| While the history of quilting is fraught
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| | quilting for the beginner to advance from
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| with many examples of possible origins
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| | the crude patchwork designs to the more
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| dating back as far as biblical times with
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| | unique quilting block styles, such as
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| the story of Josephs 'Coat of Many
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| | this nine patch quilt called a shoo fly.
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| Colors', it is generally agreed that the
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| | While there are many hundreds of
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| more traditional American/European had
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| | variations of the nine patch quilt, the
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| it's start with the patchwork quilts in
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| | shoo fly is great quilting for the
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| the 1780's. Patchwork quilts in essence
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| | beginner to start out with. As for the
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| were quilting for the beginner, in that
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| | history of quilting the shoo fly nine
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| scraps of cloth were sewn together to
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| | patch quilt, it appears first around the
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| provide clothing and blankets as a matter
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| | 1870's. You will notice that there are
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| of scarcity and necessity.
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| | two basic shapes, a square and a triangle
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| The very first patchwork quilts used for
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| | which will both be important permanent
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| blankets were layers of cloth sewn
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| | rotary cutter templates that will be used
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| together with a few strong running
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| | in quilting other nine patch quilts for
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| stitches. These primitive patchwork
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| | beginner to expert. The shoo fly is named
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| quilts according to the history of
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| | after a child's rocker having the seat
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| quilting resembled the thick and
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| | built between two flat sides cut in the
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| cumbersome pallets which were slept upon.
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| | shape of an animal.
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| Due to the difficulty in stitching the
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| | Never before in the history of quilting,
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| many layers together the quilting frame
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| | have the techniques used for this pattern
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| was invented.
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| | been used for quilting with the beginner
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| Progress in technology deeply affected
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| | in mind. Most experienced quilters will
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| the number and styles of patchwork quilts
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| | tell you when they did their first nine
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| made during the middle years of the
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| | patch quilt like the shoo fly, they
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| 1800s. The industrial revolution, the
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| | learned how to cut a square in half
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| turning point in the history of quilting
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| | diagonally once or twice in order to get
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| brought about the most dramatic change as
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| | their half-square triangles. However,
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| textiles came to be manufactured on a
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| | this method is not accurate
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| broad scale. This meant women no longer
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| | mathematically and with one wrong move,
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| had to spend time spinning and weaving to
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| | you could wind up with two (2) or four
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| provide fabric for their family's needs.
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| | (4) different sizes. It is difficult to
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| By the 1840s the textile industry had
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| | place the ruler diagonally in the exact
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| grown to the point that commercial
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| | center of each corner while preventing
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| fabrics were affordable to almost every
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| | the material from moving or splitting
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| family. As a result quilting for
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| | apart, when having to cut twice on the
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| beginners became widespread.
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| | diagonal.
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| Another major shift in the history of
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| | Every quilter knows that cutting strips
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| quilting was in the style of patchwork
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| | are not always an exact science.
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| quilts made. Although a few earlier
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| | Sometimes it is hard to read the same
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| quilts were made in the block style,
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| | measurement time after time, and to
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| quilts made up of blocks were uncommon
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| | continually have to re-align the edges as
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| until around the 1840s. With so many
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| | the material starts getting off the mark
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| fabrics being manufactured quilting for
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| | after so many cuts. When I did my own
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| beginners created their blocks with a
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| | first nine patch quilt, I would often
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| delightful variety of fabrics.
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| | open up the strip only to discover that I
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| During this period the invention and
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| | had a "wave" in the middle of the strip
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| availability of the sewing machine
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| | from inaccurate folding. It was after
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| contributed to the history of quilting.
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| | many years of trial and error that I came
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| In 1856 The Singer Company started the
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| | up with these exclusive techniques and
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| installment plan so that more families
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| | quilting secrets that will have you
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| could afford a sewing machine. Many
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| | quilting your own award winning nine
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| patterns were created with the beginning
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| | patch quilt in no time.
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| quilter in mind. By the 1870s a good many
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| | There will be no guessing games when it
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| households owned a sewing machine. This
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| | comes to setting shapes together, as you
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| affected patchwork quilt making in two
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| | will cut all the points with the
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| ways. First of all women could make
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| | permanent rotary cutter template material
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| clothing for their family in much less
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| | for easy piecing, which eliminates the
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| time, leaving more time for patchwork
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| | "dog ears" and makes the margin of error
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| quilt making. Secondly they could use
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| | practically non-existent. You will also
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| their sewing machines to make all or part
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| | be able to slash your preparation time in
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| of their patchwork quilts. More often the
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| | half so you can have more time and
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| sewing machine was used to piece nine
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| | greater satisfaction to create more
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| patch quilts but occasionally the
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| | beautiful quilts.
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| patchwork quilting was done with the
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