Quilters Companion

Quilters Companion is the definitive patchwork and quilting magazine. Published since 2001, Quilters Companion provides readers with exciting quilting projects. These projects are accompanied by easy-to follow instructions and accompanying pattern sheets, stunning styled shots and interesting stories about the featured projects. We pride ourselves not just on being an instructional publication — we are a good read as well! Purchase includes the Digital Edition and News Service. Please stay in touch via our Facebook Page.

EDITOR’S JOURNAL

Quilters Companion • QC No. 141 Vol.24 No.5 SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2026

QUILTY Treasures

QUILTCON 2026

Nature, place and slow making with DIJANNE CEVAAL • Dijanne Cevaal is a Dutch-born, Australia-based textile artist who has built an international reputation through her itinerant teaching and exhibiting across Europe, Australia and Asia. She is widely known for her long running blog Musings of a Textile Itinerant and her commitment to sharing skills with communities, including work with small Indigenous groups to upskill women in textile techniques. Her work includes richly layered, hand-dyed, hand-printed and densely stitched textile works that blend storytelling, travel, nature and environmental observation. Her practice is grounded in sustainability, natural materials and a deep engagement with place.

POMEGRANATE Temptation

Sang Rouge

Stargazing

Déjà Vu

Rainbow Stash 2025 – Hero Colour Challenge • What happens when a collection of textile artists are given exactly the same starting point? That question became the heart of the 2025 Rainbow Stash Hero Colour Challenge – an international, year-long creative project that brought together makers from Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Switzerland.

Organic Borders • WHY ORGANIC BORDERS ARE THE ULTIMATE CURE FOR THE IMPERFECT QUILT

Process-rich Surface Design with ALISON CHARLTON

PRUSSIAN Bloom

CANBERRA QUILT SHOW

OFF THE SHELF • Enjoy this selection of new and recently released books on patchwork and quilting topics and techniques.

STAR OF THE East

THE SOUTHWEST QUILT & FIBER ART FESTIVAL 2026 • The Southwest Quilt & Fiber Art Festival is a juried quilt and fibre arts show held in May in St George, Utah USA, showcasing a wide spectrum of quiltmaking traditions – from pieced and appliqué quilts to abstract art, pictorial work, wool appliqué, mixed techniques and youth entries. It’s one of the major regional shows in the American Southwest, drawing both established and emerging quilt artists.

Block Of The Month Programs & kits • Welcome to our new block of the month and kits section where each issue we will bring you a diverse selection of block of the month programs and kits for purchase. These product cover a variety of styles, colours and techniques.

IN THE market • HAVE A LOOK THROUGH THE NEXT FEW PAGES TO DISCOVER WHAT FANTASTIC NEW PRODUCTS, IDEAS AND DESIGNS ARE IN THE MARKET TO INSPIRE YOU.

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ON THE Road • AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND GUIDE TO CRAFT, SEWING AND PATCHWORK SHOPS

The Basics Guide

DIARY DATES

Next Issue • Plus gorgeous quilts to make, interesting articles to read and some fantastic winning quilts from national and international quilt shows.