Winter 2026

Welcome to Issue One! Dear Quilting Friends, Can you believe it? After dreaming, planning, stitching (and unpicking a few seams along the way), we’re absolutely thrilled to bring you the very first issue of Press Quilt! This magazine was made with you in mind, the quilters who stay up too late finishing “just one more…

Creamy Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup An easy, crowd-pleasing recipe designed to keep quilters fueled and sewing machines running long past bedtime. This Cheese Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage & Spinach is the ultimate quilt-retreat lifesaver! It is warm, hearty, and ridiculously easy to make. With just five simple ingredients, this one-pot wonder delivers big, cozy…

What To Expect at Your First Quilt Retreat There’s a special kind of magic that happens when you pack up your sewing machine, toss a few favorite fabrics into a tote, and step away from everyday responsibilities for a quilt retreat. Whether it’s hosted at a cozy lodge, a local community center, or a buzzing…

Julie Letvin of Me & My Stitches A look inside Julie’s creative journey and the family stories that inspire her work. If you’ve ever wandered through a quilt show, stopped mid-stride, and leaned in to study a tiny quilt block tucked inside a pendant, something so impossibly precise you wondered whether tweezers and superhero vision…