Quilting is a very popular craft to get involved with. People want to create beautiful hand-made items to give as gifts and decorate their own home. However, piecing together complicated quilt patterns can be difficult for those that are not very artistically capable. Another solution is creating a super easy picture quilt. Materials for the Picture Quilt In order to construct a picture quilt, you will need the following materials: 1. Fabric 1 ½ times the area of the finished quilt 2. Alternate fabric ½ the area of the quilt 3. Sewing thread that matches 4. Embroidery floss 5. Quilt batting The first type of fabric will be used to construct both the back of the quilt, and the non-stitched squares on the front of the quilt. The second
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You will be stitching only the lines of the image and not any shading or patterns for this easy picture quilt. Your images should follow a theme for the best results. A picture quilt for a young girl could include flowers and butterfly pictures, one for a boy could have pictures of trains or dinosaurs. A woman may prefer cats or angels, and a man may like fishing lures or sport car outlines. Constructing the Picture Quilt The first step in making your easy picture quilt is cutting out an arranging all of the fabric squares in an easy checkerboard pattern. After you know how big you want your blanket, and how many image squares you have to make, you can find images that you wish to stitch. Using a washable fabric pen, chalk, or any other removable method, you should transfer the image patterns to the blank color squares. Then, with a needle threaded with the entire strand of embroider floss, simple stitch all of the lines in each image. After all of your stitching is done, you must assemble the quilt by sewing together the squares. Layer the squares, the quilt batting, and the back of the quilt and stitch all together. Make sure you leave enough of the backing fabric to fold over the edges and make a …show more content…
Have you ever wondered how long it takes to make such a creation? Have you ever considered making your own quilt? If so, here is a brief overview of the quilt construction process. A quilt is simply a three-layer fabric "sandwich" in which the three layers are connected in some way. The top layer is the most decorative. Most quilts are pieced in some pre-determined design out of geometric shapes and various colors. The piecing is most commonly done by sewing machine these days, although there are still some quilters out there who piece by hand. In addition to pieced quilts, there are appliqué quilts, which are more valuable because of the greater time involved in creating them. These quilts feature curved fabric pieces applied to the quilt top background to provide a more pictorial design than pieced quilts. Like piecing, appliqué can be done by machine or by hand, with the latter method being much more time-consuming. Once the quilt top is completed, there is still much work to do. The quilt top must be layered with the batting in the middle and the backing to enclose it. Cotton batting is the most traditional choice, but today's quilter has other options including polyester, wool, silk, bamboo, and even blends. Although it is tempting for beginners to use a bed sheet as the backing for a quilt, this is not a good choice because the thread count will most likely be too high and make the quilting step
You will be stitching only the lines of the image and not any shading or patterns for this easy picture quilt. Your images should follow a theme for the best results. A picture quilt for a young girl could include flowers and butterfly pictures, one for a boy could have pictures of trains or dinosaurs. A woman may prefer cats or angels, and a man may like fishing lures or sport car outlines. Constructing the Picture Quilt The first step in making your easy picture quilt is cutting out an arranging all of the fabric squares in an easy checkerboard pattern. After you know how big you want your blanket, and how many image squares you have to make, you can find images that you wish to stitch. Using a washable fabric pen, chalk, or any other removable method, you should transfer the image patterns to the blank color squares. Then, with a needle threaded with the entire strand of embroider floss, simple stitch all of the lines in each image. After all of your stitching is done, you must assemble the quilt by sewing together the squares. Layer the squares, the quilt batting, and the back of the quilt and stitch all together. Make sure you leave enough of the backing fabric to fold over the edges and make a …show more content…
Have you ever wondered how long it takes to make such a creation? Have you ever considered making your own quilt? If so, here is a brief overview of the quilt construction process. A quilt is simply a three-layer fabric "sandwich" in which the three layers are connected in some way. The top layer is the most decorative. Most quilts are pieced in some pre-determined design out of geometric shapes and various colors. The piecing is most commonly done by sewing machine these days, although there are still some quilters out there who piece by hand. In addition to pieced quilts, there are appliqué quilts, which are more valuable because of the greater time involved in creating them. These quilts feature curved fabric pieces applied to the quilt top background to provide a more pictorial design than pieced quilts. Like piecing, appliqué can be done by machine or by hand, with the latter method being much more time-consuming. Once the quilt top is completed, there is still much work to do. The quilt top must be layered with the batting in the middle and the backing to enclose it. Cotton batting is the most traditional choice, but today's quilter has other options including polyester, wool, silk, bamboo, and even blends. Although it is tempting for beginners to use a bed sheet as the backing for a quilt, this is not a good choice because the thread count will most likely be too high and make the quilting step