FONS & PORTER'S LOVE OF QUILTING

#4801 Blueberry Jam
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Inspired by Angela Huffman’s childhood memories of homemade Blueberry Jam, this quilt plays with different shades of blue to create transparent layers. Learn to piece pinwheels, strips sets, and sashing, and even sew a partial seam to create this unique block. Play with color options, so you can see all the ways to make this quilt delicious!

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The Blueberry Jam quilt features pinwheels, partial seams, and color theory for a transparency effect.


#4802 Morning Sunrise
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Sew a morning sunrise quilt, and let its on-point setting surprise you! Play with color gradients that go from a rich dark to a glowing light hue, as well as oversize half square triangles. Join us on Love of Quilting and be inspired by color.

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The Morning Sunrise quilt relies on color gradients, half-square triangles, and an on-point setting.


#4803 Lavender Roads
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Take a tour along Lavender Roads with these blooming, unusual quilt blocks. For the blooming block, you could use a ruler, you could foundation piece, or you could try a new technique that’s somewhere in between. The unique lattice block also features fun construction, and Sara Gallegos and Angela Huffman showcase alternate layouts.

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The Lavender Roads quilt features two unique blocks with unusual construction techniques.


#480 Sweet Relief Allergy Pillow
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Feel the sweet relief of a lavender-scented cold pack on your allergy-affected eyes. Maelynn Wood joins Sara Gallegos to show constructing a lavender-and-flax filled pillow, from quilting the outside with a walking foot to constructing the envelope back. This quick project is the quilter’s answer to allergies, perfect for a gift or a treat for yourself!

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Learn to construct a lavender-and-flax-seed eye pillow.


#4805 Quiet Reflection
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The quilt ‘Quiet Reflections’ features Dresden Plates—which Sara Gallegos shows with fusible appliqué as well as the traditional method—and Carolina Lilies, which gets simplified with the quick, fusible treatment. From tips on appliqué placement to decoratively stitched embellishment, create a classic with this episode of Love of Quilting.

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Learn to make two blocks in this classic quilt with quick appliqué.


#4806 Blending Background Fillers
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Having a collection of background filler designs in your skillset is a quilting life-saver. Angela Huffman teaches you how to draw a motif with some computerized help, and then blend all kinds of fillers into the background. Fans and twirls and pebbles and leaves—stitch freeform fun on this episode of Love of Quilting!

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Learn several different approaches to quilting free-motion background fillers.


#4807 Composing a Cover
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This quick, nearly no-measure sewing project is fun for a sip-and-sew event, a youth project, or quick scrap buster. Maelynn Wood shares some tips for wild stitches and shares her methods quick construction of a composition notebook cover.

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Make a nearly no-measure notebook cover and embellish with stitching.


#4808 Hexagon Happiness
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If you love the playfulness of hexagons but don’t want to create a full quilt, how about a hexagon-bedecked bag? Learn different methods for basting hexies, different approaches to applying them, and different styles of decorative stitching. Sara Gallegos also showcases adding ribbons and bling, so you have the creative inspiration and skills needed to sew a little hexagon happiness.

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Learn different methods for working with hexagons, and some embellishment techniques.


#4809 Material Nation
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To celebrate 250 years of our nation and the quiltmakers that stitched our history through those years, the International Quilt Museum delves into the quilts and objects that made this art possible. Leslie Levy joins Sara Gallegos with a few artifacts that are by turns fascinating and familiar, and helps us connect with previous generations of quilters on a very human level.

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Celebrate 250 years of American patchwork by exploring a legacy of quilting notions.


#4810 Tulips & Twirls
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Tulips & Twirls is a sweet table runner that uses charming 5” pre-cut squares to create pinwheels and blossoms that dance! Sara Gallegos showcases a few options for making your table runner outdoor-ready. Tiptoe through the tulips in a springtime patchwork paradise.

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Create a table runner, and learn ways to make it outdoor-patio friendly.


#4811 Wildflower Blossoms
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Wildflower Blossoms by Krisanne Watkins is a truly unique floral block that you’ll definitely want to try! The main quilt block has variously sized petals that come together with the magic of a partial seam. The Irish chain block in two shades of green and the side setting triangles the design together. Creativity blossoms on this episode of Love of Quilting!

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The Wildflower Blossoms quilt has a unique floral quilt block made from fat quarters.


#4812 Stars Around Town
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This patriotic quilt has an olden times charm, but the techniques don’t have to be old-fashioned!
Explore layered fusible appliqué, decorative stitching, and bias tape, as well as some ruler-work based free-motion quilting. Stitch some Stars Around Town together with this episode of Love of Quilting!


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A patriotic quilt with layered fusible appliqué, decorative stitching, and bias tape.


#4813 Winter Cheer
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Winter Cheer is a seasonal, peppermint-y quilt, but Angela Huffman gives it a juicy summery twist! Construct these two fun quilt blocks for a delightful throw quilt, and maybe even a matching pillow.

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The Winter Cheer quilt gets a summer-y makeover with juicy fabrics!