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

All about Quilting

Makery

Covering all sorts of crafts, from sewing to

jewellery making, Kate Smith’s Makery is a

beautifully presented collection of projects.

Inspired by the classes held at The Makery craft

workshop in Bath, each project has detailed

instructions to help you to create gorgeous

gifts, accessories and homewares. Published

by Mitchell Beazley, RRP £14.99. For more

information, visit http://www.octopusbooks.co.uk.

70 Beginner’s Guide to Quilting

Step 7฀฀0OSITION฀THE฀TIE฀FASTENING฀ONTO฀

THE฀OUTER฀FABRIC฀HALFWAY฀UP฀THE฀

RIGHT

HAND฀SIDE฀EDGE฀,INE฀UP฀THE฀SHORT฀

UNFOLDED฀EDGE฀WITH฀THE฀RAW฀EDGE฀OF฀

THE฀OUTER฀FABRIC฀.OW฀PIN฀THIS฀IN฀YOUR฀

DESIRED฀POSITION

Step 8 Set your machine to the longest

stitch setting and machine stitch all the

WAY฀AROUND฀EACH฀EDGE฀WITH฀A฀CM฀

IN   ฀SEAM฀ALLOWANCE฀^1

BINDING AND FINISHING

Step 9฀฀&OLD฀THE฀BINDING฀IN฀HALF฀

LENGTHWAYS฀WRONG฀SIDES฀FACING฀,AY฀

THE฀MAKE

UP฀ROLL฀FLAT฀IN฀FRONT฀OF฀YOU฀WITH฀

THE฀OUTER฀FABRIC฀UPWARDS฀3TARTING฀IN฀

THE฀MIDDLE฀OF฀THE฀BOTTOM฀EDGE฀LAY฀THE฀

BINDING฀ON฀TOP฀STILL฀FOLDED฀IN฀HALF    ฀

LINING฀UP฀THE฀RAW฀EDGES฀0IN฀ALONG฀TO฀

THE฀FIRST฀CORNER฀-ACHINE฀STITCH฀WITH฀A฀

CM฀IN    ฀SEAM฀ALLOWANCE฀MAKING฀

SURE฀YOU฀STOP฀STITCHING฀CM฀IN    ฀BEFORE฀

REACHING฀THE฀CORNER฀3ECURE฀YOUR฀

STITCHING฀AND฀REMOVE฀THE฀FABRIC฀FROM฀

THE฀MACHINE฀^2

Step 10฀฀&OLD฀THE฀BINDING฀AT฀THE฀CORNER฀

AND฀PIN฀DOWN฀THE฀LENGTH฀OF฀THE฀SECOND฀

SIDE฀IN฀EXACTLY฀THE฀SAME฀WAY฀.EXT

MACHINE฀STITCH฀FROM฀THE฀FOLDED฀EDGE฀

DOWN฀THE฀SIDE฀AGAIN฀STOPPING฀CM฀

IN    ฀BEFORE฀THE฀END฀2EPEAT฀UNTIL฀

YOURE฀BACK฀WHERE฀YOU฀STARTED฀

For those who don’t like

rooting around in their

handbag for their lippy,

this make-up roll is the

ideal solution!

Step 11฀฀4RIM฀THE฀BINDING฀END฀SO฀THERES฀

A฀CM฀IN  ฀OVERLAP฀^3

Step 12฀฀&OLD฀THE฀BINDING฀OVER฀THE฀RAW฀

EDGES฀OF฀THE฀ROLL฀4URN฀UNDER฀THE฀RAW฀

EDGE฀OF฀THE฀BINDING฀SO฀THAT฀IT฀JUST฀

COVERS฀ALL฀THE฀STITCHING฀n฀ABOUT฀CM฀

IN    ฀0IN฀IN฀PLACE฀ALL฀THE฀WAY฀AROUND฀

THE฀FOUR฀SIDES฀OF฀THE฀ROLL฀THEN฀SLIP

STITCH฀

IN฀PLACE฀BY฀HAND

NEED A HAND?!

(^) Step by step: machine stitching, p29
(^) How t o m a ke bi nd i n g, p a ge 6 3
(^) All about quilting, page 66
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