American Patchwork & Quilting - USA (2020-04)

From the e itor

IT’S QUILT-ALONG TIME! We started
our annual American Patchwork & Quilting®
magazine quilt-along in 2014 with Tone
It Down by designer Lissa Alexander.
Since then, we have added a quilt-along
Facebook group and an Instagram hashtag
(#apqquiltalong), both of which make it fun to
follow participants’ progress. For information
on how it all works, visit allpeoplequilt.com/
quiltalong.
For this year’s quilt-along, we’re off ering
another scrappy quilt, Get Together, page 18,
designed by associate editor Diane Tomlinson.
Diane traded 3"-square Nine-Patch units
with several quilting friends and used EQ
software to design a quilt that incorporates
the units into Double Nine-Patch blocks. She
joined the blocks with foundation-paper-
pieced Square-in-a-Square setting squares
and Flying Geese sashing strips for an eye-
appealing design.
We have included tips for trading fabrics if
you like the scrappy look but don’t have the
needed variety of scraps. Diane sewed the
color option in a controlled color palette of
red and white solids for those who prefer two-
color quilts.

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A Nine-Patch

unit from Get

Together, our 2020

quilt-along project.

Have you tried wool appliqué? I like the

technique because I don’t have to turn under

the edge of a seam allowance. Designer Kim

Schaefer created a whimsical wall quilt,

The Birds and the Bee, page 72, using a

colorful collection of wool and 11 diff erent

embroidery stitches. We have included

information on the kinds of needles and types

of thread she used for the diff erent stitches. If

you haven’t done wool appliqué before, try a

small project like this one to determine if you

like the technique before committing to the

expense of a larger wool project.

In this issue we also off er three star

quilts—a perennial favorite design. A Star Is

Born, page 42, is a kids quilt by designers

Jo Kramer and Kelli Hanken. It has one large

center star and borders made with triangle-

squares. Starlight, page 64, a blue-and-white

bed-size quilt by designer Jessica Dayon,

features stars in two sizes. And Natural

Style, page 84, by designer Amanda Wilbert,

showcases Ohio Star blocks with two diff erent

corner squares that create an interesting

secondary design. It looks more diffi cult than

it actually is!

Do you have a favorite quilt block? Let me

know what it is at [email protected].

I love to hear from readers!

Jody Sanders

EDITOR

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