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Crisp orange-coloured leaves, warm spiced drinks and chilly weather that justifies staying inside and getting stuck into our favourite craft – is there anything better than Autumn? And if you fancy doing a bit of seasonal sewing, we’ve got you covere

“The image of harvest and its festival in the autumn months offer a celebration of the warm summer that has been (raised eyebrows around the UK after a rather disappointing summer) and the changing colours of the fields as drying wheat crops are cut

“This quilt is based on an old-fashioned block first recorded in 1890 as Hearts and Gizzards. The block developed many variations over the years and the name changed too. In 1935, Carrie Hall labelled it Pierrot’s Pom Pom and Nancy Cabot published he

Explore the Scottish Highlands and soak up the spectacular views with Liberty’s stunning new collection, Postcard from the Highlands. Liberty evokes Northern Scotland’s unspoilt landscapes, jewel-coloured lochs and delicate wildflowers through whimsi

Reliable provenance for historic quilts is rare. Frequently they are not labelled, their stories destined to forever remain a secret. However, signature, or autograph, quilts – a UK phenomenon of the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries – buc

“We have reached autumn in our seasonal cushion series, and for this instalment, I have chosen to feature the starling along with two of my favourite autumn flowers, chrysanthemums and echinacea, which add some much-needed colour to this design. In t

In past issues of Today’s Quilter, we have looked at how to make various pictorial blocks, and this time, I offer some delicious fruit blocks using easy techniques. The blocks look attractive when made together, and although I’ve chosen fairly obviou

“I have spent some time practising dyeing fabrics in my backyard. As a result, I have accumulated many colours and hues of linen, cotton and wool fabrics. My fabrics are not perfectly dyed, but I enjoy the imperfect and unexpected results of my own w

“I have gone for floral stripes for a scrap-busting make, but you could, of course, make your bee in the classic yellow and black. Get ready to stitch a few of these – your sewing pals will want one, too!” – JESSICA ENTWISTLE ■ Fabric A (blue print:

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The final design offered in this year-long Block of the Month project is the less complex spacer block that makes a curvy chain across the quilt between the collection of twelve (12) individual designs. You have actually only been given eleven (11) b

• Stand to attention with Lynne Goldsworthy’s Nutcracker quilt • Plus, find Christmas designs by Pam & Nicky Lintott and Nicola Dodd. Make Anne Varley’s clamshell & appliqué quilt and Lynne Edwards MBE’s final Creative Curves BOM quilt is revealed!

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WRITE TO USToday’s Quilter, Our Media, Eagle House, Bristol, BS1 4STEMAIL: todaysquilter@ourmedia.co.uk Our readers have been busy quilting away, and here we show off their stunning creations! When I saw the quilt ‘Basket of Bouquets’ in Issue 113,