Quilting Classroom 8.00 am

Quilting Classroom
Jennie Rayment
23rd August 2015
8.00 am
Tools &
Equipment
Going round in circles can be so
frustrating but if you have the right
tools - it’s child’s play. Play with tucks
and twiddles, shape and form, be
inspired by these ingenious designs,
you just must get round to it!
So look listen and learn, this Classroom
is clearly very cleverly craftily creative!
Remember to record the show or watch
on line for next seven days on
createandcraft.tv.
Sewing machine and thread to match
Fabrics
Rotary Cutter 28/45/60 mm
Cutting Mat 17 x 23”
Acrylic Ruler 24.5 x 6.5”
Fiskars Combo Acrylic Square 12.5”
10 degree Wedge ruler (Sew Easy)
Circle & Scallop ruler (Sew Easy)
Slash ‘N Circle ruler (Sew Easy)
EZ Dresden Plate
EZ Circle templates
25mm Bias binding maker
Clover mini iron
Circular tablecloth decorated with fabulous flowers sent
to me by my aunt Freda Emerson. A lovely thank you
gift and much appreciated.
Tucks Textures & Pleats - Jennie Rayment
Tucks & Textures Two - Jennie Rayment
Fabric Products
Cassovia F/Qs
City F/Qs
Simple Vintage F/Qs
Zinnia F/Qs
Hobbs batting
Clover mini iron
Sew-in interfacing
Fusible Glue Web
My pdfs contain brief notes on project construction as a memory aide and are not meant to be full
instructions - watch the show for the complete demonstrations.
Circular Tablecloth
135 cm (53”) diameter
1. Working parallel to 18”(or thereabouts) side of F/Q place wedge on
F/Q aligning end with edge of fabric. Cut along sides of template. Turn
template round and repeat four more times making 5 pieces in total.
Continue and cut 5 more
sections from another 7
different coloured F/Q’s
making 40 sections in all.
2. Arrange 8 of these
sections in colour order
and sew together. Don’t
press yet!
3. Make 4 more sections the
same.
4. Sew all five
sections to form a large
circle. Press seams open
and flat - take care
round centre not to
stretch the edge.
5. Draw 16” circle on
interfacing/calico or
any other oddment of fabric. The Circle & Scallop ruler is
an excellent compass. Push drawing pin through centre
of backing square. Place hole in ruler over pin point - it
spins round a treat!
6. Lay circular cloth on top, pin
well. Stitch round raw edge. This
extra piece of material will
stabilise the centre.
7. Cover the central space with a
circle of fabric.
Or make a 20 section Dresden
Plate: Cut round the entire template. Sew shapes to form a circle.
Pin circle to centre. Sew round raw
edge of DP using long stitch length.
8. Cut sufficient 1½” wide bias
strips to cover Dresden edge. Join to
make long length. Press in half. Sew
binding round DP edge aligning
raw edge of binding to edge of DP.
Leave a short length unattached at
start - see arrow.
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9. Working with short length left unattached at start, fold raw
edge over, tuck in end of binding. Sew to original start of
stitching.
10. Fold binding over
- sew edge in place.
11. Cut 2” wide
bias strips. Use
25mm bias binding tool and make
binding. Bind over
raw edge of cloth.
12. Throw on table!
Consider using design as centre of a bed quilt or mount
on wadding for a really creative wall hanging.
WHY NOT?
Play with 10 degree Wedge: Sew series of strips
together to make wide band, cut wedges from
this band. Make up into circle etc as previously
described.
Construct small trumpet block
(Tucks Textures & Pleats). Draw
correct sized circle with Circle &
Scallop ruler, cut out and apply
to centre of design.
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Use the inferfacing trick to turn
raw edge over as shown in
previous pdfs.
Tucked Circles
Use Slash ‘N Circle ruler to mark 18” (or larger)
diameter circle of fabric into 24 segments.
Make tucks as
described in
Tucks & Textures
Two.
For embellishment of tuck edges see
Tucks Textures & Pleats.
Mark tuck twiddling distance using
Circle & Scallop ruler.
See show for more details
Textured
Wheels
1. Mark centre
of two 18”
circles. Place
both circles
R/S up.
2. Use Slash ‘N Circle ruler to mark fabric at 30 degree
intervals.
3. Use Circle & Scallop ruler and draw 1½” circle in
centre.
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4. Cut out centre, cut (through both layers) along
all degree marks to make twelve sections. Number
all light purple sections 1- 12 - write numbers on
masking tape.
5. Remove the top layer (light purple) and number
all sections underneath (black pattern) 1 - 12.
6. Take all even numbered light purple sections.
press these in half.
7. Take #1 & 2
black sections
and #2 light
purple. Join
together to form
wedge shape.
8. Repeat with #3 &
4 black and #4 light
purple.
9. Continue
with 5/6, 7/8,
9/10 & 11/12
black inserting
#6, 8, 10, 12
light purple.
10. Press remaining
light purple sections
in half.
11. Sew all six wedge shaped pieces together to form circle
inserting relevant light purple section in each seam.
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12. Remove
masking tape.
Press seams open
and flat
13. Press each light purple section open and flat over the
seam. Bamboo pointer is very useful for helping to flatten
the shape.
14. Make centre: Cut circle of
card, cut circle of fabric ½”larger. Gather fabric over card. Pin
to centre of block. Sew in place.
Remove the card through hole
on back. Trim excess fabric.
15. Pin completed circle to another piece of fabric. Sew round raw edge
to secure all layers.
16. Bind raw edge.
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17. Play with the edges of light purple - bring sides
together and hold with stitch, add beads etc.
Finally complete the panel with a
border. Mount on wadding and there
is a wonderful giant cushion, floor
pillow or small quilt.
Why not make more panels, change
the size of the circles and create a
series of panels for a stupendously
stunning quilt.
Remember you can watch on line
anywhere in the world:
www.createandcraft.tv
Go to Sewing, open ‘In the Classroom’
and watch the Quilting Classroom (old
Classrooms are stored in the Video Gallery).
© Jennie Rayment 2015