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From: crin54
Date: 08-08-2006, 08:24 AM (1 of 2)
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my 4 yr old son is in LOVE with the movie Cars (Disney/Pixar) so i bought some Cars fabric from EBay and decided that I would try to make him a quilt from it, actually i am going to try to make 2 ( one for my 16 month old too). I was planning on just doing 6" squares with a 6" border around the whole thing. I know about the whole 1/4" seam allowance and all. I was going to just back the quilt with the cars fabric and on the front alternating red and blue squares with a blue border around the whole thing on the front and there are 6 cars characters that i am going to cut out and fuse (amd maybe sew around) onto the squares. i am planning on 'birthing' the quilt where you sew around the front back and batting and then turn it right side in and blind stitch the opening. then i think i may tie knots through the 3 layers at each square's corners. i am looking for any tips for it all before i start with the quilt and the fusing i was also looking for tool suggestions like favorite brands for fusing and rotary cutters etc. thanks, corinne |
User: crin54
Member since: 08-07-2006 Total posts: 1 |
From: HeyJudee
Date: 08-08-2006, 09:04 AM (2 of 2)
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Hi Corinne, welcome to SWN. The plans for your quilt sound great. Here is a web-site that has videos about quilting. She even has one about birthing a quilt. THis may give you some help with what you want to do. http://easymade.com/video_basic.html Another site I usually refer people to has put pages from Singer's Quilting Bible on-line. That was the first quilting book that I bought and used to learn quilting. This may help you too. Look under "Projets" where they have an article on Nine-Patch block which sounds like the type of quilt that you would be making. http://www.fabriclandwest.com/quilters%20corner/quilters_corner.htm Applique is the method that you would use to put the cars on the blocks. The method I would suggest is to use fusible web, such as Steam-a-Steam, or Wonder Under (which I get at a quilting store or at Walmart). Here is a site that explains how to do applique with fusible web. Just one thing, you need to use a teflon pressing sheet or, if you don't one, then I would recommend pressing between sheets of parchment paper to prevent getting any fusible on your ironing board and iron. Then you would sew around the edges either using a blanket stitch or a satin stitch. http://www.prairiegrovepeddler.com/pressingsheet.html Hope this helps. TTFN from
Judy |
User: HeyJudee
Member since: 01-25-2005 Total posts: 1366 
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