Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

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

Celebrating 25 Years of America's Favorite Quilting Magazine

Mystery Part 2 of 2 Secret Meadow • Gather your blocks, sections, units, and remaining patches and prepare to be wowed!

Diamond Sparkle • Facets of fabric simulate glimmering gemstones.

Glowing Jewels • Graduated values of jewel tones appear lit from within.

Quilted Postcard Swap Reader Inspiration • When we announced the 2nd annual reader postcard swap in our January/February 2024 issue, we eagerly anticipated your postcards fluttering into our mailbox. As they began rolling in, we delighted in unveiling every postcard—so much creativity and so many heartwarming stories. All the marvelous postcards have found their way to exchange participants, but the fun is far from over! Enjoy a sprinkling of imaginative and inspiring reader postcard gems in this and upcoming editions of Love of Quilting.

Gemstone Dazzle • Multicolored batiks in energetic hues create intriguing depth, sparkle, and shine.

Teach a Friend to Sew

Valuable Resources to Share Your Love of Quilting

Diamonds & Pearls • Diamonds really are a girl's, and a quilter's, best friend!

Intersect • Two bold blocks evoke the sparkling geometric designs of cut gemstones.

Bind Tidy Corners in a Single Pass with Your Sewing Machine • When Amy's Intersect quilt arrived, staff members were wowed by her spectacular quilt and tidy machine-sewn binding with exquisite corners! Amy graciously agreed to share her binding technique.

Brilliance • Glowing hues and diamond shapes combine for a design that sparkles.

SPARKLING INSPIRATION • MJ Kinman says the biggest lesson she has learned is to choose joy.

Diamond Dance • This stunning quilt looks complicated but an ingenious arrangement of a few simple blocks is all it takes!

Quarter-Inch Schemes • As part of Love of Quilting's 25th Anniversary celebration, we invited author Barbara Emodi to write an original story exclusively for our readers!

Tulip Patch • An inviting array of colorful blooms form an enchanting arrangement.

THREE WAYS TO QUILT SPIRALS WITH A WALKING FOOT • I love my home sewing machine walking foot! It helps me finish my quilt tops into quilts quickly and efficiently. Simple straight lines and serpentines add texture and make for durable baby quilts and sofa throws. But sometimes I want to go one step further, and add another layer of design. How about a spiral?

Garden Breeze • Butterflies float about in a cheerful patch of posies.

Play It Again • Fresh & scrappy fun with vintage blocks!

Buds & Blossoms • In nature's timeless tradition, tiny buds transform into bountiful blossoms.

Banner • Precision meets patriotism in a dazzling one-block design.

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

SEW EASYTM Binding a Quilt • Finish your quilt beautifully with this tried-and-true method for binding.

SEW EASYTM Making Bands • Strips are frequently sewn together to...