Indholdsfortegnelse for November/December 2021 i McCall's Quilting

Like many in my generation, I was raised by a household of makers. My mom was a fabulously talented needlewoman who always made creative tokens of affection for every holiday. My dad loved to putter at his workbench until all hours of the night. One year I spied a few empty soda cans near his hammers and nails. I had thought they were destined for the recycling bin, but he had other plans. My gift that year was folk-art dollhouse furniture made from cans he had meticulously cut, shaped, and painted. I treasure them to this day because he cared enough to make something special just for me. Holidays tend to bring out the maker in all of us. A quick poll of the editorial staff had me in stitches!…

Quilt Designed & Made by Carol Bader Skill Level Intermediate Finished Size 11" x 14" NOTE: See Pattern Pull-Out Section for foundation sections. Planning Carol’s tiny quilt is perfect to display on a wire stand by the front door. Wouldn’t that be lovely? The stars are made with matching unit 1’s for the points and a matching A for the center of the star. Carol made her quilt using templates, but we’ve used foundation piecing. Foundation piecing makes it easier to create sharp points, like the tops of the trees in this forest. Note that all the green print patches in a tree are the same green print. You’ll want 5 different green prints since there are 5 trees. Use an accurate ¼" seam allowance throughout to ensure all elements…

Quilt Designed & Made by Joanie Holton Machine Quilted by Sheri Zaler Skill Level Intermediate Finished Size 67" x 85" Finished Blocks 13 Block X 9" x 9" 5 Block Y 9" x 9" 4 Block Z 9" x 9" NOTE: See Pattern Pull-Out Section for foundation section and template A. Planning Joanie created this quilt of spinning stars using traditional and foundation piecing. The classic combination of red and cream make it perfect for the holidays. Use an accurate ¼" seam allowance throughout to ensure all elements of the quilt fit together well. Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. • Cream tonal 5¾ yds. for blocks, background, and border• Red print #1 1 yd. for blocks• Dark red print 1⅛ yds.…

Quilt Designed & Made by Carol Moellers Skill Level Advanced Finished Size 51" x 51" Finished Blocks 4 Block X 12" x 12" 4 Block Y 12" x 12" 1 Block Z 12" x 12" NOTE: See Pattern Pull-Out Section for foundation sections. Planning Nothing beats foundation piecing for sharp points and precisely pieced blocks. Carol’s clever blocks are all created in shades of blues and white to give that perfect winter look. Our directions arrange the blues from lightest to darkest to make fabric selection simple. Use an accurate ¼" seam allowance throughout to ensure all elements of the quilt fit together well. Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. • White batik 3⅜ yds. for blocks and background • Blue batik…

Quilt Designed & Made by Ramona Sorenson Skill Level Intermediate Finished Size 80" x 80" Finished Blocks 9 Block X 12" x 12" 8 Block Y 12" x 12" 8 Block Z 12" x 12" Planning Gather a collection of white and gray fat quarters, a dark background, and a coordinating print and stitch your own galaxy of stars. These three simple blocks add interest and variety to the quilt as well as being fun to stitch. Use an accurate ¼" seam allowance throughout to ensure all elements of the quilt fit together well. Handle all bias edges carefully to avoid distortion. Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. • Assorted gray and white prints 12 fat quarters* for blocks • Navy print…

Karen Baggs Karen is a self-taught quilter from Utah whose friend inspired her to start quilting. Abigail Dolinger Abigail enjoys sharing her love of quilting with children and is the Children’s Ministry Director at her church. Mary Hertel A former children’s art teacher, Mary’s paper-pieced designs are whimsical and adorable. Joanie Holton Born and raised in Minnesota, Joanie comes from a family of sewers and makers. Connie Kauffman A prolific designer, Connie has authored several quilt books and enjoys teaching. Carol Moellers Carol is a long arm quilter, award-winning designer, and teacher from Iowa. Sue Pfau Currently living in New York state, Sue is an author and enjoys designing patterns that are pre-cut friendly. Lisa Pridgen A prolific quilter who also works in the real estate industry, Lisa lives in…

Apron Designed & Made by Mary Hertel Skill Level Intermediate Finished Size 26" x 32" Finished Block 1 Block 7½ " x 7½ " NOTE: See Pattern Pull-Out Section for foundation sections. Planning What better way to get ready for the baking season than to make your very own festive apron? Foundation piecing is the perfect way to create a fun gnome block. Our instructions have you include this block as a pocket for your apron. Use quilting cotton for a light apron or substitute cotton canvas for something sturdier. This project is a great way to try paper piecing—and aprons are great gifts for your foodie friends! Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. • White print 1 fat quarter* for block•…

I love quilts with trees or houses. Some of mine have both. After I made a wall hanging with 35 pine trees, my wire stand needed a “tree” quilt. Using the same size trees was easy. But I found that if I used long “sky” strips, it would be easier to center the trees on the previous row. Thus, it became a strippy quilt. The dark sky fabric needed stars. Friendship Stars seemed perfect. My quilt was assembled from the top down, which means I did the stars first. Designing your own patterns takes more time. (I use a lot of graph paper.) In the process, I made three of this quilt to get the pattern right. But you can make a quilt that’s exactly the size you need and…

• Use a zipper 2" to 4" longer than the opening, eliminating the need to sew around the pull tab. • Close the zipper for stitching, so the tab is above the fabric upper edge—but don’t forget to unzip it before trimming. • Easily shorten a zipper if needed. Find the desired length by measuring from the top down. Lower the feed dogs on the machine, zigzag across the coils at the desired point, and then trim the zipper tape below the stitching. • Use clear tape across the zipper to hold it in place for stitching. • Attach a seam guide to the presser foot to make it easy to sew parallel to the fabric folded edge.…

Quilt Designed & Made by Karen Baggs Skill Level Intermediate Finished Size 12" x 24" Finished Blocks 1 Block X 8" x 8" 2 Block Y 6" x 8" Planning Decorating for the holidays is easy with simple projects like this. Pick a couple of fat quarters and a coordinating print and get sewing! To create this unique shape, we have you piece your blocks and assemble the center. The borders and center are then added with a clever trimming technique. Use an accurate ¼" seam allowance throughout to ensure all elements of the quilt fit together well. Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. • White print 1 fat quarter* for blocks • Red print 1 fat quarter* for blocks and sashes…

Vivika DeNegre Director of Content Our family loves to share the tradition of wine and cookies on Christmas Eve. We gather the week before with aunts, uncles, and cousins to bake and decorate the family favorites. After arranging them in boxes, platters, and trays, we deliver the tasty treats on Christmas Eve along with a bottle of wine to friends and neighbors. Even now when my kids are grown, we continue this tradition and enjoy the visits as a prelude to the holiday. Annette Falvo Technical Editor When our kids were little, we had a Christmas eve tradition of driving through the neighborhoods to look at the lights and decorations. My husband and I had an ulterior motive, hoping the car ride would lull the kids to sleep so that…

Quilt Designed & Made by Sue Pfau Skill Level Easy Finished Size 55½ " x 55½ " Finished Blocks 16 Blocks 11½ " x 11½ " Planning Here’s a chance to use that enticing fat eighth bundle you’ve been eying. Just add a couple of coordinating fabrics and you are all set. Make one for everyone on your holiday list! Sue’s clever twist on the log cabin block gives a whole new look to this traditional quilt. Be sure to use an accurate ¼ " seam allowance to ensure your blocks fit together well. Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. • Red print 1 fat quarter* for blocks• 16 Assorted light prints 1 fat eighth** each for blocks• 16 Assorted medium/dark prints…

Quilt Designed & Made by Lisa Pridgen Skill Level Beginner Finished Size 4½" x 8½" Planning Last minute gifts are no problem with these quick-to-make zipper pouches. Combine a couple of fat eighths (or sew together some scraps for a patchwork look) with a coordinating zipper and you are all set. Our instructions are written for just one pouch, but these are so fast—you might not be able to stop at one! Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. • Print #1 1 fat eighth* for outside of pouch and tabs• Print #2 1 fat eighth* for lining• Fusible interfacing• 9" nylon zipper • Zipper pull/charm (optional) *fat eighth = 9" x 20" NOTE: Fabrics in the quilted bags shown are from the…

This wall hanging project is perfect for scraps and smaller cuts of quilting cotton and vinyl—if you’re experimental. I used a Kona Cotton Solids charm pack from Robert Kaufman Fabrics for the presents and sparkly vinyl from sewhungryhippie.com for the bows. I wanted it to be useable not just for the holidays but also for birthday decorations! Sewing and piecing the presents was a cinch on the Janome Skyline S7. I used DecoBob thread from Wonderfil for the first time, and I think it creates a nice seam and presses super flat. Products do make a difference—imagine that! The patchwork piecing is so simple on the Janome because there is a specific foot that has a little guard on the side. Then tap the correct controls according to the user’s…

With this method, every fabric patch is basted around a stiff piece of paper and then the edges of patches are whipstitched together. Two templates are needed: one to cut the papers and one to cut the fabric patches. Use the dashed lines of the pattern to make one plastic template ( for papers); use the solid lines to make another plastic template ( for fabric patches). Using the smaller template, trace and cut one piece of stiff paper for each patch in the design. Using the larger template, trace and cut the number of fabric patches needed. Center the paper template on the wrong side of the patch; pin together. Fold the first seam allowance over the edge of the paper template and hold in place. Baste the seam…

Made my daughter and her new husband a quilt for their wedding. Referred to it as the “baby making quilt,” a phrase I borrowed from the movie The Proposal. Just want to say, it works! I have three grandchildren! Lisa Delmont MacNeil Hugo, Minnesota My daughter on her wedding, made from all the leftover materials from her childhood. Priscilla Sutton Rowland Henderson, Kentucky One of my uncles told me he had always wanted a quilt made from ties. He gave me a bag full of them. “Did you wear all these ties?” I asked him. “No,” he said, “I bought them all at a yard sale.” It turned out very nice, and my uncle loves that quilt. Rayna Werth Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania My grandmother. It was the first ever star…

Quilt Designed & Made by Connie Kauffman Skill Level Beginner Finished Size 6" x 6" Finished Blocks 1 Block 6" x 6" NOTE: See Pattern Pull-Out Section for appliqué templates, which are printed without seam allowances. Planning Get into the holiday spirit with this super cute Gnome mini quilt. This project can be made with scraps and goes together easily. Dimensional embellishments make this project even cuter! Appliqué your gnome with a straight stitch, like Connie did, or have fun with some new embellishing threads. This small quilt is the perfect place to try new techniques. Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted. • Cream print 1 fat quarter* for background, backing, and hanging sleeve • Assorted brown, green, white, and tan flannels…

Quilt Designed by Susan Guzman Made and Machine Quilted by Linda Barrett of Threads and Traditions Skill Level Intermediate Finished Size 59¾" x 74½" Finished Blocks 12 Star-in-a-Star Blocks, 8" x 8" 6 Checkerboard Star Blocks, 8" x 8" Planning Susan’s elegant quilt, featuring the Christmas Traditions collection from Maywood Studio, uses 2 different red poinsettia prints for sashing strips (one with a white background and the other with black), adding the subtle illusion of dimension. Fabrics chosen for this quilt are trimmed with gold metallic detail to give added sparkle. Use an accurate ¼" seam allowance throughout to ensure all elements of the quilt fit together well. Handle all bias edges carefully to avoid distortion. Fabric Requirements Fabric yardage assumes 40" usable width of fabric (WOF) unless otherwise noted.…

I like to thumb through older issues of quilt magazines and find my favorite design elements. One element is on-point layouts. This layout gives a little drama to quilts. Another thing I like is any design that tricks the eye. Road to Appomattox, originally published in McCall’s Quilting March/April 2015 issue, has an on-point layout with an added trick. I love how the clever block construction becomes a quilt that appears to have pieced sashes that weave over and under each other. The same-sized star blocks create consistency in the quilt but including a variety of stars adds a bit of interest! Now about those fabrics… Variety is the name of the game here, so when I ran across Moda Fabric’s Cozy Up by Corey Yoder of Coriander Quilts, I…

Quilt Designed by Maria Umhey Machine Quilted by Patty O'Connor Skill Level Intermediate Finished Size 84½" x 84½" Number of Blocks and Finished Size 25 A Blocks 8" x 8" 16 B Blocks 8" x 8" 24 Variable Star Blocks 8" x 8" 7 Star-in-a-Star Blocks 8" x 8" 9 Pinwheel Star Blocks 8" x 8" Planning and Cutting A lovely mix of Civil War reproduction prints in colors of navy, burgundy, green, and purple from the Shenandoah Valley collection by Nancy Gere for Windham Fabrics makes a sparkling yet understated composition. Careful selection and placement of fabrics with distinct light, medium, and dark values will ensure that the illusion of crisscrossed ribbons (A and B Blocks) surrounding the stars will be revealed. We have patterned this quilt using a…