| Quilting - this is something you can have fun with and | | | | * Pins- beaded head |
| use it too. Fun, well don't we all like to stay warm in | | | | * Design for block quilt |
| extreme conditions, sit in a warm quilt and watch | | | | * Rotary ruler |
| television. | | | | ASSEMBLING A BLOCK QUILT: |
| Add some really true blue colors to that quilt and fabric | | | | Block quilt is nothing but a quilt that is simply designed. In |
| that makes you feel extra comfy. With heart felt | | | | simple terms, one design on a selected block in sewed |
| trueness - there's no better feeling than to be able to | | | | on after the other in similar fashion till the desired size |
| utilize one's own self created product. | | | | is accomplished. |
| Today machines have overpowered our lives beyond | | | | A block can be called as the unit for the quilt. Here |
| imagination and yet if you were able to have | | | | below are some steps that could make your block quilt |
| something that you can claim to be handmade | | | | making experience much easier. |
| wouldn't express be an achievement of sort. | | | | 1) Get the fabric ready: washing the fabric separately |
| Quilters like us can have that distinction, yeah almost | | | | is a prerequisite. That is if you want to ensure that |
| handmade, as we would require a sewing machine. If | | | | there is no color loss or shrinking fabric dilemmas later. |
| the craft of quilt making is to be kept alive then the | | | | Let it dry and then proceed to iron the material once |
| responsibility will have to be shouldered by some of us | | | | you have sprayed starch to it. Make sure that the |
| thus a start to finish education in very essential for that. | | | | material is entirely dry and hard sans wrinkle. |
| Quilts can be either the simple ones or the more | | | | 2) Cutting of fabric: Take the fabric and put over a |
| elaborative designed ones, the latter being for the | | | | place mat in the form of a heap one over the other. |
| more experienced quilters. Starters always have a | | | | Then take a measurement scale and slash 2 inches X |
| query as to what's the simplest form of quilt making | | | | 2 inches pieces using a rotary cutter. Create as many |
| and it is - a basic block quilt. | | | | pieces of out the fabric depending on the dimension of |
| But what they forget to inquire "How to make block | | | | the quilt that you'd like o make. |
| quilt for starters?" Sorry if you are looking for an as | | | | 3) Assembling a Block: Once you have the pieces |
| easy answer, there can be a whole think fat book | | | | stitch them all to make a bid square or a simple block. |
| written on this matter and I can talk about it for ages. | | | | Carry on sewing to make multiples of identical blocks. |
| Right now though no lengthy explanations, here is a | | | | 4) Piecing: This process will see you create the |
| primary guidance for those looking to start and finish a | | | | wanted dimension of the quilt once all the blocks have |
| hassle free project. | | | | been stitched together. |
| List of tolls and supplies required : | | | | 5) Batting: The batting material should be placed above |
| * Customary sewing machine | | | | on the piecing. The upper side of your piecing should |
| * Spray starch | | | | face the mat while the sewed portion along the batting. |
| * Rotary cuter | | | | Take the lining material above it. |
| * Embroidery needles - general size 12 | | | | 6) Quilting: take the help of a sewing machine to stitch |
| * Iron | | | | all 3 layers with one another. For first time learners its |
| * Needles | | | | recommended that stitching take place on and around |
| * Cutting mat | | | | a primary block while those who have prior knowledge |
| * Quilt batting | | | | may select extravagant patterns. |
| * Fabric in 4 colors or 4 shades. | | | | 7) Binding: All sides of your fabric should be binded. |