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QUILT TERM DEFINITIONS

 

SWATCHES

SMALL PIECES OF FABRIC CUT WITHOUT MEASURING EXACTLY

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         FOR OUR PURPOSES THIS IS WHAT YOU END UP WITH AFTER YOU SEW FABRIC SWATCHES TOGETHER

AND THEN CUT OUT A SQUARE WITH A TEMPLATE

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    THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE AFTER YOU SEW  TOGETHER FABRIC INTO A DESIGN OR QUILT PATTERN

WHEN USED IN A QUILT THEY ARE USUALLY 8”-10” OR 12” IN SIZE FOR A REGULAR SIZED QUILT

MINIATURE PROJECTS OR DOLL QUILTS WILL VARY IN SIZE

“BLOCKS” CAN BE SEWN INTO A QUILT BLOCK TO USE IN A QUILT PROJECT OF YOUR CHOICE

FACE SIDE

THE PRINTED SIDE OF YOUR FABRIC

ROUGH CUT

THIS SAVES TIME AND EFFORT

YOU DON’T ALWAYS NEED TO MEASURE BEFORE YOU CUT YOUR FABRIC

         SWATCHES ARE QUICK TO CUT AND THEY ARE EASIER TO HANDLE THAN CUTTING WITH TEMPLATES FROM LARGE YARDAGES

FOR SWATCHES-- CUT ABOUT 1” AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE TEMPLATE -ONCE YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE SIZE OF

SWATCHES YOU NEED YOU CAN JUST CUT MORE SWATCHES WITHOUT THE TEMPLATE

YOU DO NOT NEED TO MEASURE

- JUST HACK OFF A PIECE- IT CAN BE RAGGED EDGED  IT DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE YOU WILL TRIM THE EXCESS LATER!!!

TO  MEASURE FOR  THE BACKING FABRIC

PLACE YOUR PIECED TOP FACE DOWN ON THE FACE UP BACKING FABRIC--CUT ABOUT (NOT EXACTLY!!) 1”-2” AWAY FROM

THE EDGES -- YOU WILL TRIM THE EXCESS AWAY LATER IN THE DIRECTIONS -- THIS MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO BE SURE YOU ARE

NOT GOING TO HAVE APIECE OF FABRIC  THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CUT TOO SHORT

. WHEN YOU WORK ON YOUR PIECING- THE FABRIC CAN SOMETIMES SHRINK IN PLACES DUE TO SEAMS

SOMETIMES NOT BEING EXACTLY ¼” OR A BLOCK NOT BEING EXACTLY STRAIGHT

IF YOU ROUGH CUT THEN YOU WON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS LATER ON BECAUSE YOU WILL TRIM

THE FABRIC TO MATCH THE PIECED TOP.   THIS SAVES WEAR AND TEAR ON YOUR NERVES AS WELL AS TIME

 THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPENT TAKING OUT SEAMS AND RESEWING

FOR POCKETS FABRIC---USUALLY USED IN CHECKBOOK COVERS OR BILLFOLDS

 

TO ROUGH CUT YOUR FABRIC

 

1. FOR THE WIDTH NEEDED CUT THE FABRIC  THE WIDTH OF YOUR PIECED TOP + 1”OR 2” ON EACH END

2. FOR THE LENGTH--MOST POCKETS WILL BE ABOUT 8”WHEN FOLDED THIS BECOMES A 4” UNFINISHED POCKET

SO ADD 1” OR 2” TO EACH END SO YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR CHANGING THE SIZE OR ANY MISTAKES

THAT MIGHT OCCURBUT MAKE SURE YOU READ THE DIRECTIONS FOR THE SIZE NEEDED

FOR THE POCKETS FOR THE PROJECT YOU ARE MAKING--THEY MAY VARY