Make Modern Issue 61
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Discover fresh ideas and inspiration in our 61st issue! From sewing with solids to tackling fun, beginner-friendly curves, this issue is packed with projects, techniques, and tips from your favourite quilting crew to fuel your passion for sewing and break that creative rut. Design colour schemes that will make your quilts pop, read tips from experts on what they do when they’re not in the mood to sew, make quilts using solids, and get tips for pain-free quilting. Looking for a quick gift to make in time for Christmas? Make the sweetest mini kitty quilt (no fancy piecing, applique or FPP needed!); a cushion featuring the cutest little vintage sewing machine, an eye-catching table runner, or placemats featuring stunning New York Beauty blocks and scraps from your stash!
What else is inside Issue 61?
- 10 Unique, Eye-Catching Quilt Projects to Inspire: Sew solids, rainbows, stash busters, curves, quick makes for Christmas presents, or the sweetest kitties, this issue has it all! With step-by-step instructions, and all the templates you need for 10 new quilt patterns designed by expert quilters for you to treasure.
- Break Out of Your Creative Rut: Quilters from around the world share their best tips for overcoming creative blocks—discover their advice inside!
- Sew with Solids: Jane gives us practical guidance on sewing with solids and how best to use them in modern quilts.
- Modern Quilting Meets Wellbeing: Sarah Ashford shares health tips for pain-free quilting, reminding us how our creative time can enrich both body and mind.
- Meet the Makers: Get to know Amy Lollis, who quilts while unschooling her kids around nature’s rhythms, and Elena McPeak, whose journey has taken her from Romania to the US Navy to running her own quilting business!
- Inspiration from Film: Lucy Engels explores how film trends can inspire brilliant colour combinations for your modern quilting projects.
- Win Prizes: Enter to win beautiful cotton quilting threads from Wonderfil and discover whether you’re one of the 21 lucky winners from our big 10th birthday competition.
If this is your first issue of Make Modern, welcome – we’re so glad you’re here. Dive in and discover the creativity, innovation, and joy that quilting brings.
Make Modern is a digital modern quilt magazine available worldwide. Each magazine is 100+ pages long, jam-packed with modern quilt patterns suitable for beginner quilters to advanced, and articles about modern quilting guaranteed to make you smile, inspire you to quilt outside your comfort zone, and start making modern quilts today. Our beautiful patchwork magazine is published independently by a team of quilters and delivered as a PDF to read on your computer, tablet, or phone, easy to take when you go fabric shopping, with the option to print if you prefer a paper copy. See answers to frequently asked questions, and our refund and returns policy here.
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To me and my whole family. Individual stories of quilters that are in this publication are so interesting and very like myself in the process of evolving as a quilt artist. You won’t be disappointed with this magazine. I highly recommend it!
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Great reading and so much inspiration
The patterns are easy to follow and understand.