Patchwork and Quilting  |  April 2012
Spring is on its way and our projects reflect this with Spring Basket Cushion and Cards and Ring of Tulips. For many, gardening and quilting will be vying for priority so Slice and Dice on the Nines and Fractured Courthouse Steps are both quickly pieced quilts. The Rolling Star Cushion is English paper pieced, good for stitching while travelling. For Easter, Fab Egg Boxes make beautiful gift boxes and Quilting 4 Juniors has an Easter Basket Mat project. If your spring cleaning has found UFOs, Gadget Covers suggests a use for them.
Optimism shines through in Purkai Stree Shakti where quilting has had a positive effect on many levels, in this small Indian village. Threads previews an exhibition by talented quilter, Diana Brockway and in Quilting the Large Hadron Collider by Kate Findlay, science and quilting combine. Meet Helen Keenan to see her love of colour reflected in her work
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Patchwork and Quilting April 2012.