![]() ![]() Quilt Top: The quilt top is what you are piecing when you follow a quilt pattern. Sashing is not required.īorders: A border for a quilt is sewn around the entire edge of the full quilt. Sashing: Sashing is a small border around individual blocks of a quilt to frame them. Once you finish with a single chain, you can clip the blocks apart by snipping the threads keeping each block connected. This makes cutting strips and pieces for quilting faster and more accurate than using scissors.Ĭhain Piecing: When you need to sew seams for a significant number of the same type of blocks, you can begin running them through your sewing machine one right after the other without cutting threads. ![]() Rotary Cutter: A rotary cutter has a sharp round blade on the end of a handle that allows you to cut straight lines along the edge of a ruler. You may see, “Place fabrics RST” in the piecing instructions. When sewing seams, the right sides of both fabrics go together. Right Sides Together (RST): The right side of the fabric refers to the printed or “pretty” side of the fabric. Solids usually look the same on both sides. It is usually lighter in color and not as pretty. Wrong Sides Together (WST): The wrong side of the fabric refers to the back of a printed fabric. If you use a 5/8” seam allowance in quilting, the quilt blocks will not come out as intended. ![]() A 5/8” seam allowance is generally used in garment sewing. ¼” Seam Allowance: A quarter inch seam allowance is used in quilting to piece blocks together. This creates two smaller triangles on the top right and left of the rectangle. Half Square Triangle Block (HST): A half square triangle block is made to include equal size triangles on either side of a square with the bottom of the triangles running diagonal along the center of the square block for point to point.įlying Geese Block (FG): A flying geese block is a rectangle with a triangle nestled inside it. ![]() Width of the Fat Quarter (WFQ): Width of the Fat Quarter along the edge that usually measures 21”/22” in length. Width of Fabric (WOF): The WOF usually measures 42”/44” from selvage to selvage depending on the manufacturer. Selvage: The natural edge of fabric which usually has little dots on one side where it is held onto the printing machine and a label on the other with manufacturer and designer names. Back-up discs are available at additional cost.Fat Quarter (FQ): A quarter of a yard of fabric which usually measures 18” to 22” depending on manufacturer of the fabric. Unlike our regular pattern sets, most collections are only offered in a single format to facilitate downloading and generous price breaks. Join our newsletter group for up to the minute information.Ĭollections are special groupings of patterns that are sold together at an economical price. Watch HERE for our next announced special. Please join us on our video portal at for dozens of free quilting videos. Welcome! Please log in under MY ACCOUNT to purchase. (NOT a chat group - just lots of quilting info and some free patterns)! Want the LATEST pattern news and great quilting hints? Join the QuiltRecipes Yahoo Newletter Group Munnich Design - Quilt Recipes: Digital Quilting Pattern - Search by Pattern Name Results ![]()
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