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American Patchwork & Quilting June 2015

American Patchwork & Quilting Editors March 24, 2015
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See the featured quilts and web-exclusive color options and projects from the American Patchwork & Quilting June 2015 issue.
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June 2015

American Patchwork & Quilting June 2015

The June 2015 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting is on sale from April 7--June 2.

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Stash RX: Refill Two

Stash RX: Refill Two

Designer Weeks Ringle of Modern Quilt Studio offers treatment plans to cure your quilt-fabric stash of its ailments and strengthen your color confidence.

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In the Loop

In the Loop

Designer: Carl Hentsch of 3 Dog Design Co.

Fabrics: Fox Field collection by Tula Pink for FreeSpirit

Wondering what to do with all of those big prints you covet? Fussy-cut them to create a kaleidoscope of color.

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In the Loop Color Option #1

In the Loop Color Option #1

Tic-Tac-Toe

Play with Xs and Os in a wall hanging that showcases fussy-cut sashing and blocks in a kaleidoscope of fresh colors.

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In the Loop Color Option #2

In the Loop Color Option #2

Although this analogous (neighbors on the color wheel) fabric combination uses small-scale, relatively low-contrast prints, it sparkles because it includes the lightest lights and darkest darks. We selected two background prints-a black and a black-and-teal-for this palette and wound up using both.

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Every Little Bit

Every Little Bit

Designer: Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts

Quiltmakers: Pam Buda and Debbie McClarence

Turn what may seem like trash into a quilt you truly will treasure. The design will have you saving the smallest of leftovers to create the scrappy Churn Dash blocks.

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Every Little Bit Color Option #1

Every Little Bit Color Option #1

Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Bon Bon Bebe collection by Robyn Pandolph for RJR Fabrics

Make a baby quilt to cherish out of sweet florals and tone-on-tones in soft pastels. For her 42"-square quilt, quilt tester Laura Boehnke added a dash of red to the primarily low-contrast, soothing colors by cutting floral fabrics into tiny pieces for the pieced rectangles, hourglass units, and Square-in-a-Square units.

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Every Little Bit Color Option #2

Every Little Bit Color Option #2

While a common approach to dealing with a bold geometric print-used here in the sashing rectangles-would be to add coordinating tone-on-tone fabrics, for this color option we chose bolder multicolor fabrics in a range of styles to complement the geometric. Because all the fabrics are bold, the pieced Churn Dash blocks balance the high-contrast sashing.

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Walk in the Park

Walk in the Park

Designers: Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle of Modern Quilt Studio

A simple yet graphic throw shows it's possible to successfully combine wovens and prints. A neutral solid marries the playful fabric mix.

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Walk in the Park Color Option #1

Walk in the Park Color Option #1

Striking Hourglass Quilt

Assemble hourglass blocks from bright fabrics and float them atop a black background for a graphic wall hanging.

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Walk in the Park Color Option #2

Walk in the Park Color Option #2

When faced with a large-scale complex print, many quilters consider combining it with small-scale quiet prints that can function as supporting characters. Weeks Ringle recommends using more bold-design prints that can hold their own against the dramatic large-scale print. The table runner illustrates her point. To offset the robust mix of prints, a barn red tone-on-tone separates the prints in each block. The rectangles at each end are the perfect places to feature a large chunk of the main print.

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Richly Red

Richly Red

Designer: Mary Elizabeth Kinch

Frame hourglass units of gold and olive green with a bevy of madder red triangle-squares. Piece borders from the same triangle-squares to continue the theme.

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Richly Red Color Option #1

Richly Red Color Option #1

Reproduction 1930s prints can be challenging to combine with other fabrics because they usually have a great deal of white in them. When mixing prints, consider the foundation color and remember that white-based prints will be more cohesive when grouped, as will ivory-based prints, tea-dyed prints, etc. We auditioned several prints for the background of this table runner version of Richly Red, ultimately choosing a blue tonal we thought highlighted the mix of 1930s prints and other fabrics.

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Richly Red Color Option #2

Richly Red Color Option #2

Triangle Dream

Triangles of all sizes combine for a stunning wall hanging. Beautiful red, purple, and pink prints create interest while wide cream and brown borders show off the quilting.

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Smooth Sailing

Smooth Sailing

Designer: Darci Schipnewski of Pastthyme Patterns

Fabrics: WoolFelt collection by National Nonwovens

You'll quickly make headway on this easy-to-navigate table mat. Add depth to it with dimensional details on the anchors and sails.

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Along Those Lines

Along Those Lines

Designer: Scott Hansen of Blue Nickel Studios

Fabrics: Shaman collection by Parson Gray for FreeSpirit

Snowball units and strips arranged in an orderly fashion pop off a print background.

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Along Those Lines Color Option #1

Along Those Lines Color Option #1

Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Satsuki 3 collection by Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Quilt tester Laura Boehnke stayed true to the original design but utilized fabrics with an Asian flair for her version of Along Those Lines. The dark background with metallic accents provides a platform for the strips and Snowball blocks to shine.

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Along Those Lines Color Option #2

Along Those Lines Color Option #2

In keeping with Weeks Ringle's advice not to pigeonhole Civil War-reproduction prints, we evaluated the hue, value, and saturation of our selected fabrics and opted to use a smaller palette for this color option. For this version, we modified the original design by omitting the strips. We made four Snowball-only sections, adding bonus Snowball blocks to fill the void of the absent strips.

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Black, White & Bright

Black, White & Bright

Designer: Sharon Tucker of Grass Roots Quilt Studio

Cleverly rotary-cut your blocks from black-and-white prints to launch a floral explosion.

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Black, White & Bright Color Option #1

Black, White & Bright Color Option #1

Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Tonga Carnivale collection from Timeless Treasures Fabrics

Bright batiks make a bold impact in quilt tester Laura Boehnke's 43"-square version of Black, White & Bright. Some of the batik flower appliqués show up better than others on the intense blue border fabric. Instead of blanket stitching, Laura satin-stitched around each appliqué with thread that matched the appliqué.

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Black, White & Bright Color Option #2

Black, White & Bright Color Option #2

Although initially planned as a low-contrast quilt of one floral-the fabric used for the outer border-and three small-scale coordinating prints, the final palette includes some unlikely pairings. The selected prints, batiks, stripes, and plaids all add movement, visual texture, and a little more variety in scale and contrast.

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Thirty Something

Thirty Something

Designer: Sheila Beins

Get out your scraps of feed sack and 1930s reproduction prints. The 1-inch squares in this throw are ideal for even the smallest pieces.

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Thirty Something Color Option #1

Thirty Something Color Option #1

Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Lauren collection by Paintbrush Studios for Fabri-Quilt

While this nine-block version of Thirty Something is scrappy like the original, quilt tester Laura Boehnke controlled the color palette more, limiting it to red, green, brown, and tan. She used all the darker colors in the 16-Patch blocks but decided not to use red in the setting blocks, saving it for pops of color in the "sashing squares" (the Four-Patch unit in each modified Churn Dash block).

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Thirty Something Color Option #2

Thirty Something Color Option #2

To give the large-scale patterns a place to shine, we replaced the 16-Patch units in Thirty Something with 4-1/2" squares. To balance the mix of large-scale prints, we added several smaller-scale multicolor prints and solid khaki.

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Stars & Scraps Forever

Stars & Scraps Forever

Designers: Jo Kramer and Kelli Hanken of Jo's Country Junction

Transform scrap-basket leftovers into a bed-size quilt that sparkles. Colors that don't match perfectly and a variety of lights, mediums, and darks give the quilt its effervescence.

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Stars & Scraps Forever Color Option #1

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Retro Stars

An unusual color palette lets you play with contrast when piecing scrappy-looking stars in two colorways.

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Stars & Scraps Forever Color Option #2

Stars & Scraps Forever Color Option #2

Fabrics: Artisan Spirit Good Vibrations collection by Deborah Edwards and the Artisan Spirit Falling Leaves collection by Elaine Quehl, both from Northcott

A punch of citron highlights prints ranging from light gray to black in this 48"-square version of Stars & Scraps Forever. The same print composes the center squares in both the light and dark star blocks. After cutting the 4-1⁄2" squares for the centers, we selected the lightest eight for the light star blocks and the darkest eight for the dark star blocks.

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Piece & Play

Piece & Play

Designer: Jean Wells

Fabrics: Kona Cotton Solids collection from Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Jean Wells teaches you how to expand your piecing horizons with a new technique she calls skinny insert strips and shows you how to play with color at the same time.

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Jewel Box

Jewel Box

Designer: Cindy Blackberg

Fabrics: assorted collections by Jo Morton for Andover Fabrics

Earn the joy of hand piecing with this little gem, which is reminiscent of a Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern. Each "flower" is made of six jewel shapes.

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Jewel Box Color Option #1

Jewel Box Color Option #1

Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Mandalay collection by Hoffman California Fabrics

For the outer border of her rendition of Jewel Box, quilt tester Laura Boehnke chose a multicolor collage print of stripes and other geometric shapes. This print offered multiple opportunities to fussy-cut pieces for the blocks.

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Jewel Box Color Option #2

Jewel Box Color Option #2

If you think you can't combine multiple florals in a quilt, consider this version. The similarly saturated floral fabrics actually work together, rather than competing with each other, to make a bold bouquet.

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Make It Mini

Make It Mini

Quiltmakers: Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree & Co. and Cheryl Hadley

Fabrics: Fresh Cut collection by BasicGrey for Moda Fabrics

Put a spin on the Black, White & Bright quilt as Joanna Figueroa did with half-size blocks made in three colors instead of two.

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    2 of 32 Stash RX: Refill Two
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    17 of 32 Along Those Lines Color Option #1
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    19 of 32 Black, White & Bright
    20 of 32 Black, White & Bright Color Option #1
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