Small Quilts
Issue #72

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Playing around with fabric is always lots of fun. Making a small quilt lets you experiment with new ideas using only a small amount of fabric. Quilters always seem to have more quilt designs in their head, or on paper, or designed with their EQ5 program than they have time to make. Making a mini-size lets you sew a quilt quickly then go on to the next.

What about those fabric postcards! Mary Mayne has a collection of them. They can be mailed, but there are plenty of other uses for them. Look for Mary’s lesson on how to make them on page 16. The Last Stitch (page 98) shows a collection of holiday designs, postcard size, sewn into a fluffy flannel holiday banner. Or finish them one by one as greeting cards or hung on your door knobs or a Christmas tree if you sew a ribbon loop at the top of each one. Then there are coasters, teacher’s or secret pal gifts…and on and on.

With banners on our mind, we have put together a collection of quilts for each season of the year. There are four charming projects you can make to hang in a special place in your house. Take one down and put another up as the seasons change. What a great excuse to make four small quilts!

Favorites. Quilters have favorite block designs and quilt patterns. We have collected a few of them for you to make in refreshing colors and settings. There are Pinwheels (page 28), Bowties (page 40), Fans (page 52), and of course, the Ohio Star (page 60). For your scraps we have a Signature quilt (page 74) and All That Glitters with Chinese Coin sashings (page 56). What about a sampler? Our small sampler (page 20) is made with Cottage Chic nostalgic prints in soft summer colors.

All in all, the projects in this issue add up to 20 plus ONE! They are small so you can easily make them all.

And, don’t forget to visit our website: www.quiltmag.com. You can keep up with all our new magazine releases, and find links to our advertiser’s products to help make your sewing a pleasure. We have quilting projects with patterns to download. If you don’t have a computer at home, visit your public library to access all we have to offer on the web.