Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

Since 1999, Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting has promoted the spirit of traditional quilt making with tried-and-true patterns, insider tips, and time-saving tutorials. Master the basics of making your first quilt or gain inspiration for your hundredth.

FROM THE EDITOR

Love of Quilting

SHOP • HOP • Look for these products at your local quilt shop!

SEW MANY TIPS

Daisy Chain Delight • Set your spring season in motion with a burst of colorful flowers!

PAM NOURSE • Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dot Swap • The perfect project for an exchange quilt. Gather up your quilter friends and prepare for some fun!

LIZ PORTER • Bee Cave, Texas

Run for the Roses • Pieced rose buds and a thorny border make a winning quilt!

MAKE IT MINE: NOTES FROM TV

ANGELA HUFFMAN • Louisville, Kentucky

Pinwheels & Posies • Creating multiple Pinwheels is a breeze with 8-at-a-time triangle-squares!

Mom’s Flower Bed • Use large floral prints with bold colors for some flowery happiness!

Circle the Square • Colorful precut 13" squares and partial seams make these blocks a breeze to assemble!

CYNTHIA KARKUT • Plain City, Ohio

CUTTING OVERSIZE TO TRIM • In this often-debated topic, each method can have valid reasons! An important word in quilting will help to illustrate our approach: economy.

Brown-Eyed Susans • Pack a pile of hexagons for your next trip and make them bloom with some EPP magic!

ABIGAIL DOLINGER • Lillington, North Carolina

PLAYING WITH APPLIQUÉ • Becky Goldsmith’s quilts are often the result of her love of a challenge. Colorful and inspired, she makes the quilts she wants to make, even when it means taking a leap of faith.

Pixie Posies • Colorful blossoms spring to life in this petite foundation pieced quilt!

CONNIE KAUFFMAN • Nappanee, Indiana

Love Blooms • Chase away those melancholy moods with this uplifting wall quilt!

BRENDA PLASTER • Lawrenceburg, Kentucky

Cactus Basket • These vintage basket blocks never go out of style!

BOBBINS UP On Top • by DAWN CAVANAUGH National Director of Education for APQS

Thread Key for Photos 3, 4 & 5

Anthem • A dramatic layout and sensational quilting make this Quilt of Valor® sing!

Moonlight Mermaid • Take a deep dive into a dazzling dream of a quilt.

SEW SMART™ FACED APPLIQUÉ: NOTES FROM TV

DIFFERENT METHODS: MAKE IT MINE—MORE NOTES FROM TV

ANGELA HUFFMAN • Louisville, Kentucky

8-at-a-Time Triangle-Squares • Use this method to make eight matching triangle-squares at the same time.

Continuous Bias Strips • Because of the stretch, continuous bias strips are essential for curved binding and appliqué.

English Paper Piecing • Hexagons are one of the more common shapes for English paper piecing (EPP), but this method can be applied to any EPP shape.

Fusible Appliqué • Fusible appliqué is a simple and reliable method for adding appliqué to your quilt project.

Fussy Cutting • Isolating that special motif in your fabric can result in a charming block that defines your quilt.

Mitering Corners • Follow these instructions to make perfect mitered corners.

Paper Foundation Piecing • Piecing on foundation paper allows you to create complex or unusual designs with precision and ease.

Partial Seams • Some traditional blocks use this method to join patches and units around a central square.