American Patchwork & Quilting - USA (2020-06)

From the Editor

Correction from the

April 2020 issue. Granny

Squared, page 59

Materials should be: solid

white 1½ yards, Cutting

Fabrics should be: solid

white 26— 4 ½" squares

(instead of 4¼"), and delete

solid white 156—3" squares

Sewing

machine

IT’S SUMMER AND TIME TO

TRAVEL! I’m looking forward to

attending quilting retreats—local,

state, and national—which is one

of my favorite things to do. I have

been going to the Iowa Quilters

Guild Offi cers retreat for more than

25 years. I distinctly remember

the fi rst time I attended because I

was pregnant with my oldest son. I

hadn’t told anyone and slipped out

frequently to nap. I feel like I slept

through most of that retreat!

When I travel by car to quilting

retreats, I take four bags, below,

two for sewing machines—one

is a backup—one for fabric, and

one for clothes. Often the suitcase

containing fabric is larger than the

one containing clothes! We polled

our staff members, teachers, and

retreat hosts for their favorite tips

and suggestions for participating in

a quilting retreat. The results can

be found in “Plan Your Best Quilt

Retreat Ever,” page 17.

Backup

sewing

machine

Fabric

Clothes

In this issue we off er a hand-

piecing project, Inner Circle, page 24.

Designer Kadee Porter made

the scrappy table mat. If you are

unfamiliar with hand piecing, refer

to page 26 to see the tools you need

to make this sew-on-the-go project. I

wanted to try the technique so I made

the color option, page 33.

Have you tried foundation paper

piecing? I like it because I can get

perfect points. Designer Vicki Ruebel

used the technique and a colorful

collection of solids to create a

spectacular wall quilt, Color Wheels,

page 34. The red, white, and blue

color option makes a terrifi c accent

pillow.

Are you a fan of two-color quilts

and scrappy quilts? If so, they don’t

need to be mutually exclusive. As

an example, designer Val Langue

combined a variety of blue shirtings

and white shirtings in Forever Blue,

page 54, for a scrappy two-color quilt.

Hand appliqué is featured in

Summer’s Song, page 62. Designer

Janice Joyner made two versions

of the bird-and-fl ower design. The

pillow features a neutral color palette

of cream, tan, and light brown, and

the wool tote is done in bright batiks

and wool felt.

Do you have a favorite quilt retreat

you attend? Let me know why it’s

your fav at [email protected].

Jody Sanders

Editor

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