Teaching quilting
03-25-2012, 12:16 PM
#14
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I taught a friend. She wanted to make a quilt for her mom. Lessons were brief and frequent and closely scheduled together.
Day 1: peruse multiple patterns (that I had preselected) and pictures and pick a "doable" quilt
Day 2: shop for fabrics (I took home, washed and ironed)
Day 3: cut fabric
Day 4, 5, 6: make blocks
Day 7: layout blocks and sew rows together
Day 8: finish piecing top/pin/quilt (we used walking foot and very simple pattern)
Day 9: Bind
She had a good time, learned how to make a basic block and her mother loved the quilt. I made sure that the quilt pattern wasn't too difficult and the fabric wasn't too expensive.
Day 1: peruse multiple patterns (that I had preselected) and pictures and pick a "doable" quilt
Day 2: shop for fabrics (I took home, washed and ironed)
Day 3: cut fabric
Day 4, 5, 6: make blocks
Day 7: layout blocks and sew rows together
Day 8: finish piecing top/pin/quilt (we used walking foot and very simple pattern)
Day 9: Bind
She had a good time, learned how to make a basic block and her mother loved the quilt. I made sure that the quilt pattern wasn't too difficult and the fabric wasn't too expensive.
03-25-2012, 12:26 PM
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Find a pattern rated "easy" and go from there. Visit any fabric manufacturer website, they have many free patterns you can download. I find teaching with a pattern is very simple. The pattern tells them what size to cut the pieces, all that's left for you to do is roam the room and help as they have questions. On the first day show them rotary cutting how-tos, and explain a few terms, such as "fat quarters" or "scant 1/4"" and go from there!
03-25-2012, 03:38 PM
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Alison
03-25-2012, 04:14 PM
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I just taught my girlfriend how to quilt. Picked a simple pattern and I stressed 4 things:
1) Cut Accurately
2) where the magic scant 1/4" seam is
3) pressing (not ironing)
4) if your piecing is a bit off, don't sweat it, you will improve with practice.
She finished her first one and has 3 more planned. She even bought a new machine!
1) Cut Accurately
2) where the magic scant 1/4" seam is
3) pressing (not ironing)
4) if your piecing is a bit off, don't sweat it, you will improve with practice.
She finished her first one and has 3 more planned. She even bought a new machine!
04-30-2012, 07:14 AM
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Location: Mt. Vernon, VA
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Update! We started yesterday, and everyone on this post and this site has been so helpful! We started by choosing the fabric and the pattern (nine patch). It is from my stash (inherited from my mother) and my friend has a real eye for color. We spread her choices out on the floor, and she played around with them until she came up with a combination she liked. THEN - I had her press all the fabric (with explanation of why press rather than iron - more important when we get the blocks made, but a good starting point!) and she started cutting out the strips. It was a blast! Thank you all again, and I will post a picture when we are done! Trene (formally TeaHess)
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