Tips on Baby Girl Quilt Patterns

by admin on December 12, 2009

fish-baby-quiltMost young couple receives so many gifts such as baby girl quilt patterns when they are expecting a first child. These gifts include anything ranging from clothing, diapers to toys; in most cases the gifts are more than what the child really needs. But just like other things in life, good things in life cannot be bought. Such things are made with a lot of love by grandparents or other members of the family for the newborn. The best example in this case is a homemade quilt for a baby.

Mostly, the favorite baby girl quilt patterns include airplanes, choo-choos train , boats, duckys and alphabet patterns. These patterns provide the quilter detailed instructions of how the project will be completed and ideas of the things they need. In case you have ever made an attempt to make a blanket on your own, you may also want to take lessons which you can find at your local junior college or community center.
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Perfect Usages of Pre Quilted Fabric

by admin on December 8, 2009

pre-quilted-fabricIf you take a liking for sewing items for decorating your home, you will no doubt come across a pre quilted fabric once or twice along the way. Nevertheless, despite being referred to as a quilted fabric, the pre quilted fabric has other uses apart from being used as a quilt. You will discover that there are a numerous ways that the fabric can be incorporated into your projects even though it is originally meant for quilting. Perhaps you have scraps or leftovers, which you may wish to make use of? Maybe there is a whole bolt that you have and you want to get rid of. Despite the need you have, you will no doubt find that there are several ways of getting the pre quilted fabric from the closet then turning it into an ideal project.

Since it is heavier than the normal fabrics, you can use the pre quilted fabric to make great drapes. You should make sure that the fabric color suits the room, which you want to drape and then go ahead and get the sewing machine and begin sewing up. Perhaps you do not have enough fabric to drape the entire window. You can look for [click to continue…]

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hand-quiltingHere are a few ways on how to hand sew a quilt and make it a piece of art, which will make you feel like a real artist that you truly are.

Hand Quilting

In the olden days before the introduction of quilting machines, people knew how to hand sew a quilt with thread and a needle. Fortunately, this method can still be used in the current society. After you have decided on the pattern you want to be quilted on the quilt, draw the design on the fabric using your tracing pencil. Make sure that the tracing pencil is suitable for making marks on fabric, because that way you will be able to wipe it off once you are through.

The next step on sewing a quilt by hand includes sectioning the quilt into fours if the quilt is small, six when its size is medium and if the quilt is large, you may have to divide it into eight sections.
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Guide on Baby Quilt Sizes

by admin on November 30, 2009

baby-quiltDetermining the correct baby quilt sizes, is the biggest dilemma for many people when making baby blankets or quilts. Though there are no legally set rules in record in terms of setting baby quilt blanket or baby blanket size, the size of the blanket should be considered before undertaking such a project.

When considering the dimension and size of the baby quilt you are to make, you may want to consider factors such as standard sizes of a baby crib because this is one of the ideal places where the quilt will be in use.

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Steps on How to Make Simple Quilt

by admin on November 26, 2009

make-simple-quiltAlthough quilting can sometimes be very frightening especially since crafters believe that it requires a lot of precision and intricate skills, the trick is to know how to make simple quilt. It is true that complicated design quilts require skills, but there are other quilts, which can be made by anyone so long as you can sew a line that is straight.

Required Materials:

  • 2 pieces of cloth of a similar width and each should be 2 yards long.
  • 1 piece of batting that has the same width and length or muslins (4 yards)
  • Sewing machine
  • Synchronizing thread
  • A pair of scissors
  • Needle

Steps on how to make simple quit
The first guideline on how to make simple quilt is to wash your quilt  fabrics and the muslin in case you need it; wash [click to continue…]

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