subject: Learning How To Quilt - Some Tips To Guide You Through Quilting [print this page] Quilts have been around for so many years and it does exist not only for the comfort and warmth it gives but also for its beautiful and amazing designs. If you are interested in learning how to quilt, here are some tips to make it a lot easier for you.
- Play around in choosing your design. If you are artistic and you have a design in mind, then, you can put that into paper if that helps. However, if you are not that confident enough in starting with your own design, you can find some resources online having tons of easy quilt designs to start with.
- Explore the art of applique. The applique is done by attaching and sewing a shaped fabric onto another to create designs and patterns. It can also be done by overlapping these pieces of fabric. They are generally sewn but you can also bind them together with adhesive and you can do the applique by hand through sewing or gluing or by machine as well.
- Explore designing your quilt with embroidery. You can also incorporate embroidery into your quilt design, in fact, most quilters use embroidered design into their quilt pattern to enhance its beauty. Embroidery can be done by hand but with the new technologies, it can also be done by embroidery machines as well. Of course, if learning how to quilt is an enough challenge to start with, of course, you can learn the embroidery later.
- Choosing your fabric. If you are just learning how to quilt, you may want to start with a 100% cotton fabric. Cotton fabric is easy to work with so you can start with it. Some fabrics may also contain cotton but are mixed with other synthetic materials, but they also come in different colors to choose from, so if you have a certain color combination in mind, you may want to get those mixed fabrics as well.
- Choosing colors for your fabric. Colors for quilt designs are usually warm colors such as orange, red, purple and yellow but you can also make use of cool colors such as the shades of blue and green. You may not want to use the very bright and neon colors though. Of course, your color choice depends on where you want to put your quilt. If you want to put your quilt to make a warm look on your living room, then you can choose the warmer colors.
- Quilting can be done by hand or by a sewing machine and the choice depends largely on your preference. You can do it by hand if you want to preserve the tradition of hand quilting, but you can also do machine quilting as well, which is a lot easier and faster.
Start with these tips on learning how to quilt. You can also find many resources online to help you have a detailed guide on how to quilt and how to make your own design.
