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Designers interpreted this issue’s Cozy Up! theme in many ways, from a soft floral quilt for fireside snuggles to walking in a sparkling, frost-covered pine forest. And from a softly glowing table topper to a minky-backed lap quilt sized just right for wheelchair use. Make up a cushy pillow depicting a small-town starry night or repurpose a tattered quilt top into stockings ready to warm your home for Christmas. One designer drew inspiration from imagining young Victorian misses lined up under a kissing ball in hopes of receiving a kiss from an unmarried gentleman. In contrast to warmth and coziness, ice crystals formed on a windowpane inspired a striking monochrome design. And sometimes, the only way to warm up might be a tropical vacation—or at least dreaming of one—with a spirit-lifting quilt of ladies in bathing suits! Download your digital issue to experience: • 12 quilt patterns (plus a limited-time FREE pattern download). • Four Love of Quilting TV patterns. • Space to show off your quilting in a fast and easy two-color lap quilt. • Marianne Fons’ scrappy lap quilt, where a simple sashing technique creates a ground of stars. • A gorgeous kissing ball quilt pattern, easily adaptable to any season. • A timeless one-patch hexagon quilt that can be sewn by machine. • Set your table aglow with a soft-sparkle table topper. • A scrappy, patriotic one-block Quilt of Valor® pattern with ribboned stars. • Eight different Sew Easy Lesson™ techniques to practice and improve your skills. • Five tips for using “minky” as a quilt backing. • An invitation to participate in our 3rd Annual reader postcard swap, plus a peek at inspiring readers’ postcards from our previous swap. • Play It Again, Fresh and Scrappy fun with vintage blocks: Just under 100 small scrap patches in the Golden Glow block from 1935 contributes to an extra-cozy (heavy) quilt. • Kelly Young of myquiltinfatuation.com showcases her quilts and talks about embracing what matters to you in our Love of Quilting Trunk Show. • Quilting books and products to look for at your Local Quilt Shop. • Sew Easy Lessons™: 3-Color Hourglass Units, 8-at-a-Time Triangle Squares, Making Bands, Paper Foundation Piecing, Quick-Pieced Flying Geese, Quick-Pieced Hourglass Units, Quick-Pieced Triangle Squares, Stitch-and-Flip Corners • And more!

Outdoor enthusiasts will love this compass-inspired wall hanging. Wherever your quilting takes you, you will surely be cozy and warm! Gather up a colorful collection of precut 10″ squares and sew a wintry wall hanging featuring a bold medallion surrounded by pines and appliquéd cardinal directions. Precut Friendly.

Sew a sparkling, wintry path through snow-covered trees. Sara’s tranquil two-block design evokes a peaceful winter walk through the woods. Two different light backgrounds add subtle depth, and two shades of brown add interesting shadows to the tree trunks, while multiple values of aquas and teals replicate the play of sunlight through snowy pines. Featured in Love of Quilting 4500 TV series, episode 4502