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Making
an Appliquéd Quilt, How to make an Appliqué Quilt.
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| About Appliquéd Quilts
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Appliquéd quilts are fun to
make. You can make any thing from a little square with an apple on
it for your teacher, to a giant quilt of a beach scene to hang on your
wall at your beach home. One quilt might take you 4 hours to make, yet the
beach one might take 4 months to make, either way, they are both quilts
made with love and care, and have meaning or memories. |
| Best Fabric to Use - |
The best type of fabric to use
for appliquéd quilts are: Light weight to Medium weight cottons of calico
prints, solids, and plaids. Flannels also work nice. Stay away from
any fabric that stretches, these fabrics will not work well with appliquéd
quilts. |
| Easy type of Pattern - |
An easy type of pattern would
be appliquéing simple shapes to a piece of fabric. There is a link below
for a free pattern of an easy small appliquéd quilt with full color
photographed directions. |
| Difficult type of Pattern
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A more difficult pattern would
be like the one in the photo above. This pattern required many
pieces to be appliquéd on, much of them were small and more difficult to
sew on. |
| Cost & Fabric Usage - |
Cost and Fabric usage depends
on how large your finished quilt will be. You can make quilts as
small as one that will go on the back of high back chair. If you have
enough "scraps" and small pieces of fabric laying around the house with
some batting, then it will only cost you your time. Other quilts
that are larger, and more detailed could end up being quite costly. But
once your project is done, the awesome outcome is well worth it. |
| Comments - |
With this type of quilt, one
can be soooooo creative!!!! Try drawing your quilt on paper first, or
doing a computer image, then cut out your fabric, zigzag around the edges,
and finish up your awesome quilt. |
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