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Ultimate T-Shirt Quilt - Season 1

Series: Ultimate T-Shirt Quilt
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Episodes
7
Rating
NR
Year
2020
Language
English
Publisher
Craftsy

About

Showcase special memories in a personalized quilt! Award-winning quilter Winnie Fleming gets you started, sharing stabilizing, sizing and cutting tips to help you turn a stack of T-shirts into fabric that's ready to be stitched. Next, explore fun layouts, from units of different sizes to eye-catching staggered blocks. Add color, texture and cohesion to your design with plain, pieced and slat filler strips. Whether you prefer playful or sophisticated style, fillers are an easy way to achieve the look you want! Then, construct your quilt using Winnie's secret technique for creating crisp points and perfectly symmetrical rows. Finally, add sweet finishing touches with a range of border and backing options, and get inspired by a variety of quilting ideas.

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Episodes

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1. Getting Started

22m

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Meet your instructor, quilter Winnie Fleming, as you dive into any T-shirt quilt project of your choosing. Winnie shows you how to select the best fabrics and patterns for your project, helping you cut around focal points with care.

2. Preparing Your Blocks

33m

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Prep your blocks as you stabilize the fabric and cut your blocks to size. Pick up Winnie's pro tips for working with stabilizer, learn how to use an iron or a block-friendly steam press to set the glue. Next, try your hand at techniques that you might be

3. Planning Your Layout

14m

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Arranging the blocks can be a challenging part of T-shirt quilting, but Winnie makes it easy to create the composition that you want. Mix and match different sizes and colors until you're pleased with the configuration of your blocks and the way they draw

4. Filler Strips

21m

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Each of your quilt's blocks will evoke a nostalgic memory, and the fabric that unites them can help set the tone for the overall feeling that you want to convey. Learn how to choose filler strips that will make your quilt playful, sophisticated, soothing,

5. Putting It Together

27m

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All of the components are in place; now it's time to start putting your quilt together. Start by auditioning the filler strips you started working on in the prior lesson before sewing your blocks and strips together. Winnie shares valuable construction an

6. Adding the Border

17m

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Don't let the quilt blocks and filler strips have all the fun; borders can play into your T-shirt quilt theme, as well! Learn how to calculate the border sizes you want before measuring and cutting your fabric with precision. Winnie shows you multiple bor

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Artists

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