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Patchwork Quilting
Patchwork quilting is many things to many people, including you.
Whether novice beginner to professional… those of us that share a passion for patchwork and quilting have a desire to create beautiful quilted art. Whether functional quilts that warm our beds, or abstract pieces of art that adorn the walls of our homes, we all bring our lives, our experiences, techniques and passion to this craft of patchwork quilting.
While I have grown very comfortable with my online name of MaggieB, which I have had almost as long as I have been quilting, most of you, if you do know me in the real world know me as Marge Burkell.
In the 30+ years that I have been involved in patchwork quilting I have come full circle. I started out all those years ago wanting to make a quilt for the new baby on the way… that baby, my daughter Allison, will turn 30 years old this Saturday! Just last year I went full circle, back to “basics” as I started a fun and wonderful quilt for my new baby granddaughter, Alexis!
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BLUE RIBBON Patchwork Quilting Paper Pieced Quilts!
So now you are ready to start paper piecing your quilt!
But WHERE to get your patchwork quilting paper patches? Why HERE of course! Well at least for some of shapes and sizes. If you scroll to the end of this post you will find links to Diamonds, Hexagons, Triangles, and Tumbling Blocks. I have a sheet of each, covering 1″, 1-1/2″, and 2″. You are welcome to print them off, they are in pdf format, cut them out, and start YOUR paper pieced quilt today!
But, if you are like me, I am in much too much of a hurry (is that like an oxymoron when it comes to hand piecing a quilt?) to stop to cut all those pieces of paper out? Unless maybe its pretty paper? Anyway, I prefer to BUY my paper templates so I can get right to fondling my patchwork quilting FABRIC! Click on the MORE link so YOU can start fondling fabric too!
Patchwork Quilting PRESENTS: How TO Paper Piece Quilts
THANK YOU, all of YOU, for Staying TUNED for Patchwork Quilting now PRESENTS: HOW TO Paper Piece Quilts!
Some common paper piecing quilts you find throughout patchwork quilting are made of hexagons, as discussed, triangle, diamonds, and tumbler shaped patchwork quilting. The beauty is that the entire quilt is made of just one shape, one size! You just cut out [or purchase already for using] that finished shape by however many you will use in your quilt.
Then its just a matter of putting one paper patch to the back of a piece of patchwork quilting fabric that is at least 1/4″ larger all the way around, holding it in place, and basting that seam allowance down: Simply Click on the LINK BELOW for ALL the directions and diagrams! Read the rest of this entry »
Patchwork Quilting Paper Piecing Quilts
Let’s take a look at paper piecing your patchwork quilting!
First off I when I talk of paper piecing your patchwork quilting I am referring to English Paper Piecing as opposed to foundation paper piecing. English paper piecing quilts is a construction technique of basting over a paper foundation to hold and support the fabric pieces while sewing them together. This is all done by hand so can be accomplished anywhere as you don’t need a sewing machine at all… which makes it a great project for all those places you end up sitting with nothing to do! Think, waiting for your daughter to finish her dance lesson, sitting on the train into the city, watching television with your family, sitting poolside… the places are endless! Each place makes it difficult to have a sewing machine with you!
HISTORY of Paper Piecing Your Patchwork Quilting
English paper piecing quilts date back to hexagon Grandmother Flower Garden quilts as old as the 1770’s. The oldest one made is the United States is believed to date to 1807. In this type of piecing an individual piece of paper is cut to the finished size of each and every patch in the quilt.
Many times these papers were not all removed from the quilt. Newspapers, handwritten letters, etc. were often used for the templates so they make it possible to analyze some of these older quilts and determine their age by the papers themselves!Imagine peeking through a coming apart seam and seeing letters from your great-great-great grandmother! That is exactly how a lot of dating has been done with these paper piecing quilts!
It is an exciting journey through time to a day when our American ancestors did not have the luxuries of our modern conveniences… come and join the journey tomorrow… when we get into the HOW TOS and patterns YOU can use! The piece of paper piecing quilt is on exhibit at the State Museum of Pennsylvania. See the paper that was used to make, & date it!
NEXT we look at HOW to make paper pieced quilts and their templates! STAY TUNED!
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