How to Make an American Quilt
Gather your materials., Determine your fabric needs.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Gather your materials.
It's much easier to sit down and relax for an afternoon's quilting session if you have everything within reach of your comfy chair.
Get everything together, grab a glass of lemonade, and let's get started.
You'll need:
Red, white, and blue fabric Needle and thread Pins Tailor's chalk or pencil Measuring tape Iron Scissors Quilt batting Embroidery floss -
Step 2: Determine your fabric needs.
This quilt is made up of sets of 9 blocks, three squares across.
Each square is 2 inches (5 cm) across and wide.
There is a 1 inch (2.5 cm) border along all sides, including the edges.
So, it's 8 inches (20 cm) for each block, and then an extra 1 1/2" (3.8 cm) for the end borders.
Knowing this, how many squares do you need for your quilt? If you want a quilt that's 8 feet (2.4 m) (2.4 m) long, that's 96 inches.
The closest you'll get is 12 blocks (12 x 8 = 96), plus an extra 1 1/2" for the border (97.5 inches in total).
If you want a quilt that's 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, that's 72 inches.
Great! That's 9 8-inch blocks, plus an extra border =
73.5 inches.
So, a 8x6 quilt requires 108 blocks.
If each block is 9 squares of fabric, that's 972 little squares of red, white, and blue.
Wow.
That's super patriotic of you.
Detailed Guide
It's much easier to sit down and relax for an afternoon's quilting session if you have everything within reach of your comfy chair.
Get everything together, grab a glass of lemonade, and let's get started.
You'll need:
Red, white, and blue fabric Needle and thread Pins Tailor's chalk or pencil Measuring tape Iron Scissors Quilt batting Embroidery floss
This quilt is made up of sets of 9 blocks, three squares across.
Each square is 2 inches (5 cm) across and wide.
There is a 1 inch (2.5 cm) border along all sides, including the edges.
So, it's 8 inches (20 cm) for each block, and then an extra 1 1/2" (3.8 cm) for the end borders.
Knowing this, how many squares do you need for your quilt? If you want a quilt that's 8 feet (2.4 m) (2.4 m) long, that's 96 inches.
The closest you'll get is 12 blocks (12 x 8 = 96), plus an extra 1 1/2" for the border (97.5 inches in total).
If you want a quilt that's 6 feet (1.8 m) wide, that's 72 inches.
Great! That's 9 8-inch blocks, plus an extra border =
73.5 inches.
So, a 8x6 quilt requires 108 blocks.
If each block is 9 squares of fabric, that's 972 little squares of red, white, and blue.
Wow.
That's super patriotic of you.
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