https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/pracising-stitches-on-my-new-nachine • Posted by helena m.
this quilt was made by me and is still in process,it was a way of using up all my offcuts of material and having a go at diffrent tensions,and different stiches,some worked and some didn't,some were a disaster!!!but have found a happy medium......this king of thing has allowed me to see where the boundaries of my sewing machine lies......and i am happy to do this for a while while i learn about my machine...then i shall move onto clothes........this has cost me under a fiver to make and will post the rest of the process when i have finished sewing all the squares together and of course IRONED IT!!!!!
this quilt was made by me and is still in process,it was a way of using up all my offcuts of material and having a go at diffrent tensions,and different stiches,some worked and some didn't,some were a disaster!!!but have found a happy medium......this king of thing has allowed me to see where the boundaries of my sewing machine lies......and i am happy to do this for a while while i learn about my machine...then i shall move onto clothes........this has cost me under a fiver to make and will post the rest of the process when i have finished sewing all the squares together and of course IRONED IT!!!!!
take one to four bundles of material cut offs from your nearest charity shop,i like to use oxfam....this will be big enough to make a chair quilt,just bog enough to cover the back and seat and keep the back warm......
cut the materials into strips,the first set will be 1.25" widethe second will be 1.5" wide,the third will be 1.75" wide and the final strip will be 2" thick......using a quarter of an inch seam allowance sew the strips together in any configuration you like
Iron these strips on the reverse,making sure the the seams are pressed towards a darker fabric but it doesn't always work that way......(don't have a fit if the edges don't come up straight!!!!!!!)lay the strips on the cutting board...and cut them on the 45 degree line and cut one line,rotate the material and keep the point at the top of the triangle and cut the other side to create a striped triangle........
after cutting the striped material,get out some more pre-ironed material(i prefer plain material as a contrast but thats my choice)line up the straight egdged material and cut out as many 7" squares as you can handle at one time....lay the squares on a board and cut them corner to corner to create triangles........line up the striped triangle to the plain triangle and again allow a quarter of an inch for a seam allowance and sew together....
Iron the patch flat with the seam laying against the plain fabric rather than the patterned stripe......it will look something like this........
line up the patches stripe to stripe,making sure that the striped part makes a triangle.....and then do this three times creating three patches,sew these together creating a strip of triangles,don't worry if it doesn't match exactly(being a bit wonky is part of its charm!!!!!)
very carefully line up the tips of the striped triangles point to point... pin in place and sew the strips together...keep going like this until the strps are 6 squares wide,which will give you the width...but you can add to it two squares at a time to get the width you would like..and then finally sew each strip togther,to create the optical illusion and pattern....when you have finished you will have the original pattern.....thats all i've got for the minute until the project is ready to be backed........but here's an idea,,,cut out some 3" wide stripsand use them as a way of straightening up the edges,iron the whole thing flat before adding the batting on the back.....pick out what you want to use as a backing for the wuilt...i tend to use up everything thats left just randomly stitched together to create the back....to be continued.......