Beginner's Guide To Quilting - UK (2020-04)

All about Quilting

Start to Stitch

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Step 5 Layer the backing fabric,
WADDING฀AND฀FRONT฀PIECE฀TOGETHER฀TO฀
MAKE฀A฀QUILT฀SANDWICH฀0IN฀THE฀THREE฀
layers in place. Place pins in each
corner, in the middle, and in the
MIDDLE฀OF฀EACH฀SIDE฀4ACK฀AROUND฀
EACH฀EDGE฀WITH฀A฀NEEDLE฀AND฀THREAD฀

Step 6 F o r e a c h o f yo u r fo u r p i e c e s o f
binding fabric, fold both of the long
EDGES฀INWARDS฀BY฀CM฀^3 / 8 in) and press
THEM฀DOWN฀0LACE฀A฀LONG฀BINDING฀
piece along one of the long edges of
the quilt (right sides together) and pin
ALONG฀THE฀FOLD฀4ACK฀ALONG฀THE฀FOLD฀LINE฀
AND฀THEN฀SEW฀WITH฀A฀CM฀^3 / 8 in) seam
ALLOWANCE฀2EPEAT฀THIS฀PROCESS฀FOR฀THE฀
other long edge.

Step 7฀฀฀&OLD฀THE฀BINDING฀OVER฀TO฀THE฀
back of the quilt and pin it in place.
,INE฀IT฀UP฀CAREFULLY฀TO฀COVER฀THE฀
STITCHING฀4ACK฀THE฀BINDING฀IN฀PLACE฀
AND฀REMOVE฀THE฀PINS฀-ACHINE฀SEW฀IT฀IN฀
PLACE฀WITH฀MATCHING฀THREAD฀2EPEAT฀
this step to secure the other long edge.

Step 8฀฀฀&OLD฀DOWN฀THE฀SHORT฀END฀OF฀ONE฀
of your shorter binding pieces and

TACK฀IT฀IN฀PLACE฀WITH฀ONE฀SIDE฀FOLDED฀

DOWN฀AND฀ONE฀SIDE฀OPEN฀AS฀SHOWN฀

Step 9 Line up the folded end of the

BINDING฀WITH฀THE฀END฀OF฀ONE฀OF฀THE฀LONG฀

edges of the quilt that you bound in

STEP฀฀0IN฀THE฀BINDING฀DOWN฀THE฀SHORT฀

edge along the fold as before. At the

other end, cut off any excess binding,

LEAVING฀A฀CM฀^3 / 8 IN    ฀OVERHANG฀

Step 10 Fold back the end you just

trimmed by 1cm (^3 / 8 in) and tack the

binding on as you did for the long

SIDES฀-ACHINE฀SEW฀THE฀LONG฀EDGE฀OF฀

the binding. Repeat steps 8 to 10 on

THE฀OTHER฀SIDE฀4URN฀THE฀BINDING฀TO฀THE฀

back of the quilt and tack it in position.

Step 11฀฀฀/VERSEW฀ALONG฀THE฀CORNER฀

THEN฀TURN฀THE฀QUILT฀AND฀OVERSEW฀ALONG฀

THE฀SHORT฀EDGE฀AS฀BEFORE฀4AKE฀THE฀

tacking stitches out and trim all the

ends of thread.

Step 12฀฀฀4HREAD฀A฀NEEDLE฀WITH฀BRIGHT฀

thick embroidery thread and tie the

quilt together by tying a series of knots

THROUGH฀ALL฀OF฀THREE฀LAYERS฀,EAVE฀A฀BIT฀

OF฀TAIL฀THREAD฀SHOWING฀AT฀THE฀FRONT฀FOR฀A฀

DECORATIVE฀EFFECT

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(^) Step-by-step: machine sewing, p29
(^) How to make binding, page 63
(^) How to tie a quilt, page 58
(^) Glossary, page 18
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