I am looking for the map of Africa “patterns” do you have it with all countries I want it plain not colored? If not If you make it for me how much do I have to pay?
Francine, there is a wonderful book called “It’s OK if you sit on my quilt” that I used when I was starting out, because everything she explained was so wonderfully understandable.
My favorite tool is a pad of graph paper, the kind with four squares to an inch. It’s what I use to figure out what my quilt is going to look like. It is also how I draw a new block I want to try, so that I can add the 1/4 seams and know how big to cut the pieces.
There are also computer programs you can buy. I sometimes just use a very basic drawing pattern, when I want to do something like a kaleidoscope with shifting color values, and need to repeat the block many times so I can use colored pencils and fill in how I want the thing to look.
Start easy. Start with squares and half square triangles. Master them, then move on to hourglass blocks, and anvil blocks. As your skills build, so will your confidence level. One day you the light will go on and you will get a big grin and say “AHA! I totally get it!”
Having said that, there are aspects of quilting I have tried to wrap my mind around and failed. We can’t all be the best at everything, but in quilting, we can become very good at a few things.
Sarah Sajjabbi said,
July 26, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I am looking for the map of Africa “patterns” do you have it with all countries I want it plain not colored? If not If you make it for me how much do I have to pay?
Martha said,
September 7, 2007 at 9:04 pm
I need to know how to connect it together and the measurements for the heart?
worldquilter said,
September 8, 2007 at 8:10 am
I machine pieced each square to the next. I worked in quadrants, connecting each row as I finished it, ironing as I went along.
When I had four quadrants, I connected the two north quadrants, then the two south quadrants, then stitched the north half to the south half. Fini!
For the hearts, I just cut a heart out of shirt-cardboard, slightly smaller than the finished square, and appliqued it on. Those are still going on!
Francine Keys said,
April 18, 2008 at 2:49 am
I am a beginner at quilting and do not understand how to draw out the Quilt pattern. Can you give me some help.
Fran
worldquilter said,
April 18, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Francine, there is a wonderful book called “It’s OK if you sit on my quilt” that I used when I was starting out, because everything she explained was so wonderfully understandable.
My favorite tool is a pad of graph paper, the kind with four squares to an inch. It’s what I use to figure out what my quilt is going to look like. It is also how I draw a new block I want to try, so that I can add the 1/4 seams and know how big to cut the pieces.
There are also computer programs you can buy. I sometimes just use a very basic drawing pattern, when I want to do something like a kaleidoscope with shifting color values, and need to repeat the block many times so I can use colored pencils and fill in how I want the thing to look.
Start easy. Start with squares and half square triangles. Master them, then move on to hourglass blocks, and anvil blocks. As your skills build, so will your confidence level. One day you the light will go on and you will get a big grin and say “AHA! I totally get it!”
Having said that, there are aspects of quilting I have tried to wrap my mind around and failed. We can’t all be the best at everything, but in quilting, we can become very good at a few things.