The Quilt Life

New from the American Quilter’s Society

Quilts can tell life’s stories, share our lives with others, and fill countless hours of our lives. So, we’re pleased to announce the newest magazine inspiring quilters’ lives. The Quilt Life brings readers the experience of life and quilting.

What makes The Quilt Life Special?

• See the human element of quilting, with more than simply technical how-to
• Experience features from quilters whose lives revolve around their dedication to quilts
• Feel the heart and soul of quilting, sharing emotional quilt stories and life stories of those who love them
• A super duper quilt featured as an over-size gatefold, larger than any magazine you’ll find
• Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson!

Take time to relax and enjoy The Quilt Life. You’ll develop a relationship with the contributors and be entertained and moved by the features. Plus, develop connections with other quilters by reading how they express their “quilt lives.”

You can find thousands of patterns and designs already, so we’re not going to shove more in your face. The Quilt Life inspires quilters to show their art, and no pattern can express how you feel. Take time to curl up with The Quilt Life, feed your artistic expression and soothe your soul!

Each of our Six Annual Issues promises:

• Personal notes from Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson
• Beautiful centerfold of an award-quality quilt
• An original pattern from Ricky or Alex
• International quilt coverage sharing news from across the globe
• Digital coverage to sort out software, website and computer innovation
• Celebrity question and answer

Indulge your quilting pleasure with The Quilt Life. For only $24.99, you’ll receive a year’s worth of inspiration and fun, and save 40% off the cover price.

Subscribe to The Quilt Life today!

More from The Quilt Life

• Rundy - Rugged Centerfold in The Quilt Life Magazine

  Meet Rundy He's ruggedly good-looking and seems to be peering into your soul through the masterful fabric painting and quilting of Marilyn Belford. Created as a portrait of her neighbor, both the quilt and the man are a joy to admire. This masterfu...

• Behind the scenes

  Once in a while it’s fun to share a little behind-the-scenes story about the TQL issue you have in your hands. When we decided to do an issue with a “faces” theme, our thoughts turned pretty quickly to the work of Marilyn Belford and the quilt Ru...

• Free - Two Trees Pattern by Irene Berry

  Sometimes a quilter needs a "no wrong answers" kind of project, as an antidote. After an intense quilt experience -- the designing, the auditioning, the second guessing, the making all the corners meet and the points match--a person can use a break. ...

• Road Trip

  Are you making vacation plans? How about a road trip? Yours will likely be a little shorter than the trip Laurie Gibb took (“Journey 65” in the April issue of TQL). If you’ve read the story, you know that Laurie celebrated her 65th birthday by t...

• Farewell to a Brave Lady

  We got word that Solveig Wells, who was featured in our April 2013 issue in the article "A Wrinkle in Time," has passed away and that saddens us alot. If you've read the article, you know how Solveig, sick as she was, took the misfortune of Hurricane K...

• Crazy

  Every so often there’s a quilt that is so spectacular, and so complex, that I find myself wishing that each and every one of you could see it up close in person. “His Majesty-the Tree,” in the April TQL, is one of those quilts. If you’ve read D...

• Hug (Yellow)

  Bet you smiled when you read Jennifer Rounds’s story about making a quilt that her college-bound son might actually permit her to give him (“Invisible Hug” in the April TQL). She shares the pattern as well, and you just may want to make one of th...

• Something old, something interesting

  If you’ve read the newest (April) issue of TQL, you know about the old quilt I bought at the antiques mall. Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns showed a pattern sort of, but not quite, like the block in my quilt, and called it ...

• Great friends, great quilts

  The Mother’s Day Quilters, originally from Marietta, Georgia, have been meeting for more than 30 years. As you might imagine, there’s been a lot of water under the bridge since the quilters first met in the 1970s. Lola McCracken’s article (“Two...

• More Grate Inspirations

  The other day I met some friends for lunch. On my way back to where I’d parked the car, I saw a quilt. Well, it’s not a quilt yet. But it might be. A building along the street had painted, rustic wooden siding. Surprisingly, each of the basement...

• Meredith Schroeder 2013 Inductee in The Quilters Hall of Fame

  The American Quilter's Society’s very own Meredith Schroeder is the 2013 Inductee to The Quilters Hall of Fame. We just couldn’t be prouder! This award is presented every year by The Quilters Hall of Fame to a person who has made an outstanding con...

• The Modern Quilt Life

  Cheryl Arkinson and Amanda Jean Nyberg are one of the perfect combos we feature in the February TQL. The modern quilters met online, and they didn’t actually meet in person until after they’d written a book together. And without ever being in the s...

• Hanging Together

  Have you ever worked on a group quilt? I’ve participated in several, and take it from me–it’s a great experience. A couple of the projects I’ve been part of have even gone to big shows, but none has ever been as successful (or as fabulous) as M...

• Joyce Gross

  Recently we learned that Joyce Gross, one of the foremothers of quilt life as we know it, passed away on Christmas Eve. Joyce, early on, was a person who knew that quilts, and the women who made them, matter. Her passion was quilt history and helped...

• Let's Get Organized! by Carolyn Woods

  It's that time of year! Did you make a new year's resolution to clean and organize your sewing room? This article from The Quilt Life by Carolyn Woods will give you some helpful hints to get you started. Click here to read the article and start orga...