Welcome to this very colorful issue that is sure to help banish the winter blahs! Take your quilted projects to the next level with 15 spectacular hand embroidered stitches that enrich the look of quilted projects. See how to make these with clear and easy to follow illustrations. Equally as colorful are our 3 ‘too-cool-for-school’ pencil cases to make for the little ones (and maybe not so little ones) in your life. Check out our many tutorials on how to work with templates and the best ways to transfer designs for all your quilting dreams! With so much quilting fun to engage in there’s no time to mope around! Happy Quilting!