Ferons / Saenz / Thompson Stylish Quilter

Traditional Craft for a Modern World
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-63741-477-4
Verlag: Landauer
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Join a trio of quilting experts as they show you how you can infuse a more modern aesthetic into your quilts. Authors Kiley Ferons, Megan Saenz, and Elyse Thompson present 20 quilting projects featured in the pages of Modish Quilter - from small projects for the home and quilted wall hangings to statement-making bed quilts - each piece celebrates the trend of modern quilt design. Each project includes full-size or easily resizable templates, step-by-step instructions including materials lists, fabric requirements, and pattern guidelines. Smaller quilt projects such as accents pillows allow you to strengthen your skills as you progress towards larger, more design intensive designs. Whether new or an experienced quilter, you'll appreciate the call-out sections and tutorials for specialized quilting skills and techniques including couching, rope sewing, English paper piecing, applique, and how to make specific traditional blocks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferons, Kiley

Saenz, Megan

Thompson, Elyse

Leseproben

II. Small Projects for Your Home

Usually when people think of quilting, they think of bed quilts. But there are so many other ways to use this art form—and one is to create smaller functional projects for your home. One of the great benefits of smaller quilt projects is that they don’t take as much time to complete and can be accomplished in a weekend or even one day. Sometimes you just need a quick and easy project to break up the large quilt projects. This section is full of fun, functional, and/or easy projects that you can use your quilting skills and knowledge to complete quickly. Dive in for fun projects that are sure to impress!

The Scalloped Puff Quilt on here is a smaller project that makes a big statement.

Drum Pillow

How many of you have made baby quilts for friends or family or maybe even yourselves? This is the perfect project to use up your scraps by creating a matching drum pillow toy for the special child in your life! It’s fun and functional, and, best of all, it doesn’t require batteries!

Before You Start

• This project can also be made with fabric scraps if you have coordinating colors.

• The seam allowance is ?" (1cm) unless otherwise stated.

• The pattern is optimal for all kinds of fabrics.

MATERIALS NEEDED

• Five fat quarters of fabrics in coordinating prints and colors

• 1 ? yds. (1.5m) of thick piping (I used ?" [8mm] piping)

• 2 3/16 yds. (2m) of thick cording

• Stuffing or fabric scraps

• 7 ¾" (20cm) medium fusible interfacing

• Fabric scissors

• Fabric marking pen

• Needle

• Thread

• Clips

CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS

• Two drum disks from template

• Eight side panels from template

• Two 2" x 16" (5 x 40cm) fabric strips

1. Apply interfacing to the wrong side of all your pieces except the long strip. This is important to give your pillow more sturdiness.

2. Decide the layout you want for your side panels, then lay them next to each other to keep them in the right order. I’ve chosen to mix prints and plain fabrics. Take the first and second panel and sew along one long edge with right sides together (RST) and a ?" (1cm) seam allowance.

3. Repeat with the next panel until you end up with a long strip. Press the seams open.

4. Place the last long edges of the first panel and last panel together with RST. Stitch along, leaving a 2 ¾" (7cm) gap in the middle. This is needed to turn your pillow right side out.

5. To create the loops, fold one of the long strips in half lengthwise, right side in. Sew along the long edge with ?" (1cm) seam allowance.

6. Trim your seam allowance to 3/16" (4.8mm). To turn your strip right side out, attach a safety pin to one end and slowly channel it into the fabric tube. Gently pull on the other end of the fabric. Once the tube is right side out, press it flat and divide it into eight pieces, each 2" (5cm) long. Repeat with the other long strip to give you a total of sixteen 2" (5cm) pieces.

7. Take eight of the strips, fold each in half, then place the rough edges along the top rough edge of the side panels, aligning the strips to the seams between each panel. Stitch in place within the seam allowance. Fold the remaining eight pieces in the same way, but place them in the center of the panels, along the bottom rough edge. Stitch in place within the seam allowance.

8. To apply the piping to the side panels, pull and trim ?" (1cm) of the cord out from one end. This reduces the bulk where the ends meet. Pin the end of the piping within the seam allowance, then gently turn to align the raw edge to the raw edge of the panel. Pin around the side panels until you get back to the start.

9. Cut your piping to size, then remove ?" (1cm) from the other end of the piping. Sew around with a piping foot using a ?" (1cm) seam allowance.

10. Repeat with the bottom part of the side panels.

11. On the disk pieces, mark the quarters, then mark again in the center of each quarter to get eight sections. With your side panels facing in, place the disk on top with the right side facing down. Pin in place, matching your markings with the seams between each panel. To make fitting easier and help your fabric layers lay flat, you can clip the side panels within the seam allowance.

12. Sew slowly to keep the layers aligned until you have closed the top. Repeat this step with the second disk at the bottom. Now you have an inside-out pillow.

13. Using the gap you left in one side panel, turn your pillow to the outside. Stuff it with pillow stuffing or fabric scraps until your pillow feels full, but the top and bottom still feel flat.

14. Using a ladder stitch, close the opening in the side panel.

15. Thread the cord into the loops, alternating between the top and bottom to create a zigzag effect.

16. Trim the excess cord and glue both ends together. For a cleaner finish, wrap a small piece of cotton tape around the connection. Glue in place. You’re done!

Templates

See pattern note

Floor Pouf

If you have family members like mine, you know that some people can’t sit still through a movie! Or maybe you need extra seating at a gathering and don’t mind using floor space. This Floor Pouf is the perfect solution to floor seating and lounging. Its large round size makes it perfect for movie nights or get-togethers. And don’t forget about furry friends. This is a great option for a homemade dog bed! Whatever you want to use it for—this project is a quick and easy solution for you!

MATERIALS NEEDED

• Two 1 yd. (90cm) cuts of coordinating fabrics

• String, at least 25" (63.5cm) long

• Fabric scissors

• Fabric marking pen (we used Frixion pens)

• Needle

• Thread

• Pins

• Polyfill

1. Iron your fabrics so you have a nice, smooth surface. Lay out one piece of fabric right side up and fold one corner along the selvage up to the opposite side until the edges—not the corners!—line up. Then take the other corner of the selvage and fold up to the opposite side. The top folded edges should all line up, and the point of the folded triangle should be a 90-degree angle. Repeat with the other piece of fabric.

2. Tie the string around your fabric marking pen. Hold the pen about ¼" (6mm) below the top edge of the folded triangle. Pull the string tight at a 90-degree angle to the pen. Tie a knot in the string at the corner. Keeping your finger firmly on this knot, move the pen in an arc over the fabric to mark it. Be sure to hold the string tight and keep the pen straight up and down. Then use fabric scissors to cut the curve through all four layers. Unfold the cut fabric, and you should have a nearly perfect circle! Repeat with the other piece of fabric so that you end up with two fabric circles.

3. Lay the two circles down with RST. Make sure that the edges all match up. If you need to trim an edge, be sure to match it to the other circle. Pin the edges around the circles. Using the fabric pen, mark off a 7" (17.8cm) section of the edge to leave open for stuffing. Starting at one of the marks, sew a ½" (1.5cm) seam around the circles until you get to the other mark for the opening.

4. Flip your pouf right side out through the 7" (17.8cm) opening and begin stuffing. Be sure not to overstuff it, as it will make it harder to close the opening.

5. To close the opening, first press the edges back ½" (1.5cm) to match the seam line. Using a needle and thread, make tiny hand stitches to close the opening, burying your threads at the start and at the end.

PROTIP

You can get fancy by adding a cute button to the center, cording around the edges, or even a handle so you can easily carry your pouf!

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