American Patchwork & Quilting June 2018

The June 2018 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting is on sale from April 3--June 4.

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Designer: Kim Schaefer of Little Quilt Company

Fabrics: Brushline collection by Kim Schaefer for Andover Fabrics

Represent all the colors of the rainbow in a wall hanging. Give it texture with circles featuring raw-edge appliqué and custom machine-quilted motifs.

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Quilt tester: Martha Gamm

Fabrics: Homespun Gatherings Wovens collection by Primitive Gatherings for Moda Fabrics

Quilt tester Martha Gamm used flannels to make a soft and cuddly version of Paint Palette.

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Designers: Pam Ehrhardt and Linzee Kull McCray

Fabrics: Feed Sacks: True Blue collection by Linzee Kull McCray for Moda Fabrics

Feed sack-inspired prints in assorted blues pair with solid white to form a dynamic two-color quilt.

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Floral Stars Table Runner

Combine light, medium, and dark prints in a star block table runner.

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Designer: Cindy Blackberg

The trifecta of handwork-piecing, quilting, and embroidery-stars in a wall hanging that evokes a summer garden.

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Quilt tester: Jody Sanders

Fabrics: Snowberry collection by 3 Sisters for Moda Fabrics

"I love making miniature quilts, and red, white, and blue is one of my favorite color combos," group editor Jody Sanders says. "After getting this project quilted and bound, it will join my collection of patriotic quilts that I display in my home all year long."

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Designer: Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life

Her great-great-grandmother's quilt blocks prompted one designer to English-paper-piece hexagons using modern fabrics.

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Vivid Hexagon Table Topper

Pack a colorful punch with bold floral hexagons that bloom against a solid purple background.

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Designer: Jo Kramer of Jo's Country Junction

Double Wedding Ring quilts often are made in bright colors. Try a dark blue background for a different look.

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Quilt tester: Jody Sanders

Fabrics: Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabrics

Group editor Jody Sanders made a table runner using Cherrywood hand-dyed fabrics, which have the look of suede. She mixed a rainbow of hues, including pastels, for an Amish-inspired color palette.

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Designer: Cherri House of Cherry House Quilts

Fabrics: Kona Cotton Solids collection from Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Assemble three different projects from one house block.

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Designer: Cherri House of Cherry House Quilts

Fabrics: Palette collection by Marcia Derse for Windham Fabrics

Assemble three different projects from one house block.

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Designer: Cherri House of Cherry House Quilts

Fabrics: prints and shot cottons from the Kaffe Fassett Collective for FreeSpirit

Assemble three different projects from one house block.

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Designer: Sarah J. Maxwell of Designs by Sarah J

Fabrics: Bring on the Bubbly collection by Sarah J. Maxwell for Studio 37

Strip-set construction creates the illusion of woven party streamers in a two-block quilt.

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Quilt tester: Colleen Tauke

Fabrics: Outland Yarn Dyes Denim Studio collection by AGF Studio for Art Gallery Fabrics

Quilt tester Colleen Tauke used just three colors-Cherry Crimson, Deep Ocean, and Vanilla Mist-to piece a wall quilt. By limiting the color palette to a light, a medium, and a dark, she created a three-dimensional look.

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Designer: Monique Dillard of Open Gate Quilts

Though the quilt looks complex, it is composed only of squares and triangle-squares.

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Blue Ombré Wall Quilt

An assortment of green, blue, and aqua prints shade diagonally across a wall quilt.

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Designer: Lisa Swenson Ruble

Fabrics: Wordplay collection by Sarah Fielke for Windham Fabrics

Primary colors appear to echo against low-contrast fabrics in oversize, offset Log Cabin-inspired blocks.

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Quilt tester: Colleen Tauke

Fabrics: Kona Cotton solids collection for Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Quilt tester Colleen Tauke used solids in different shades of gray and paired them with saturated aqua, lime green, and purple to make a Log Cabin block. It would make a striking table topper or piece of wall art.

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Designer: Lisa DeBee Schiller

Enhance a decorative throw pillow with needle-turn appliqué and hand-embroidered embellishments.

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Quilt tester: Colleen Tauke

Fabrics: Anemone 2 Artisan Batiks collection by Lunn Studios for Robert Kaufman Fabrics

Instead of needle-turn appliqué, quilt tester Colleen Tauke used a fusible-web method to secure her batik shapes. If you use this method, be sure to reverse the appliqué shapes when cutting them out. Once she had fused the appliqués in place, she machine-blanket-stitched them to the dark blue batik foundation.

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