When the climb is poured outside the window and turn yellow, it's time to do the most autumn needlework - quilting. Today we have prepared for you Tips for blogger Sherry McConnell and several learning video. What you need to stop afraid and start sewing.
1. Choose patterns of large parts.
The thing from large flaps you will collect much faster than from hundreds of small. In addition, you will have to make less seams, which will reduce the likelihood of error. Well, moreover, more details and long seams are easier forgive by small flaws.
Photo: toa.st, patchworkharmony.blogspot.co.uk
2. Start with squares or rectangles
It is worth taking a breakdown to the world of triangular elements - and you will meet there stretching, displacement edges that cannot be neatly connected. So for your first job, select the most simple forms - squares and rectangles. They are easier to sew among themselves.
3. Collect things from finished parts
There are many different shapes and sizes on sale for sale. Select a pattern that can be folded from such parts and you will save your watch in preparation. In addition, the perfectly chopped blanks are easier to connect, and if you still make small mistakes, they will not fit on the imperfection of the details and will not be as noticeable.
4. Go to the master class
Even one master class or course for beginners will teach you the basic principles of patchwork sewing and help to enjoy a new hobby, and not to make banal mistakes once. If there is no opportunity to go to the real lesson, look for online courses, there are also there.
Well, for those who do not want or have no opportunity to spend strength and time on paid lessons, we have gathered several videos from YouTube, which will introduce you to the basics of patchwork.
Video from the canal, which is maintained by a large Australian company for the production of goods for quilting Seweasy. About what tools and how to cut the cloth on strips and squares.
A large and detailed sewing lesson blankets from square parts from the Professor Pincushion channel. Ideal for newbies who love to plunge into real work.
Video about how to sew things in The Coin Quilt technique. The project is even easier than dressed from squares, besides, the authors deserve confidence: the canal leads the largest American magazine about patchwork sewing.
Pleasant creativity and cozy autumn evenings!
A source