YOU CAN TOO MAKE A QUILT
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Applique coverlets are made by stitching fancy designs onto
a backing of solid material and then padding and quilting
the whole thing. These days the makings are often
embroidered blocks, all cut out and packed up into kits but
early coverlets of this type were ornamented with pieces of
fabric that were carefully shaped, often puff-quilted (a
rather special technique), and stitched by ladies of old in
their drawing rooms, as only they could do it.
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Piecework-what most of us now do-produces the type of
quilting best suited to today's purpose: that of using what
we have and recycling discarded goods. The scraps of fabric
used in piecework are all geometrical and uniform in shape
and size. (Designs based on the square and the triangle
work out best.)
People have always named their quilts, and still do with
phrases that reflect their own times, politics, lifestyle,
or what have you. When you browse through books on the
subject you run across such designs as "Wheel of Fortune",
"Odd Fellow's Path", "Storm-at-Sea", "Drunkard's Path",
"Flying Geese", "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul", "Old Maid's
Ramble", "Duck's Foot in the Mud", "Crown of Thorns", "Log
Cabin" (a very popular pattern), and on and on through an
endless list.
Maybe you'd like to try this old craft but lack the
well-filled ragbag of yesteryear. In that case, where do
you get the raw materials for a quilt? Everywhere! Ask a
grandma or try the door-to-door approach or the tell a
neighbor your 'remaking a quilt method (which always
produces more cloth than you know what to do with). Or
scrounge leftovers from the Goodwill. Or check with fabric
manufacturers (although they may make a small charge for
their remnants). Or drop in anywhere sewing is done. City
dwellers, for instance, may find themselves near a
tailoring shop, the alterations department of a store, or a
clothing manufacturer. (You'll wind up with a lot of knit
goods this way, and I'd love to hear what you do with
them.)
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