Packed with patterns and designs, Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting puts great quilting tips and patterns with easy-to-follow instructions, diagrams, photos, and full-size patterns right at quilters' thimble-wearing fingertips! Master quilters Marianne Fons and Liz Porter guide you to quilting success with insider secrets and tips, fabulous quilting projects with step-by-step instructions, and lots of big, beautiful photos to inspire you.
FROM THE EDITOR
Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting
COMMUNITY SAMPLER • A patchwork of ways to care, share, and explore.
SHOP • HOP • Look for these products at your local quilt shop!
SEW MANY TIPS
Summer Starburst • Bright and playful splashes of color burst from a center of sunshine.
Lemonade Picnic • Sip sweet lemonade and sew up a quilt for picnicking under blue summer skies!
Firefly Meadow • Glints of light dance and glow around a field of soft summer hues.
Scrap Patch Parade • Choose modern time-saving techniques or traditional scrap-basket patches to replicate a vintage find.
ALIVE WITH COLOR & PERSONALITY • Designed to make you happy from beginning to end.
Independence Day Fireworks • Light up your sewing room like the Fourth of July!
QUILTED POSTCARD SWAP READER INSPIRATIONS
Signed With Love • Gather all the love from a special occasion into a bright and cozy keepsake quilt.
COLOR OPTION
MAKING MEMORIES • follow these tips for a successful keepsake quilt
Shine Bright • Colorful, sparkling fabrics lift spirits and affirm a positive mantra!
STUMBLING BLOCKS • Practical Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Rock Island Campfires • Colorful string-pieced scraps light up this design inspired by a lakeside campfire.
5 WAYS TO BATTLE QUILTING BURNOUT
Patchwork Potpourri • Use fabrics old plus fabrics new to make a patchwork quilt for YOU!
PLANNING YOUR SERIES QUILT
It's Easy Being Green • The humble Nine-Patch block gets a flashy makeover with this fun technique.
SEW EASY™ 3-Color Hourglass Units
SEW EASY™ 8-at-a-Time Triangle-Squares
SEW EASY™ Binding with Faux Piping
SEW EASY™ Making Bands
SEW EASY™ Paper Foundation Piecing
SEW EASY™ Quick-Pieced Triangle-Squares
SEW EASY™ Stitch-and-Flip Corners
SEW EASY™ String Piecing on Foundation Paper