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American Patchwork & Quilting Spring 2026 is a 96-page issue of quilts, home projects, and technique instruction—not a single-pattern release. Its standout lessons cover loading a quilt on a long-arm frame and hand piecing, alongside more than a dozen projects ranging from pillows and a table runner to a baby quilt and full-size throws.
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Which issue is Spring 2026?
The issue is product QM-00199 in the publisher’s shop and Issue 199, Volume 34, Number 2 in the Better Homes & Gardens Stylebook. The publisher listed it for sale from February 20 through April 17, 2026; that was the original sales window, not a statement of current availability. The publisher’s listing identifies the issue and its stock status at the APQ shop, while the issue numbering appears in the Stylebook’s volume and issue reference.
The issue has 96 pages, according to Fat Quarter Shop’s product listing. That retailer showed it out of stock when indexed, so inventory should be checked directly with sellers; availability can change. Fat Quarter Shop’s listing is a separate retail reference, not a guarantee of stock.
What skills and techniques does it cover?
Loading a quilt for long-arm quilting
In Lesson #3 of “Your Guide to Long-Arm Machine Quilting,” HollyAnne Knight of String & Story guides readers through preparing and loading a first quilt onto a long-arm frame. This is practical setup instruction for readers interested in long-arm quilting, rather than a long-arm pattern collection.
Hand piecing
“Master the Basics: Hand Piecing” introduces a portable construction method. The issue’s editors describe hand piecing as useful when a project calls for control and precision, including complex designs and set-in seams.
Other construction approaches
The projects also bring together conventional piecing, appliqué, English paper piecing, and projects designed around precut squares. The range lets readers choose by technique as well as by finished size.
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The publisher and editorial contents page describe more than twelve projects. Finished dimensions are given for many of them; the table below groups the projects by scale and method to make it easier to find a suitable starting point.
| Project | Finished size or format | What it features |
|---|---|---|
| Flutter & Glow pillows | Two 18-inch-square pillows | Anna Maria Parry’s fussy-cut appliqué and subtle plaid design. |
| Pieceful Mornings | Table runner, 18 × 43 inches | English paper-pieced hexagon rings and machine-appliquéd flowers. |
| Stitch & Gift: for the Baker | Apron, 23½ × 33½ inches; bowl covers for bowls 10, 8, and 6½ inches in diameter | A coordinated apron and reusable bowl-cover set. |
| Sweet Inheritance | Baby quilt, 38 × 50½ inches | Lissa Alexander’s project gives vintage embroidered blocks a new life. |
| Forest Stars | Quilt, 40 inches square | Renee Nanneman’s project in the 10-inch-square precut challenge, using the Forest Glen collection. |
| Rhapsody | Quilt, 60½ inches square | Amy Lollis’s two-block design has a scrappy color treatment and a blue-and-cream alternative. |
| Points of Interest, blocks G and H | Blocks finish at 8 inches; the full quilt is 64½ × 80½ inches | Lori Miller’s blue-and-green block-of-the-month design includes rotary-cutting and AccuQuilt die-cutting instructions. |
| Quilted Grove | Quilt, 56½ × 66½ inches | Charisma Horton’s Forest Glen project in the 10-inch-square precut challenge. |
| Wanderlust | Throw, 72½ inches square | Textile Outpost’s X-marked design. |
| Finer Things | Throw, 77½ inches square | Monique Jacobs’s medallion-inspired design; the feature also offers an Easter table-topper project option. |
| Gather in the Garden | Quilt, 80½ inches square | Pam and Nicky Lintott’s medallion quilt in Tilda’s Sunday Brunch collection. |
| Marbles | Quilt, finished size not stated on the editorial contents page | Kadee Porter’s scrappy eight-pointed star quilt, with a pincushion project option; the contents page also points to stamps for the project. |
Designer feature
“A Curious Nature” profiles designer Anna Maria Parry and her creative path. Her work also appears in the issue through the Flutter & Glow pillows.
How to choose a project from the issue
- For a smaller finish: consider the pillows, table runner, apron and bowl covers, or baby quilt.
- To explore a specific technique: look at the hand-piecing lesson, long-arm setup feature, English paper-pieced runner, appliqué pillows, or precut-square quilts.
- To use 10-inch precut squares: compare Forest Stars and Quilted Grove, both made for the Forest Glen precut challenge.
- To plan a larger quilt: compare the finished dimensions and construction details for the medallion, throw, and block-of-the-month projects. The editorial contents page provides finished sizes for many projects, but not for Marbles.
Where can you get the issue or a project pattern?
The complete physical issue is the most direct route to its full printed pattern collection. The publisher’s shop lists the Spring 2026 issue as QM-00199; check the seller’s page for current stock before ordering.
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Gather in the Garden has additional access routes: its official quilt-along page offers the project through the Spring issue, an individual PDF pattern, or the digital issue. The project uses Tilda’s Sunday Brunch collection; its page specifies 5 yards of solid cream plus particular floral fat quarters among the materials. Check that page for the complete requirements and current access options: Gather in the Garden Quilt-Along.
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