Make & Love Quilts: Scrap Quilts for the 21st Century

Make & Love Quilts: Scrap Quilts for the 21st Century

Mary Katherine Fons

Language: English

Pages: 128

ISBN: 1607058626

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


To warm the heart, soul, and bedroom, this how-to book, Make & Love Quilts with Mary Fons, features a stunning collection of 12 quilts specifically sized to fit beds (queen and king). Constructed from Mary's favorite fabrics for a modern aesthetic, the quilts are classified as scrap quilts and have an undeniable beauty. These quilts may take time to finish, but can be completed by any quilter who has passion for sewing no matter what her skill level. So go ahead, make a quilt for someone special because few things say I love you more than a handmade quilt.

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40) and the quilt assembly diagram (below). 1. Sew together the blocks, alternating north-pointing Geese and east- and west-pointing Geese. 2. Assemble the blocks in quadrants to reduce the number of long rows you need to sew together. TIP The arrows in Northbound never point south, always north, east, or west, except in the border. This helps as you arrange blocks on your design wall as well as when you start joining rows: if you find a block pointing down, you’ve got something turned.

Side borders and then the top and bottom borders. FINISHING If you need help with finishing, take a look at Putting Together the Layers (page 33) and Finishing Up (page 35). 1. Sew together yardage or scraps as needed to make the backing 4˝–10˝ bigger on all sides than the quilt top. 2. Layer the backing, batting, and quilt top. Baste and quilt as you please. 3. Create French fold binding in black fabric. Sew the binding to the quilt. 4. Greet your love with a smile. RUM RAISIN MADE.

Finishing, take a look at Putting Together the Layers (page 33) and Finishing Up (page 35). 1. Sew together yardage or scraps as needed to make the backing 4˝–10˝ bigger on all sides than the quilt top. 2. Layer backing, batting, and quilt top. Baste and quilt as you please. 3. Create French fold binding in black fabric. Sew the binding to the quilt. 4. Take a nap, for heaven’s sake! TIP I suggest not laboring much over the quilting on this quilt because it won’t show up. The patterns are.

Consistency is key. If you prewash some fabric but not all of it, there may be unpleasant puckering or general unevenness when you wash your quilt; the prewashed fabric will launder differently than the fabric that is being washed for the first time. If I were making a white and red quilt, I would probably prewash my fabrics. Red dye is prone to bleeding (even the good stuff), and next to snow white it could be tragic. Outside of a project like that, however, I find prewashing to be an.

Excellent ¼˝ guide; just keep the right edge of your piecing running right at that line. TIP Your sewing machine’s user guide is a beautiful thing. You can throw away the little book that comes with your toaster oven, but keep your sewing machine manual for as long as you have your machine, as it will give you ideas and help you when you have issues. Many sewing machine guides will suggest still other ways for you to check seam accuracy. Chain Piecing Because the quilts in this book have.

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