I’m again with one other enjoyable video in my Quilting 101 collection. At present we’re speaking all about cloth! Discovering cute quilt patterns is simple, however selecting the right cloth for these tasks can usually be the toughest half! In as we speak’s video, I’m going to stroll you thru my course of for selecting cloth for my quilty tasks.
We’ll speak about how I pull materials, how I audition them, and the way I give you a remaining plan so I’m prepared to stitch! Needless to say my “remaining plan” can usually change as I’m stitching too!
Be happy to make use of the following tips as a place to begin, however in the long run, select what you like!
Watch my Methods to Select Cloth video right here:
Tip 1:
Begin by pulling materials within the colour scheme you wish to sew your challenge in. Simply seize issues that catch your eye, and which have the vibe or feeling you need on your challenge. Lay all of them out on a desk so you’ll be able to see all of them collectively.
Tip 2:
Audition your cloth pull to see how they appear collectively. I’ll usually lay them out on my desk overlapping each other to ensure they don’t conflict. I attempt to hold my materials so they’re comparable in tone, both “cool” or “heat”. After which I do my greatest to ensure the materials mix effectively, and that every part goes collectively properly, particularly materials that can be facet by facet. I additionally attempt to be sure that I’ve sufficient distinction in my cloth picks. I additionally recommend ensuring you might have slightly colour “pop” so doesn’t learn as one comparable colour with no pleasure or motion.
Tip 3:
I wish to dwell by the rule of thumb that enormous prints are for big cuts, and small prints are for small cuts. This isn’t a die-hard rule, nevertheless it’s often an effective way to get began. I wish to fold or unfold the material, so they’re in regards to the approximate dimension they are going to be represented in my remaining challenge. Generally a print will look nice when it’s folded properly right into a fats quarter. However then while you use it in a big space, the design is simply too overwhelming. Laying them out as near their remaining dimension as potential is an effective way to keep away from this! You probably have a tiny little 1″ sq., utilizing a big print can be pointless as a result of you’ll lose the design altogether. Equally, when you use a small print for a really giant space, it may be overwhelming and infrequently really feel prefer it’s simply “an excessive amount of”. I additionally like to make use of the bigger prints for my backings as effectively. They’re excellent for taking over a number of house and letting the design actually shine! That mentioned, I’ve additionally used smaller prints for my backings as effectively, so simply go along with your intestine and select what makes you cheerful!
Tip 4:
Don’t overlook to fussy minimize! Fussy reducing is just selecting a selected space to chop out so {that a} specific motif can actually stand out. Fussy reducing is absolutely for materials which have particular motifs on them, a design you could clearly establish and minimize out. (An all-over print isn’t often good for fussy reducing as a result of irrespective of how you narrow it, the design seems to be the identical.) A fantastic use of this method is, for instance, a sawtooth star block. They often have a pleasant plain sq. middle, and fussy reducing a cute motif in order that it’s centered in that sq. is the right technique to let that design shine! Fussy reducing can be lovely in English Paper Piecing! Maintain fussy reducing in thoughts when selecting your materials.
Tip 5:
After you have chosen your materials, get began reducing and stitching. Don’t be afraid to vary issues as you go! Generally the material I selected for a selected space simply doesn’t look good as soon as I get to that step, so I modify it. I additionally like to pick out my binding on the very finish as soon as the challenge is completed. I’ll lay the quilt out on prime of my binding cloth choices, with just a bit little bit of the material exhibiting on the sting to see if I prefer it. I attempt completely different materials this fashion till I discover one thing that properly frames my completed challenge.
Tip 6 The Most Vital Tip!
Make sure that to have enjoyable! You’re answerable for your individual tasks, and if one thing makes you cheerful, go for it!
Listed below are a couple of of my Quilting Tutorials on-line:
Right here’s a crash course on precuts:
- Fats Quarter: Fats quarters are often 18” x 22’’ cloth cuts.
- Fats Eighth: These are half of a fats quarter, so that they measure 9” x 22”.
- Layer Cake: (a.ok.a stackers) 10” x 10” sq. cloth cuts.
- Allure Pack: 5” x 5” sq. cloth cuts.
- Sweet Packs: (a.ok.a. mini-charms) 2.5” x 2.5” sq. cloth cuts.
- Jelly Roll: 2.5” x approx. 42” strips. They’re often the size of the width of material (WOF).
- Honey Bun: 1.5” x approx. 42” strips (WOF).
- Dessert Rolls: 5” x approx. 42” strips (WOF).
- Honeycombs: These are newer to the precut world and are 6” hexagon precut shapes.
- Turnovers: These are triangle formed precuts. At the moment they arrive in 10” and 6.5” half sq. triangles.
