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.

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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

PLANNING YOUR SERIES QUILT

Patchwork Potpourri • Use fabrics old plus fabrics new to make a patchwork quilt for YOU!

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