How Do You Cut Patchwork Shapes For Quilts?
If you have ever thought about taking up quilting then you have probably wondered how those beautiful quilts come to be. The process doesn’t have to be a slow one and the most tedious part really isn’t all that hard if you know how to do it. Cutting patchwork shapes for quilts is actually pretty simple if you follow the easy steps below. Before you actually get to the cutting you will need to pick your fabrics. The beauty of a patchwork quilt is that you don’t need to run out to your local craft supply and buy yards and yards of fabric that all complement each other. You can use scrap materials found around your home, even old T-shirts or that ugly pair of curtains you received as a house warming gift. Now that you have all of your colors it is time to decide what patchwork pattern you would like for your quilt. The basic patchwork shapes for quilts are squares, rectangles, diamonds and equilateral triangles. You can choose the traditional one patch design that is random pieces of the