[Nfb-krafters-korner] Sewing/quilting

[Lillie Pennington via Nfb-krafters-korner]

Hi. Could you take smaller pieces of different shapes and combine them to make a flower or some other shape? I am not sure this can be done but it could be a fun advanced project.

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> On May 28, 2014, at 9:37 AM, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Ashley, I believe there has been some discussion on this list about piecing a quilt top of some sort.  We have to give Joyce time to recover, but she and I have talked about a class to piece something small like a bag or pillow case.  Joyce has much more experience than I.  Sewing the pieces can be done by hand or on the machine.  Squares are the simplest, but quilt piecing can be very creative, an art unto itself, to say nothing of the sewing over all that Annette describes.
> 
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Carr via Nfb-krafters-korner" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> To: "'Ashley Bramlett'" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>; "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Sewing/quilting
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> 
>> Ashley,
>> 
>> Sewing pieces of material together is one aspect of quilting.  Another part
>> of it is the technique used to keep the front, back and filling in place.
>> Sometimes this involves using small lengths of some type of thread, string,
>> yarn, etc to tie knots in some type of pattern.  The knots are threaded
>> through all layers of the quilt.  Another technique and the most popular is
>> when stitches are sewn over the surface of the quilt through all of its
>> layers in a pattern.  This pattern could be parallel lines running
>> horizontal, vertical or diagonally, parallel and perpendicular lines to form
>> a grid or series of boxes, or even curved lines or circles can be used. It
>> is up to the quilter and what they want their finished quilt to look like.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Annette
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----