Making such a product, especially for the first time, will take a lot of free time and patience. Patchwork operations are simple, but they require accuracy and perseverance.
Instructions
Step 1
Patchwork is a patchwork sewing that helps to usefully attach the scraps of fabrics left from large works and at the same time diversify your interior with a stylish and functional thing. If you perform all the stitches with accuracy, as well as harmoniously select fabrics, the bedspread in this technique will look much better than the factory one. For work, flaps of various sizes and colors are useful, the texture and composition of the fabric can also be combined. Sections are selected harmoniously in color and pattern, and then sewn into a single canvas. For beginners, it is better to first master simple things and simple techniques, the bedspread is one of those.
Step 2
When making any thing using the patchwork technique, there are several types of it. "Traditional" - the creation of a whole canvas from individual patches. The front side of the product will be made using the patchwork technique, and the wrong side will be made of a whole piece of fabric. In this style, bedspreads, pillowcases, potholders are usually sewn. "Crazy-patchwork" is the use of curved stripes, irregular shapes, appliqués while sewing. The seams are then masked with braid, ribbons, beads, lace. This technique is used to make clothes, accessories, decorative panels. "Knitted" - means the use of patches not made of fabric, but knitted specifically for this on a machine or by hand, crocheted or knitted. Most often, bedspreads, clothes, bags are made from knitted patchwork. In the "Japanese" style, only geometric shapes and silk fabrics are used. And the "Quilting" technique involves the manufacture of two-layer products with padding between them from padding polyester. For quilting things using this technique, you need special paws for a sewing machine or great manual dexterity.
Step 3
In this case, the stitching technique is also different. The most common and simplest of all is Quick Squares. For work, they take 4 types of matter and sew them first in pairs, and then with each other, forming a sleeve or pipe. An angle of 45o is measured on it, first from the top edge, then from the bottom, forming squares. Aquarelle requires at least 7 fabrics to combine square patches from light to dark. From a distance, this is very similar to the effect of painting in watercolor. For the strip-to-strip technique, the product is not assembled from squares, but from strips. In this case, the stripes can be laid with rhombuses, zigzags, ladders or corners, depending on the idea.
Step 4
To cut the fabric evenly, you will need a template that is best made from thick cardboard. When cutting, you need to take into account a seam allowance of 1-1.5 cm. To find out the required number of squares, you need to measure the length of the bed on which the bedspread is sewn and divide by the size of the resulting template. If you can't get an even number, it's better to round up the number of templates. The material should be prepared - washed and ironed. When sewing, you need to use only high-quality threads, carefully telling the details with each other with pins. After the fabric is sewn, you need to iron the seams on the seamy side. You can then put a layer of padding polyester between the lining and the patchwork. For this required size, the synthetic winterizer is pinned to the patchwork part with pins, a lining is placed on top and also cleaved with needles. They are stitched very carefully, seam to seam, so as not to spoil the assembled patchwork with unnecessary lines. The pins are removed as the sewing proceeds, after the entire blanket has been quilted, it is ironed again on both sides and begins to be used.
