Not only traditional rugs and blankets are created using the patchwork technique. This art form allows almost everyone who has at least a little learned to operate a sewing machine to realize their creative potential. Before you start sewing exquisite curtains and luxurious panels, you need to learn how to cut and fasten individual motives together. One of the main elements is a square.
It is necessary
- - the cloth;
- - picture;
- - graph paper;
- - ruler;
- - pencil;
- - scissors;
- - roller knife;
- - cardboard;
- - tape measure;
- - calculator.
Instructions
Step 1
Draw the outlines of the product on graph paper. If this is a lined bedspread, you can immediately cut out the bottom layer from the fabric. Decide how long and wide your creation will be. Based on this, calculate the size of the square. Try to calculate so that all slices fit an integer number of elements.
Step 2
Make a mold out of thick, thin cardboard. Strictly observe the perpendicularity of the sides. It is convenient to start building a square from one of the corners. Set aside equal line segments on adjacent sides. Using a tailor's square and a metal ruler, draw perpendiculars to the marked points until they intersect. Use the same metal ruler to cut the mold with a boot knife.
Step 3
It is not worth cutting fabric squares using a cardboard pattern. It is needed for completely different purposes - allowances are ironed on it. Make a pattern from any sheet of paper. Circle the cardboard square and add about 0.75 cm on each side if you have a new model. For old Podolsk typewriters, it is enough to leave an allowance of 0.6 cm. The difference is due to the fact that when the foot is lowered, the difference between its edge and the needle point is not the same.
Step 4
Count the number of squares from each fabric. Lay one piece of fabric, wrong side up, and trace around the paper pattern. Cut the element straight along the lines. This can be done with ordinary tailor's scissors or a roller knife. Similarly, cut out squares from other shreds. It is desirable that the sides of each motif correspond to the directions of the warp and weft. If this is not possible, try so that the threads of the fabric of all motives are located at the same angle to the side of the square.
Step 5
Your further actions depend on the way in which you are going to sew the product. To sew the elements on a typewriter, fold 2 squares right sides to each other. Align the slices. If you have calculated the allowances correctly, then you just have to make sure that the edge of the foot goes exactly along the edge. When sewing by hand, iron the seam allowances on the wrong side. The stitches should fit exactly into the fold line.
