Blankets sewn from separate pieces of fabric are considered to be the constant companion of everyday life of old grandmothers and the fruit of their simple needlework. However, modern craftswomen do not disregard such a wonderful technique for making things. Patchwork style earned love for a reason, because it allows you to create truly unique things. At the same time, there is nothing difficult in sewing blankets from scraps with your own hands, but you will need perseverance, patience and your creative imagination.
Patchwork Technology History
A method of making things from pieces of cloth arose, as researchers say, in England. The first mention of it dates back to the 11th century. Further, this truly magical needlework spread throughout the world. Indeed, from simple scraps of matter you can get real paintings, patterns, magnificent interior decorations, original clothes.
What is required for work
If you are planning to create a patchwork quilt, a master class will help you cope with this task. First of all, you need a multi-colored cotton printed fabric to create a bright pattern. The back side of the product can be made of plain fabric. Getting started, you need to calculate the size of the future things. Optimally, if it will be 141 x 164 cm. A synthetic winterizer is suitable as a padding. Two types of thread are required: sewing and for stitches.
Methods for creating colorful things
Even from a variety of pieces of fabric can turn out a bright masterpiece. To do this, you need to think about the design of the product. It can be like a kaleidoscope of
geometric shapes or a picture created by the application method. Before you sew a blanket from shreds, you need to make patterns that are cut out of cardboard. Then, according to the finished pattern, individual fragments of the future thing are cut out. The resulting elements (squares) are carefully ground together. For more experienced needlewomen, the quilting technique is suitable. It involves the use of blocks from circles, triangles. If you settled on round figures, then to connect them you will have to look for the middle of the seam. This is done simply. The fragment is folded in half, fingers are held along the fold line. Similarly, you need to do with the second part. Both are placed one on top of the other so that the front sides are inward. The edges of the elements are combined and cleaved with pins. If the edges of the fragments are curved outwards, then the notches applied to the seam allowances will help. So you can correctly connect the pieces of fabric so that all points and the place of the bend match. To get it neatly, start stitching the details from the side that has a flatter rounding. Pins are removed only after the seam is completely finished. If your blanket is made of square scraps, then their sides can have dimensions of 11 x 11 cm. The number of elements depends on the estimated size of the product. For example, 112 fragments are made.
Patterns of blankets from pieces of fabric
There are many ways to create colorful things from pieces of fabric. Here you can safely rely on your own imagination. But if you need a drawing from which you can push off, the tips of the craftswomen and books that tell you how to sew a quilt from shreds, product designs will help. After the individual fragments are prepared and stitched, they must be sequentially combined into a single canvas. Most often, the shape of the square is selected. Initially, blocks are formed from several motley elements stacked together. Then stripes are created, each of which includes 5 large squares. To get a planned picture, you need to follow the colors laid down in the scheme. In accordance with this, pieces of fabric alternate. After that, they merge into the big picture, the stripes are sewn into a square canvas. A border is sewn to decorate the overall pattern.
Shutdown
Our patchwork quilt should be very beautiful and neat. A drawing may resemble suns, turntables, applique with characters from a children's fairy tale. But for the finished thing to come out, all its parts must be sewn together. To do this, lay out the fabric prepared for the back. On it is a synthetic winterizer, and on top of it is a motley part sewn in the style of a patchwork. All the resulting three layers must be chopped with pins and stitched. Sweep them, moving from the center to the corners. The quilt should be quilted along the border of the pattern at the seam seams. In conclusion, you need to trim the excess matter and trim it with the edge. Now the thing has acquired a finished look. There is another method of how to create a quilt from shreds, each of which is sewn from fragments of fabric and a piece of synthetic winterizer. But this option requires more labor compared to the method already described above. Each box is sewn separately. Then a strip of eight elements is laid out of them and sewn from the wrong side to each other. It turns out 14 stripes. With the help of a machine, all fragments are connected into two canvases of 56 squares each. Then they need to be put one on the other face down and sew together. At the same time, you need to leave 20 cm to turn the blanket out.
Some useful tricks
Getting to the preparatory phase of the work, it is important not only to decide on the pattern on the back of the product, but also on the filler. In addition to synthetic winterizer, a patchwork quilt can be insulated with down or batting. If someone sews in the family, there will certainly be pieces of matter. If not, you can buy leftover fabric in a store on sale. Be sure to select fragments that have a similar texture. In conclusion, you can use ribbons or decorative inserts to decorate the product. Only novice craftswomen should not complicate their task and adhere to the geometric shapes of tissue fragments to lay out the pattern. Connecting the four elements into one block, you need to pierce all the points at which they converge, with a needle into which the mercerized thread is worn. The result is square knots. At the end, grinding and edging are performed.