WHAT IS A QUILT? A quilt is a type of bed cover, traditionally composed of three layers of fiber: a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding and a woven back, combined using the technique of quilting. “Quilting” refers to the technique of joining at least two fabric layers by stitches or ties. In most cases, two fabric layers surround a middle layer of batting (cotton, polyester, silk, wool or combinations of fibers) which is a lighter, insulating layer.quilting layerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilt

MY FIRST QUILT - VARIETY

VARIATED BLOCK QUILT IN REDS & BLUES

TYPES OF QUILTS Patchwork quilt Trapunto Applique Pattern quilts Clothing Accessories

Patchwork Quilts A patchwork quilt is a type of quilt in which the top layer of material is made from many small pieces of fabric pieced together in a patchwork pattern.patchwork

PATCHWORK WITH EMBROIDERY

Patterned Quilts

TRAPUNTO Trapunto quilting (Italian for "to embroider"), also called stuffed technique, is a quilting technique that is quite decorative in that it utilizes at least two layers, which is padded from the underside. This produces a raised surface on the quilt.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapunto en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapunto

Trapunto Design

APPLIQUE’ Appliqué is a crafting technique in which pieces of material are mounted to another base material. It is often used in quilting to create bright and distinctive designs, and it may also be used to dress up clothing, or make unusual placemats and potholders. Appliqué is a very old art form, and examples of appliqué which are hundreds of years old can be seen in museums all over the world. It is also very easy to learn appliqué, although it can take a long time to become a master of the art.base materialplacemats

Applique’ Sample

USED CLOTHING Blue jeans of different colors make beautiful and warm quilts and other accessory items. Collect your t-shirts to make a memory quilt.

Thing 2 quilt – Dylan’s baby clothes

FABRICS Most quilts are made from100% cottons Silk Wool Used clothing Original quilts were made from scraps of fabric from other projects or pieces from worn out clothing – nothing was wasted.

BUYING YOUR FABRIC By the yard Fat quarters Jelly rolls Using old clothes or scraps

Batting Basics Basic quilt batting terms: Batting/Batt: sheets of carded fiber, natural or synthetic, used to provide warmth and substance to a quilt or garment. This term appears to have come into use in the late 1800 ′ s. Padding: usually a loose material used to add comfort to something, such as cotton stuffed in a mattress, or the feathers in a pillow. Loose padding or wadding is used in trapunto work. Wadding: traditionally, carded cotton sold in sheets; literally, any soft material used for stuffing or padding. This historic term is still commonly used in the U.K. a quilting distance closest to your pattern.

Batting continued Loft: High: Loft is the thickness of the fluffed batting. A high loft is anything above 1/2 inch, and the highest lofts come in the polyester batts. Very high lofts are more suitable for tying than hand or machine quilting. Polyester batts are warmer when their loft is left high. Loft: Medium: The fluffed batting is somewhere between 1/4 – 1/2 inches. A common batt loft for machine and hand quilting, it shows considerable dimension. The warmth factor tends to increase with loft, but close quilting will reduce actual loft for the finished product. Loft: Low: Any batt under 1/4 inch is a low loft batt. Low loft batts are easy to hand or machine quilt. Less dimension may show in quilt work, but low lofts offer the most traditional look. Provides all-season lightweight warmth, but a wool batt with a low loft may be warmer than a medium loft polyester batt. Quilting Distance: The distance between rows of quilting stitches which will keep this batting from shifting or bunching. This varies radically depending upon the material involved. When selecting a batt, bear in mind the type of quilting you are hoping to use on the project. Select a batt with

Quilts Tell a Story What are the Elm Creek Quilts novels? The Elm Creek Quilts novels are a series of books written by Jennifer Chiaverini. They are published as hardcover originals by Simon & Schuster. The series currently includes sixteen titles: The Quilter's Apprentice (1999) Round Robin (2000) Circle of Quilters (2006) The Quilter's Homecoming (2007) The New Year's Quilt (2007) The Winding Ways Quilt (2008) The Quilter's Kitchen (2008) The Lost Quilter (2009) A Quilter's Holiday (2009) The Aloha Quilt (2010) The Christmas Quilt (2005) The Sugar Camp Quilt is a book about slavery, the Underground Railroad, and the aboloishinists. Directions were disguised in quilts. Slaves traveling the underground railroad would remember the clues in the quilt to find the next ‘station.’

REUNION QUILT – O’LEARY’S WITH PICTURES

MEMEE’S 90 TH BIRTHDAY QUILT

JANET’S DRAWINGS QUILT

Our military families

Quilts – a Community Event Amish Quilts Quilts and other cloth-based narrative art are part of many cultures. Made by hand -- often collaboratively -- using familiar materials such as scraps of clothing, quilts are both personal and communal objects. Quilting continues to be largely a home- based form of women's artistic expression. Quilts can be works of art as well as stories through pictures. They also tell a story about their creators and about the historical and cultural context of their creation (quilting bees, historical and personal events) through the choices made in design, material, and content. Heighten your students' awareness of how quilts tell stories that reflect the lives of the people who create them, and that record the cultural history of a particular place and time.

Amish Appliqué Quilt

Amish Cathedral Window

Amish Log Cabin Star Variation

WHAT IS A QUILTING GUILD An organization of quilters which may provide opportunities to share projects, instruction and community service. glossary.html There are many quilting guilds in Stafford County. They each have a community project meeting, business meeting and fun.

WHAT IS A QUILT SHOW? A Quilt Show is an event to enter your quilts for judging and/or sale. You must belong to a quilt guild to qualify for entry. The better the quilter you are, the more shows you will be in and the more blue ribbons you will collect. Materials, patterns, sewing machines, etc. are usually sold at quilt shows. It costs to get into as a displayer and as a visitor.

GRANDMOTHER’S GARDEN

WAGON WHEEL

BIRD DETAIL IN YELLOW LOG CABIN QUILT

BIRD LOG CABIN QUILT

TURTLE QUILT

WINDMILL

WINDMILL AND LIGHTHOUSES

“MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME”

NOAH’S ARK QUILT FOR JAKE

EMBROIDERY DETAIL – IRIS QUILT

IRIS QUILT

“WHOSE SHOES”

HALLOWEEN WEB

Detail – baby quilt

YOUR TASKS Design a 12” square for a quilt Design 6 fabrics using construction paper and colored pencils Construct your square using your paper “fabrics”

Making a Quilt Construct your square design using fabric from our closet – use only the cottons Someone at your table will sew all the squares together to make a large square Someone in the class will sew all the large squares into a quilt The class will assist with putting the quilt in layers, tying and binding the quilt

WHAT TO DO WITH THE QUILT Hang somewhere in the school? Donate to homeless? Donate to charity? Sell chances and donate money to a worthy cause? Other suggestions?