American Patchwork & Quilting June 2016
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June 2016
The June 2016 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting is on sale from April 4--June 7.
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Mystery Row Quilt
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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Lemonade Stand
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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Lemonade Stand Color Option #1
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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Lemonade Stand Color Option #2
Summer Refreshers
Appliqué fruit and straws to pieced glasses of refreshing drinks for a summertime table topper.
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True to Tradition
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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True to Tradition Color Option #1
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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True to Tradition Color Option #2
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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The Wheel Deal
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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The Wheel Deal Color Option #1
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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The Wheel Deal Color Option #2
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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Solid Foundation
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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Solid Foundation Color Option #1
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.
Get the free quilt pattern here.
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Solid Foundation Color Option #2
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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Sea Stars
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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Sea Stars Color Option #1
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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Sea Stars Color Option #2
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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Give It a Whirl
Designer: Sharon Tucker of Grass Roots Quilt Studio
This big-block quilt celebrates stars and circles, both pieced and appliquéd.
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Give It a Whirl Color Option #1
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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Give It a Whirl Color Option #2
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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Frill Seeker
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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Frill Seeker Color Option
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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Fit to a Tee
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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Fit to a Tee Color Option #1
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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Fit to a Tee Color Option #2
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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Focal Point: Spring
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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Focal Point: Summer
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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Focal Point: Fall
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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Focal Point Color Option #1
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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Focal Point Color Option #2
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.