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Download your digital issue to experience: 13 quilt patterns (plus a limited-time FREE pattern download). 2 Love of Quilting TV patterns from season 4800 A patriotic Quilt of Valor® pattern. Inspirations from our 4th annual reader postcard swap. Play It Again, fresh and scrappy fun with vintage blocks: Midsummer Night block. Dawn Cavanaugh provides 7 Practical Tips When Teaching Kids to Quilt in Quilting the Quilt. Community Sampler Reader Tips from Love of Quilting TV. Liza Taylor showcases her quilts and reminds us that Joy is the Goal in Trunk Show. Quilting books and products to look for at your Local Quilt Shop. 8 different Sew Easy Lesson™ techniques to practice and improve your skills. And more!

Yesterday’s charm harmonizes with today’s quilting to create a quilt that sings! Reproduce a vintage scrap stash-buster quilt that uses up bright bits of prints and solid fabrics and arranges them into a cohesive, subtle rainbow effect framed by a clever border of even more squares. Judy Hays will inspire you with her creative custom quilting.

Fill your pantry with sweet patchwork preserves! Create a quilt honoring one of the unique pleasures of summer: turning fresh-picked fruit into homemade jam! The fun construction approach keeps the directional gingham or stripes oriented as if the jar lids were all one piece. And one block stands out with its unique solid-color jar and larger, contrasting text label spelling out J-A-M. Heather cut her gingham jar lid patches on the diagonal, adding to the overall charm—we show you how!