I can't really , in all honesty , call this a tutorial . Making any quilt , regardless of size , by the paper-piecing method , is foolproof .
Tightrope walking needs skill , balance , confidence and years of practice . All you'll need to make a miniature quilt is patience and a certain degree of accuracy .
There are thousands of patterns you could make , but it might be a good idea to begin with one using squares
Once you've decided which one you're making , you'll need to photocopy squared paper , scaling it up to give the size square you want ( half an inch or more is comfortable to work with ) and cut into separate bits
Then make a cardboard template ( make more than one , actually , since they tend to go AWOL under sofa cushions ) making it large enough for a quarter inch seam allowance which might seem a lot but , believe me , you don't want fraying at this point !
Cut squares , using template . Repeat about 400 times .
Tack each square round a little square of paper to make a patch .Oversew patches to each other
either at random
or according to pattern chosen .
Stop when you've had enough or the quilt is big enough for a doll's house bed or tiny doll .
Unpick the tacking stitches round each square and remove paper . Hold it up to a strong light to find any lurking remaining papers ( there will always be one ) .
Bind the quilt and back it ..... My Aunt June , for instance , does wonderful tutorials about how to finish a quilt , if you don't know how .
Sit back and admire . But beware ! It's addictive .
11 comments:
Thank you so much for this!!!!! I think I may give it a go! I'll keep you posted if I go for it!
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Stop when you've had enough...
I stopped at about "and cut into separate bits." I am an admirer, not a maker.
I made one of those in hexagons when I was about 16 but stopped as it was so hideous (my colour sense was not developed in those days I think). My mother finished it for me decades later as a 'present'.
ps. don't know which of you just left the hilarious comment about the candlelight and chilled rose but thank you. you've given me food for thought. which is good, seeing there isn't a lot of food.
Fabulous! So glad you showed your hand to give a sense of the real tiny-ness of the patches.
Ummm, my hand would have given a different scale, I think. Farming stock and all that...
Quite fancy a go at this but may need new glasses to cope. Very impressed with your patience, not least in cutting all the tiny bits.
I'm with June on this. But I do admire your handiwork.
I'm impressed by the intricacy, and the patience it must require, rather like the tiny portraits which were once so coveted, but with the added serenity of a certain regularity of creation.
Just think - if you didn't remove any of the papers, you'd have a flag that needs no breeze!
The miniature bit would put me off these days - too fiddly for words! (By the by, I've pposted the Easter bonnet today, just for you!)
If you say so.
I am not keen on acquiring an addiction of this sort, give me chocolate, or films, or blogging, or gardening. . . . .
I'd love to have a go. A doll's house quilt would satisfy my creativity I think.
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