Imagination and children go hand in hand. Making a children's quilt using novelty quilting fabric will provide hours of fun and endless imagination. They are fun to make, and the colors, characters and other fun children's imagines will provide hours of learning.
The first thing to decide before deciding on a pattern for the quilt, is the quilting material. Choose bright colors, and fun objects and shapes, and of course, novelty fabric. Materials can be a child's favorite cartoon, shape, or animal. They can be themed, or random.
Once the material has been selected cut them in five inch squares and begin putting them into a pattern by laying out the pieces on a table in the style they should be sewn. Correspond bright and colorful pieces with solid colors so colors are balanced. Lay the them onto a table in a nine patch formation. Start with a colorful doll or airplane piece.
The next row will be some type of color, without designs on it, below the novelty piece. A solid color, then some type of patch with squares or circles, and then a solid color. The last row will be a fabric with airplanes, or a cartoon, followed by a solid in the middle, and another airplane or animal fabric.
Now that the design is laid out, start sewing. Begin with the beginning two left pieces of the top row. Pick them up wrong side out and put them lay them together on the sewing machine. Sew a one quarter of an inch seam, but just to one side. Do the same with the middle left pieces in the middle row. Repeat the same size seam. Repeat for third row.
Once finished, there should be three pieces left on the table. Take the pieces already sewn together and place them face side up on the table. Take the loose patch on the top right and place it wrong side out on top of the middle piece for final sewing. Go back to machine and sew a quarter inch seam. Without leaving the machine, take the next loose piece and place it wrong side up on top of the next row piece, as was done previously on the table. Sew and repeat to the last row, and finish sewing.
With the rows still attached, heat an iron, and begin pressing the nine patch, face side up. Once pressed begin joining the rows by sewing a seam. To do this fold one of the rows wrong side on top of the next row, and sew a quarter inch seam. Do the same to the last row. Press with iron again, and the nine patch block is finished.
Measure the nine block. Fourteen inches should be the measurement. Place a ruler, straight up and down the block, at the 7 inch marker. Cut in half. Place one of the cut pieces long way on the measuring board, and see that it measures at fourteen inches. Cut it in half. Do the same with the other half piece. Once cut, place the four pieces on the table in the original pattern. Flip each piece the opposite way. By doing this a whole new, colorful pattern is created for the quilt. Sew the four pieces together using previously described method. Create the rest of the quilt by using the same novelty quilting fabric block method.
The first thing to decide before deciding on a pattern for the quilt, is the quilting material. Choose bright colors, and fun objects and shapes, and of course, novelty fabric. Materials can be a child's favorite cartoon, shape, or animal. They can be themed, or random.
Once the material has been selected cut them in five inch squares and begin putting them into a pattern by laying out the pieces on a table in the style they should be sewn. Correspond bright and colorful pieces with solid colors so colors are balanced. Lay the them onto a table in a nine patch formation. Start with a colorful doll or airplane piece.
The next row will be some type of color, without designs on it, below the novelty piece. A solid color, then some type of patch with squares or circles, and then a solid color. The last row will be a fabric with airplanes, or a cartoon, followed by a solid in the middle, and another airplane or animal fabric.
Now that the design is laid out, start sewing. Begin with the beginning two left pieces of the top row. Pick them up wrong side out and put them lay them together on the sewing machine. Sew a one quarter of an inch seam, but just to one side. Do the same with the middle left pieces in the middle row. Repeat the same size seam. Repeat for third row.
Once finished, there should be three pieces left on the table. Take the pieces already sewn together and place them face side up on the table. Take the loose patch on the top right and place it wrong side out on top of the middle piece for final sewing. Go back to machine and sew a quarter inch seam. Without leaving the machine, take the next loose piece and place it wrong side up on top of the next row piece, as was done previously on the table. Sew and repeat to the last row, and finish sewing.
With the rows still attached, heat an iron, and begin pressing the nine patch, face side up. Once pressed begin joining the rows by sewing a seam. To do this fold one of the rows wrong side on top of the next row, and sew a quarter inch seam. Do the same to the last row. Press with iron again, and the nine patch block is finished.
Measure the nine block. Fourteen inches should be the measurement. Place a ruler, straight up and down the block, at the 7 inch marker. Cut in half. Place one of the cut pieces long way on the measuring board, and see that it measures at fourteen inches. Cut it in half. Do the same with the other half piece. Once cut, place the four pieces on the table in the original pattern. Flip each piece the opposite way. By doing this a whole new, colorful pattern is created for the quilt. Sew the four pieces together using previously described method. Create the rest of the quilt by using the same novelty quilting fabric block method.
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