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NEW – QUILTERS' HOROSCOPE Tips for Easy Quilt As You Go Projects © Online Quilt Magazine.com All Rights Reserved P a g e | 1 Vol. 1 No 4 – September 2010 Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 1 No. 4 Online Quilt Magazine Table of Contents Common Patchwork & Quilting Questions Answered …………… ……………………………………………Page 4 Tips for Easy Quilt as You Go Projects …………………………………………………………………………………Page 7 Playing With Waste Scraps (Project Idea!) …………..…………………………………………………………….Page 10 Breast Cancer Bag Appeal (Project) …………………………………………………………………………………….Page 14 What's New from The Fat Quarter Shop ……………………………………………………………………………..Page 20 Quilt Olympics! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Page 24 BONUS PROJECT – Seminole Patchwork Cushion Cover ………………………………………………………Page 26 BLOCK OF THE MONTH – Basket of Flowers Block .....................................................................Page33 Quilters' Horoscope ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Page 36 YES – We Want to Hear From You ..............................................................................................Page 40 Cover Photo: "Window on Japan" Quilt from www.QuiltBlockoftheMonthClub.com © Online Quilt Magazine.com All Rights Reserved P a g e | 2 Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 1 No. 4 Letter from the Editor Jody Anderson Hi! Welcome to the First of our Springtime Issues! Here in Australia, the daffodils are out, there are new leaves coming on the trees, and with the daylight stretching longer and the weather warming, it's a Fabulous time of year! This is a special Issue too, in that we have more great articles from some of our most popular contributors, (including a regular Horoscope column) as well as a Fantastic Bonus Project from a new contributor in the UK. We have a very special project too from well known Australian Quilt Artist and Teacher Jenny Bowker as well! In this Issue, we are also very proud to be able to launch our Breast Cancer Bags Appeal. As dedicated quilters and bag makers, we sincerely hope yo u will be able to help us make a large number of bags to brighten up the post-operative days of so many women who are having to undergo mastectomies. Please read the article on Page 14, (separate pattern attached too) and we'd love for you to join us in this stitched Appeal. Happy Quilting! Jody © Online Quilt Magazine.com All Rights Reserved P a g e | 3 Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 1 No. 4 Common Patchwork & Quilting Questions Answered by Paulin e Rogers from www.QuiltersWorld.com.au 1. Why don’t my points match? towards the darker fabric. If you don’t press the Check your tools. Do your rulers all measure the stitching line first you run the risk of the thread same? Different brands are not always the same stretching which will cause seams to not line up. measurements. If you start making a quilt with 3. How should I pin my seams? one ruler, you need to stick with it all the way through. Does your ¼" foot of your sewing When you line your seams up, you get a better machine measure the same as the ¼" on your result if you have the two connecting seams going ruler? If they are not identical ¼" you’re going to in opposite directions. Use the fine fork pins that have problems. They need only be a thread width go in either side of the stitching line. As you put different and your points won’t be accurate. the pin in squeeze it close to the stitching line. 2. How do I get my seams to match? 4. How do I make an accurate template? To get your seams to match pressing is the key. Trace the template shape onto template plastic When you finish a row of stitching lay the iron on on the stitching line. Cut template out right on top of the stitching line and press. On the wrong the line. Use short blade scissors so you cut right side turn fabric over and gently press seam on the line. If you have trouble with template © Online Quilt Magazine.com All Rights Reserved P a g e | 4 Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 1 No. 4 slipping on the fabric fold, place a piece of sticky your pieces for the block. The main thing you tape over to form a circle and stick it to the need to keep an eye on when squaring up is that wrong side of your template. Add as many pieces you have a ¼" overhang at each point. Trim as you need to hold the template. Use the anything back that lays outside the ¼". Lay the brilliant little Add a ¼" Ruler. It has a ¼" ledge ruler on the ¼" from the point to check the that locks in against your template and you run corner is square. Repeat on all four sides. your rotary cutter along the edge of your ruler to get a perfect ¼" seam. No cutting the edge of your template. 5. What sort of thread should I use when I stitch my patchwork blocks? For best results we recommend Rasant thread. It has a polyester core wrapped with layers of cotton, making it strong and durable with the look and feel of cotton. 6. My blocks don’t measure the same on all sides. How do I square them up? When you finish piecing your block press it well. Crisp spray starch is a great help to get blocks sitting flat. Use a large square ruler that is the same brand as the ruler you used when cutting © Online Quilt Magazine.com All Rights Reserved P a g e | 5 Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 1 No. 4 7. Why don’t my quilts lay flat when I fit the About the Author borders on? Pauline Rogers has taught patchwork & quilting To get a flat quilt you need to cut your borders on for close to 28 years. She travels extensively the straight grain of the fabric. In other words, throughout Australia helping others learn and down the selvage. Across the width of the fabric perfect the techniques of quilt making. Pauline's has too much stretch. You need to cut your Schoolhouse programme is a popular way for border to the exact length of your quilt. Pin well quilt groups to share in her tool expertise. Visit before sewing. Quilters World online at www.quiltersworld.com 8. How often should I change my cutting blade on my rotary cutter? How often you change your blade depends on how you treat it. If you hit the side of your ruler Don't keep this New Online Quilt Magazine all to yourself – it's FREE, or run over a pin, you will create a dead spot in so share it with your Quilting Guilds the blade, and it will no longer cut properly. and Friends! Cleaning and oiling your blade on a regular basis will give you a lot longer life. After every project Don't wait - Invite them to you finish, pull your rotary cutter apart and wipe www.OnlineQuiltMagazine.com to the build up of lint away. Put a few dabs of Subscribe and receive each New machine oil on a soft cloth and wipe blade. Issue as soon as it's Published! Reassemble your cutter. © Online Quilt Magazine.com All Rights Reserved P a g e | 6 Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 1 No. 4 Tips for Easy Quilt as You Go Projects By Penny Halgren from www.How-To-Quilt.com In a quilt as you go project, you piece and then • quilt one block at a time (instead of sewing the You get a great feeling of accomplishment quilt top together then quilting it). each time you complete a block and watch your stack of finished blocks get As a result, you finish individual blocks which will taller each day. be connected to each other to become a quilt. • The time between finishing the blocks and Because you work on one block at a time: finishing your quilt is less. • There is much less bulk to work with as • The size of your quilt is completely flexible you are layering and quilting the quilt. - you can change your mind halfway That means you can machine quilt easily through making the quilt, and either add on your home sewing machine without blocks or end the quilt smaller than you worrying about stuffing your big quilt originally planned. through the opening in your machine. • It is easy to take with you for There are a couple of things you need to keep in appointments, while you travel, or just to mind: pick up and work on for a minute or two. © Online Quilt Magazine.com All Rights Reserved P a g e | 7 Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 1 No. 4 • You need to plan ahead a little more . neighboring block. It is possible to add When you layer and quilt your blocks, you that type of quilting after your project is need to know how much extra batting and put together, but typically, the quilting is within the block. backing to have so your quilt blocks can be attached easily. • The backing of your quilt will show seams between the blocks where you attach one block to the next block. If you use a print or floral fabric, your seams are less likely to show. There is quite a bit of flexibility in your quilt construction. Your blocks can have: • It takes a little extra batting and backing . • sashing between the blocks It seems to be easiest to layer your block, having the batting and backing extending • no sashing between the blocks beyond the block as you do your quilting (as shown in the picture above) and then • quilting after they are pieced trim the excess off as you attach the blocks • pieced as a crazy quilt - where you add one piece at a time and sew it directly • Your quilting designs typically will be onto the foundation (batting and backing) contained within the block, not extending across the sashing and/or into a • trim covering the seams that attach them © Online Quilt Magazine.com All Rights Reserved P a g e | 8 Online Quilt Magazine – Vol.