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The Craft in Blocks and Borders of Quilts
Once you select your patterns, blocks,
templates, etc, you will need to prepare your fabric. You will
need to consider how to organize your blocks, once you gather
the necessary amount needed to complete your project. You want
to consider your borders as well.
You will need graph paper, since you will need to sketch in
order to determine how many blocks you will need to complete
your quilt. To get started you will also need to decide the size
of quilt you want to create and then you can consider settings.
To set your blocks, or organize the blocks you can consider
borders, sashing, and cornerstones. The diagonal settings are
another style you can consider, as well as the straight set.
Sashing works in the same way as the straight sets, i.e. you
merely block your settings against the other and in an organized
line. After you will run horizontal and vertical lines, which
makes up your 9-patch scheme. The blocks in this instance are
interacting with the stitches in three lines and with only three
blocks. Use the “block-to-block” steps as listed above to
continue. To create a visual, think of a box, or frame with nine
rows across and nine rows down in a framed grid. Now add
star-shapes, creating nine stars in three rows across your grid.
If you can visualize the grid, you can get an ideal how the
slash and straight setting works.
Next, add narrow stripes at the corners and around your row of
boxes. If you can visualize, you have created a grid of lattice
and/or slash. The pattern is designed to enhance your quilts
overall outcome, yet you can add different effects to achieve
your ultimate design. You can create an ordinary quilt from this
grid, or you can crisscross the framework by interwoven your
open-mesh frame, crisscrossing the stripes until you form a
pattern. Some crafters use geometric patterns to arrange points.
How to set diagonal patterns:
If you want to create a diagonal pattern, or set you will need
to organize, and add your blocks, placing them diagonally across
your fabric, and on the points. Work a 45-angle into the scheme
and work at the side. “On point” is a crafters term to state
that the set blocks are on the points.
In the middle of the diagonal set, you will need to create
triangles to make up the middle section of your pattern. You
will need large and small triangles, which the larger batch will
make up the center, while the smaller batch will fit the
corners. Slashing terrazzo or strips is optional as well.
In addition to the slashing, straight, or diagonal, you can also
choose to vertical set, or else the strip set. Crafters refer to
the strip set as “Strippy.” Forming the Strippy is easy. You
merely place your blocks perpendicularly in narrow pieces and
divide the other narrow pieces, or strips.
The medallion is another set you can consider when crafting
quilts. You will need to create middle equidistant from the
other points. Next, you will need to focus on the points in the
middle and surround them with various styles of blocks,
slashing, or borders.
Now create your borders. To start your borders add your blocks
to achieve the dimension of your borders at the side. You will
need to factor in the slashing measurements, as well as the
blocks. Example: Three blocks measuring 10-inch square, plus
four strips at one inch wide equals 34 inches. Once you finish
add a quarter or ¼-inch seam and leave room to each side of your
fabric. Now you can move to finish your borders.