finished size: 137cm x 137cm (54in x 54in)
Finished block size: 15cm (6in)
Deborah Louie of Jannali, NSW pieced this delightfully simple quilt in pinks and browns and quilted it with straight lines and in the ditch with a walking foot on her domestic sewing machine. Deborah’s quilt was designed to be the perfect project to give you confi dence to begin machine quilting your own projects. Imagine the wonderful sense of self-satisfaction and pride you will achieve with your quilt. Deborah used Anna Griffi n’s Evelyn fabric range, distributed in Australia by J Leutenegger.

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Brighton Rock - Finished size: 138cm x 124cm (55in x 491/2in)
Kathy Doughty and Sarah Fielke designed this project especially for Quilters Companion readers and viewers of our DVDs. Kathy and Sarah explain, “The objective of this project was to make a quilt that used colour as a technique, as well as a ruler as a template. When colour is the story, the fi rst thing that comes to mind is the Kaffe Fassett range of fabrics. The fabrics are alive with rich, saturated colours that set a palette or recipe for the quilt. In addition to the colours, we decided to use a ruler as the base of the project. We chose the Creative Grids 60-Degree ruler.
“This ruler has several shapes based on the 60-degree angle including a triangle, a half triangle of this shape, a diamond and a half diamond. The varied shapes form a hexagon or the fl at sides that allow us to square up the quilt. To use the rulers we simply established the size of the blocks we wanted, cut strips to the width of the triangles and cross cut using the angled sides of the triangles. The angles are the same so all sides are easily sewn together and with simple planning the dreaded inset seam can be avoided.”

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Leanne Beasley shows us some wonderful techniques and ideas for recording your personal journey as a quilter. Learn about what we call 'fabric scrapping', incorporating both scrapbooking techniques and sentiments of journaling and memory keeping, with patchwork skills of stitchery, applique and of course, quilting. Leanne shows how to record information on your quilts, but also how to make an extraordinary Quilter’s Journal.

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How many of us could do with more storage, more inspiration and more decoration in our sewing space? Christine Book gives you all that and more with one stunning project in this DVD. She creates a stunning 1930s style Basket & Spools Pockets wallhanging to use in your sewing area. With lots of pockets and buckles for storage, you can use it to store all those bits and pieces that you collect for your patchwork projects. String pieced quilts like this one were very popular in the tough times of the 1930s when a woman’s motto was "use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without!"

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Along with Homespun Vol 8, No 2, you should have received a fantastic DVD The Art of Punchneedle with Lynette Anderson. This is the second DVD production brought to you by Homespun and Universal Magazines and we have no doubt you will love it just as much as the first one we released last year, Remembering the Journey with Leanne Beasley.
What’s so special about this DVD is that is shows you, step by step, exactly how to punchneedle.

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Free with Homespun Vol 8 No 6, Australian and New Zealand residents would have received the fantastic new DVD, Monica Poole's Handbag Secrets. Monica runs through one of her signature creations step by step for Homespun readers, giving plenty of handy advice, super fun secrets and tips on embellishment and interfacing along the way. Be sure you don't miss this fantastic DVD - to grab your copy, be sure to purchase Homespun Vol 8 No 6, on sale now.

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