American Patchwork & Quilting June 2016

The June 2016 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting is on sale from April 4--June 7.

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Designer: Pat Sloan

Fabrics: Hometown Girl Batiks collection by Pat Sloan for Moda Fabrics

In each 2016 issue you'll get instructions for one row. At the end of the year you can put the rows together to make a throw. Join us on Instagram and Facebook to see what others are sewing with hashtag #APQrowquilt.

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Designer: Patricia Frei for Quilted Works

Most fabrics are from the Little Miss Sunshine collection by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics.

Fusible appliqué and simple piecing result in a cool, refreshing quilt.

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Summer Snapshots

Sew a wall hanging with sections featuring favorite summer motifs - a bowl of lemons, blooming flowers, and sunny pinwheels.

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Summer Refreshers

Appliqué fruit and straws to pieced glasses of refreshing drinks for a summertime table topper.

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Designer: Annette Plog of Petite Quilts

Add an authentic period feel with poison green setting pieces and an arrangement that displays basket blocks to their best advantage.

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Happy Baskets

Combine bright yellows and pretty florals for a cheerful springtime wall hanging. Solid white block backgrounds let the baskets shine.

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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Gettysburg Era and Vintage Solids collections, both by Sara Morgan for Washington Street Studio

To create this Civil War reproduction version of True to Tradition, quilt tester Laura Boehnke made black baskets with blue accents and blue baskets with black accents. The red print she used for the 1"-wide inner border reinforces the red triangle in the center of each basket. Rich reds, blues, blacks, and creams in petite florals, period geometrics, and small prints look right at home in this traditional wall hanging.

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Designer: Sandra Clemons

Simple prints in many colors circle around on a neutral ground. Big blocks make the throw-size quilt quick to construct.

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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Divine Twine collection by Dover Hill Studio for Benartex

For her three-block version of The Wheel Deal, quilt tester Laura Boehnke used prints in a traditional cream, blue, and brown palette. She pulled in a skinny rust border to help the reds in the prints come alive and used a greige background to warm up the table runner.

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Quilt tester: Jill Abeloe Mead

Fabrics: Behind the Scenes and Just a Speck collections, both by Jen Kingwell for Moda Fabrics

Editor Jill Abeloe Mead's version of The Wheel Deal is a visual treat. Prints with polka dots in a variety of sizes and densities keep your eyes moving around the circles and a scrappy low-volume background made from gray prints adds texture.

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Designer: Christine Stainbrook of Project House 360

Quiltmaker: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Neutral Territory collection by Audrey Wright for RJR Fabrics

Black and ivory fabrics provide a neutral base for red pinwheels, which immediately grab your attention. The facets of the foundation-pieced blocks form a multitude of secondary designs.

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Accent in Action

Lime green triangles stand out against tans, browns, and creams. Four come together in the quilt center to form a spinning pinwheel. Small prints and near solids provide visual texture but let the eye focus on the form rather than the fabrics.

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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Primo Batiks: Radiant Reflections collection by Sarah J. Maxwell for Marcus Fabrics

The colors in quilt tester Laura Boehnke's wall hanging, aren't true primary colors-the yellow has a bit of orange and the reds are rosy-but the near-primary color scheme still has a lot of zing.

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Designer: Marcia Harmening of Happy Stash Quilts

Fabrics: assorted Tonga Batiks from Timeless Treasures Fabrics

Appliquéd starfish swim in a pieced batik sea. Brush up on your rotary-cutting skills to create an angular border.

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Funky Frame Wall Hanging

Combine dark shades of several reproduction fabrics for a low contrast quilt center. Then punch up the contrast with a standout zigzag border that frames the center.

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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Fresh Batiks Botanica III collection by Clothworks

For her second version of Sea Stars, quilt tester Laura Boehnke dialed up the intensity, using mostly violet-blue and orange batiks. The pure colors give the wall hanging a tropical feeling, which is perfect for the starfish appliqués.

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Designer: Sharon Tucker of Grass Roots Quilt Studio

This big-block quilt celebrates stars and circles, both pieced and appliquéd.

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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Primo Batiks Radiant Reflections collection by Sarah J. Maxwell and the Primo Batiks Neutral collection, both from Marcus Fabrics

Quilt tester Laura Boehnke's version of Give It a Whirl plays up the subtle color variances in batiks to create a calming quilt with flowing movement. A tan background in two blocks and the skinny inner border bring the quilt center to the forefront. Laura appliquéd the star centers for an easier way to assemble this block.

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Quilt tester: Elizabeth Beese

Most fabrics are from the Garden Rendezvous collection by Ro Gregg and the Happy collection, both from Paintbrush Studio.

In her Give It a Whirl variation, editor Elizabeth Beese experimented with saturation in the sunburst blocks. She made the star points more vivid than the backgrounds, giving each block a pleasing pop of color. She chose a large-scale print for the setting squares to tie the colors together and offset the tone-on-tones used in the sunburst blocks.

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Designer: Vanessa Christenson of V & Co.

Fabrics: Ombre Basic and Simply Colorful 2 collections, both by V & Co. for Moda Fabrics

Looking for a quick pick-me-up for your decor? Easily embellish a pillow with gathered fabric roses. An ombré fabric gives the flowers depth.

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Project tester: Elizabeth Beese

Fabrics: Simply Eclectic collection by KariAnne Wood of Thistlewood Farms for Hoffman California Fabrics

Neutral fabrics with plenty of visual texture star in editor Elizabeth Beese's version of Frill Seeker. Large and medium florals and small geometrics provide variation in scale. After considering solids for the fabric roses, Elizabeth used prints and a stripe instead, adding even more variety to her pillow.

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Designer: Theresa Porter of The Meandering Thread

Pair the quilt recipient's favorite color with tons of T-shirts in a design that has spaces to feature motifs big and small.

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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Kaffe Fassett Fall 2015 and Classics collections for Westminster Fabrics

Kaffe Fassett has long been known for his bold use of color. Two of his larger-than-life florals form the intriguing color scheme in one of quilt tester Laura Boehnke's versions of Fit to a Tee, where she replaced T-shirts with the large florals and two additional prints. Laura picked up on the purple and red accents in the florals and used them in the sashing and border. She used a third floral in the strip set that forms the sashing, causing a blending of sections rather than the sharply defined units of the T-shirt quilt.

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Seaside Style

Who says a beach-inspired quilt has to be blue and tan? The starfish, beach glass, and seashell prints in this wall hanging inspire a beach vibe despite the nontraditional color scheme.

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Designer: Joanne Kerton of Canuck Quilter Designs

This kaleidoscopic table runner can be made in myriad colorways. For color inspiration, think seasonally: spring daffodils pushing out of the ground, summer's fat buzzing bumblebees, or swirling fall leaves.

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Designer: Joanne Kerton of Canuck Quilter Designs

This kaleidoscopic table runner can be made in myriad colorways. For color inspiration, think seasonally: spring daffodils pushing out of the ground, summer's fat buzzing bumblebees, or swirling fall leaves.

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Designer: Joanne Kerton of Canuck Quilter Designs

This kaleidoscopic table runner can be made in myriad colorways. For color inspiration, think seasonally: spring daffodils pushing out of the ground, summer's fat buzzing bumblebees, or swirling fall leaves.

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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Artisan Spirit Painter's Passion: Blue Planet collection by Amy Sia for Northcott

In her version of Focal Point, quilt tester Laura Boehnke went for cool colors: icy blue, navy, and green. The watercolorlike prints make the rings formed in the quilt center look soft along the edges.

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Quilt tester: Laura Boehnke

Fabrics: Rosa collection by Chong-a Hwang and Studio Basics collection, both for Timeless Treasures Fabrics

For her version of Focal Point, quilt tester Laura Boehnke warmed things up with spicy red, magenta, orange, and yellow. The cool green color provides a refreshing break from the heat of the warm hues.

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