How Do You Quilt With A Regular Sewing Machine?
• Choose a simple block shape to sew. Diagonals work well, as do crazy quilt designs. Keep in mind that you’ll be limited to straight sewn lines in your designs (as you would have in a foundation pieced block). • Various squares You’ll need two sizes of squares, one an inch (2.5cm) bigger all around than the other. The beauty of this is that you can do all of your cutting with a rotary cutter using your regular cutting rulers if you like. The large squares will be used for the backing fabric. The small squares will be used for your batting and top pieces. The squares used in this example were 7 inches (17.78cm) and 5 inches (12.7cm) square respectively, making the larger square two inches (5cm) longer per side. • Center a batting square on the “wrong” side of your larger backing square. You’re now ready to place the first block pieces on the top. • Starting with your first piece Place the first block piece on the batting, face up. If you want adjacent blocks to line up exactly, make a
• Choose a simple block shape to sew. Diagonals work well, as do crazy quilt designs. Keep in mind that you’ll be limited to straight sewn lines in your designs (as you would have in a foundation pieced block). • Various squares You’ll need two sizes of squares, one an inch (2.5cm) bigger all around than the other. The beauty of this is that you can do all of your cutting with a rotary cutter using your regular cutting rulers if you like. The large squares will be used for the backing fabric. The small squares will be used for your batting and top pieces. The squares used in this example were 7 inches (17.78cm) and 5 inches (12.7cm) square respectively, making the larger square two inches (5cm) longer per side. • Center a batting square on the “wrong” side of your larger backing square. You’re now ready to place the first block pieces on the top. • Starting with your first piece Place the first block piece on the batting, face up. If you want adjacent blocks to line up exactly, make a
