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    Love Flying Geese – 27 Modern Quilt Projects

    4th April 201929th December 2023 Julie Designs and Tutorials, sewing design

    I’m delighted to introduce a new book by C&T Publishing. The editors of Love Patchwork and Quilting have pulled 27 flying geese (flying goose?!) projects together into this one stop shop for inspiring projects – I was incredibly surprised, and also very happy, to learn that one of my quilt designs is included! All Around […]

    Little Mouse Comforter – Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine Issue 63

    13th November 201829th December 2023 Julie Designs and Tutorials, sewing design

    I was delighted when Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine asked me if I could come up with another design along the lines of my Bunny Comforter (which was published by LPQ in 2015 in Issue 20).  I came up with a sweet little mouse – like the Bunny Comforter, Little Mouse is designed in Liberty […]

    Starbusrt Quilt – Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine Issue 60

    13th November 201829th December 2023 Julie Designs and Tutorials, sewing design

    Here’s my Starburst Quilt for Love Patchwork and Quilting Mag Issue 60 – a happy burst of colour!  Starburst uses big, bold half-square triangles around an improv-pieced central star.  It is quilted in radiating lines from the top left corner to mimic rays of sunshine. I used Blueberry Park by Karen Lewis Textiles (Robert Kaufman) […]

    All Around Arrows Quilt – Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine Issue 48

    1st September 201729th December 2023 Julie Designs and Tutorials, sewing designquilt

    As you probably know by now I really love designing and sewing quilts.  I’m very lucky that Love Patchwork and Quilting Magazine often publish them too – my latest submission was the All Around Arrows Quilt.  I had such fun making this one………but still haven’t decided which child it should be given to! It is […]

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