Baby blocks

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Baby blocks

Grandmother's Flower Garden and other non-square shapes are often pieced this way

Baby blocks

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Grandmother's Flower Garden and other non-square shapes are often pieced this way

Y-Z Terms

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Y-Z Terms

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V-X Terms

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V-X Terms

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S-U Terms

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S-U Terms

Filed under: Tee Shirt Quilt

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S-U Terms

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S-U Terms

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S-U Terms

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P-R Terms

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M-O Terms

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J-L Terms

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G-I Terms

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D-F Terms

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A-C Terms

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Charm quilt

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Charm quilt

A quilt made of many small pieces of fabric where each piece is a different fabric. The idea is to have a scrap-pieced top with no two pieces alike. The pattern is usually a one-patch design. Charms are often exchanged and traded by quilters

Charm quilt

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Charm quilt

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QCA Admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:04:27 GMT

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Filed under: Tee Shirt Quilt

Tee Shirt quilts are made from tee shirts which have special meaning to the intended owner of the quilt. Tee shirts can be grouped into themes such as childhood or school tees, favorite sports, vacations, or favorite rock star or concerts. The tees can be "fussy cut" or block cut to fit into the quilt pattern.

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T-Shirt Quilt

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T-Shirt Quilt

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T-Shirt Quilt

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T-Shirt Quilt

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T-Shirt Quilt

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Memories of Mom

plr0220 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:02:29 GMT

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Wall quilt made in 2009, in memory of Fredia Jager. YO YO's made from all her cotton dresses. also used antique buttons to fill the center from her collection. Made by Pat L Roberts.

yo-yos

plr0220 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:56:41 GMT

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yo-yos

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Gathered fabric circles that can be sewn together to form a quilt top or used as decorative embellishments

yo-yos

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yo-yos

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Gathered fabric circles that can be sewn together to form a quilt top or used as decorative embellishments

yo-yos

QCA Admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:24:22 GMT

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Gathered fabric circles that can be sewn together to form a quilt top or used as decorative embellishments

Bargello

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Bargello

A style of quilt piecing in which strips of fabric are first sewn in horizontal sets, then cut and arranged in vertical steps to produce interesting geometric designs which often have a wave or undulating look.

Bargello

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Bargello

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Basting

Dawn Paoletti — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:18:17 GMT

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Basting

A procedure of temporarily putting the three layers of a quilt together to keep the quilt layers from shifting while being quilted. Basting can be done with needle and thread, using a longer than usual running stitch. One can also baste with basting spray, especially made for fabrics. Safety pins can also be used, and there is also a product called a basting gun. Which ever way basting is done, the quilt should be well basted, so the quilt layers don't shift while quilting.

A textured woven, usually printed cotton fabric that was popular in the 30s-40s and 50s as an interiors fabric. The prints were often large vines, leaves and florals.

Basting

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Basting

A textured woven, usually printed cotton fabric that was popular in the 30s-40s and 50s as an interiors fabric. The prints were often large vines, leaves and florals.

Basting

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A textured woven, usually printed cotton fabric that was popular in the 30s-40s and 50s as an interiors fabric. The prints were often large vines, leaves and florals.

Quilting foot

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Quilting foot

Measure exactly 1/4" from needle point to inner edge of the foot, which may have a guide on it to prevent the fabric from going past the edge. Most sewing machines come with a quilting foot, or a generic one can be purchased called "Little Foot".

Could also refer to an even feed or walking foot. Used when machine quilting to feed the three layers of the quilt evenly through the sewing machine.

Quilting foot

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Foundation piecing

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Foundation piecing

A method of assembling a block by sewing pieces to a foundation of muslinor , plain fabric, or paper that has the sewing lines marked. This method helps the quilter sew very sharp points and match seams accurately.

Foundation piecing

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A method of assembling a block by sewing pieces to a foundation of muslin or plain fabric.

Binding

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Binding

A strip of fabric sewn over the edges of the quilt layers to finish the raw edges, add strength, and/or decorate the edge. Normally a binding is sewn on one side, then brought over the edge to the other side where it is secured, but a binding can also be a part of the backing wrapped over to the front.

Binding

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Basting spray

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Basting spray

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A spray adhesive used in place of basting pins or stitches to temporarily hold the layers of a quilt together while it is being quilted.

View a video demonstration of basting spray by clicking here:
Basting Spray Video Lesson

Basting spray

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Basting spray

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A spray adhesive used in place of basting pins or stitches to temporarily hold the layers of a quilt together while it is being quilted.

You can view

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Basting Spray Video Lesson

Basting spray

QCA Admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:39:59 GMT

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Spray bastingBasting spray

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A spray adhesive used in place of basting pins or stitches to temporarily hold the layers of a quilt together while it is being quilted.

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Basting Spray Video Lesson

Spray basting

QCA Admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:33:50 GMT

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A spray adhesive used in place of basting pins to temporarily hold the layers of a quilt together while it is being quilted.

Watercolor quilt

QCA Admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:54:12 GMT

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Watercolor quilt

A patchwork quilt that imitates the look of a watercolor painting by the careful arrangement of carefully arranging blocks of different colors, values and patterns so that they appear to blend together.

Watercolor quilt

QCA Admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:52:28 GMT

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A patchwork quilt that imitates the look of a watercolor painting by the careful arrangement of blocks of different colors, values and patterns that appear to blend together

Variegated Thread

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Variegated Thread

Thread that is dyed different colors on the same strand. Variegated thread is often used for machine quilting, where the changing colors create added visual interest to the quilt.

Variegated Thread

QCA Admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:22:14 GMT

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Thread that is dyed different colors on the same strand.

Walking Foot

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A specialized foot for a sewing machine that feeds the top layer of fabric forward at the same rate as the feed dogs below it. This foot is often used when stitching or quilting two or more layers of fabric together.

Vertical set

QCA Admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:23:38 GMT

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A quilt that uses blocks set on point in vertical rows

V-clip

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A notch clipped out of a seam to remove bulk

Bias

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Bias

The diagonal direction across the surface of a woven fabric at a 45º angle to the line of the warp and weft. Fabric cut on the bias stretches easily and must be handled with care. A 45º angle is called a true bias - fabric cut at a 30º or 60º angle can also be considered a bias cut. Bias binding allows binding to be turned and angled without pleating.

Bias

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Broderie perse

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Broderie perse

A French term which translates to "Persian Embroidery". The technique is an Appliqué method where larger images are cut from a printed fabric and appliqued onto a new background fabric.

Broderie perse

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A French term which translates to "Persian Embroidery". The technique is an Appliqué method where larger images are cut from a printed fabric and appliqued onto a new background fabric.

Album Quilt

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Album Quilt

A quilt made of many different blocks, often with symbolic designs appliquéd or stamped on each block. If each block is signed it would be a an Autograph or Signature Quilt.

Album Quilt

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:18:03 GMT

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A quilt made of many different blocks, often with symbolic designs appliquéd or stamped on each block. If each block is signed it would be a Autograph or Signature Quilt.

User Introduction

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Crazy quilt

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Crazy quilt

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A block assembled from irregular and often scrap pieces, with no set pattern or design overall. Can be made as small blocks and assembled into a larger piece, or sewn as one complete quilt top. A popular pattern during the Victorian period, it was made with silks and velvets and embellished with much embroidery.

Crazy quilt

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Crazy quilt

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Crazy quilt

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Half-square triangle

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Half-square triangle

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The 90-degree triangle that is created when a square is cut once on the diagonal.

Watch a video tip on cutting half square triangles here:
Half-square Triangles

Half-square triangle

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The 90-degree triangle that is created when a square is cut once on the diagonal.

Fusibles

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Fusibles

Various webs or interfacings which can be ironed onto a fabric for easier appliqué or to support the fabric.

To view a video on using fusibles in applique work, click here:
Fusible Applique

Fusibles

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Various webs or interfacings which can be ironed onto a fabric for easier appliqué or to support the fabric.

Water-soluable

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water-soluableWater-soluable

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Threads, stabilizers or marks that dissolve when wet. Water-soluable materials are often used by quilters to temporarily mark a quilting surface, stabilize a quilt block or temporarily stitch elements in place. After the quilt is finished the water-soluable elements are washed away.

water-soluable

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zigzag stitch

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A side-to-side stitch that can be used for machine applique or closely spaced together to create a satin stitch.

Cutter quilt

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A quilt that is so badly worn or damaged in some areas as to be sold for the purpose of cutting it up into pillows, dolls, or other craft items

cross-hatching

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A Filling Pattern made of equal distance parallel quilting lines that run in two directions, forming either a grid of squares or of diamonds

Cheater's cloth

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Fabric printed with an all-over quilt block design, made to look like a pieced or appliquéd quilt top.

Challenge

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A competition to create a block or quilt using specified fabrics or patterns

Chain sewing

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To feed block pieces into the sewing machine one right after the other, without snipping threads in between each seam. This allows you to sew many pieces without stopping after each one, saving both time and thread.

Calico

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In the 19th century, calico referred to any type of cotton fabric. It is still used in that sense in England and Australia. In the US, it is often used to refer to fabric with a small repeated design, usually florals or leaves.

Bubble jet set

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:40:37 GMT

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A liquid product which makes ink color fast on fabric. Plain fabric is soaked in BJS and hung to dry. The dry fabric is then ironed to a piece of freezer paper and used in an ink jet or bubble jet printer to print pictures or text.

Border

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:39:37 GMT

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A strip of fabric sewn to the outside of a quilt top to serve as a frame for the interior or to enhance the design.

Blocks

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Most quilt tops are constructed by sewing together smaller units called blocks in a certain layout.

Blind stitch

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A type of invisible stitching often used for appliqué

Birthing a quilt

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:38:38 GMT

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The method of sewing the quilt batting and backing to the outside edges of the quilt (right sides together), then turning the whole thing inside out as if it were a pillowcase. If you have laid out the layers correctly, the batting will be in the middle, and you can slip stitch the quilt pillow closed.

Bit stitch

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:37:56 GMT

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A type of quilting in which embroidery or crewel thread is used in large stitch for a decorative effect.

Big board

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:37:33 GMT

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A very large ironing board, usually 24" x 60", which is placed over your existing ironing board to give you a larger surface to press your fabrics.

Fussy cut

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The cutting out of specific areas of a fabric to use the image or motif on the fabric.

Free motion quilting

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:36:08 GMT

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A type of machine quilting in which the feed dogs are lowered or covered while quilting using a darning foot. Because there are no feed dogs to pull the fabric, the quilter must create the design by moving the quilt sandwich under the needle.

Flannel

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:34:31 GMT

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A soft fabric which can be made from cotton, wool or synthetic fibers. It is usually loosely woven and slightly furry and is very, very warm. It's tendency to ravel makes it a very good fabric to use for rag quilt. Because flannel starts out so loosely woven, it does shrink about 5% in the first wash and will continue to shrink with each wash until it is no longer loosely woven.

Fire retardent

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:34:10 GMT

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This is a formula shops use to treat curtains at big quilt shows. Mix 9 oz. Borax, 4 oz. Boric acid (available at most pharmacies), 1 gallon water and 1/2 teaspoon low sudsing detergent and pour in a spray bottle. Hang curtains outside (or where ever you can string up some clothesline) lightly spray both sides and let dry. It does stiffen the fabric slightly.

Finished size

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:33:49 GMT

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The final sewn size of a completed block without seam allowances

Finger pressing

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:33:30 GMT

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Using your fingers to press a seam or guidelines for appliqué turned edges or seam allowances, instead of an iron.

Feed sacks

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:33:12 GMT

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Material from the early 1900's originally used to hold flour, feed, sugar, salt, etc. Now highly prized for authentic reproduction quilts.

Feed dogs

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:32:56 GMT

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The teeth which pull your fabric through the machine, helping you to sew a nice even stitch.

Fat Quarter

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One square meter folded into four and cut along the folds, thus giving a square piece of fabric 50 cm on a side, as opposed to buying a quarter of a meter off the roll, resulting in a long thin piece that is only 25cm wide

EQ6

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:32:17 GMT

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Electric Quilt, a computer program for designing quilts.

English paper piecing

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:31:34 GMT

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Found in 18th and 19th century English quilts, this method of hand piecing uses paper templates inside the block elements to guide where the edges are turned under. These papers are later removed.

Echo quilting

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:31:15 GMT

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Quilting stitches that are placed right next to a shape or block, thus echoing the shape.

Ease

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To make two pieces of different sizes fit together in the same seam. One piece may have to be stretched a little, or bunched up slightly in order to get both pieces the same length

Dye Magnet

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:30:29 GMT

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A great dye magnet is a piece of undyed, untreated terry cloth. Because untreated cotton will absorb fugitive dyes, this plain little piece of cloth will collect all the dye in your wash water.

Directional print

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:30:10 GMT

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Fabric with a printed pattern that has a definite direction or grain (nap.) Care must be taken to match the direction when piecing.

Hanging sleeve

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:29:32 GMT

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A tube sewn to the back top of a quilt to allow it to be hung.

Handquilting

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A running stitch that is made through all three layers of a quilt to hold them together.

Griege goods

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:28:38 GMT

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textiles that have not received any bleaching, dyeing or finishing treatment.

Grain

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:28:20 GMT

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The lengthwise and crosswise threads of a fabric, along the warp (length) and weft (crosswise) threads. The lengthwise grain parallel to the selvage stretches the least and should be used for borders whenever possible. The crosswise grain perpendicular to the selvage has slightly more give. Selvedges are created as the weft threads are tightly woven through the warp threads.

Tied quilt

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:27:29 GMT

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A quilt where instead of stitching in a quilting pattern to hold the 3 layers together a series of ties are used spaced evenly all over the body of the quilt.

Trapunto

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:27:08 GMT

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A raised, dimensional surface created by putting additional batting or stuffing into areas to sculpt the surface

Template

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:26:47 GMT

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A shape cut from cardboard or plastic used to make multiple units of a pattern for quilt blocks or applique. Templates may also be used to transfer quilting lines to a quilt top.

Summer quilt

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:26:29 GMT

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A quilt with a top and a back but no batting

Strip piecing

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:25:56 GMT

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A technique of sewing fabric cut in strips together and then cutting the resulting fabric strip sets into new blocks and designs.

Straight of grain

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:25:33 GMT

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Fabric has three grains, the lengthwise, the crosswise and the bias. The lengthwise grain follows the the warp thread parallel to the selvage. It has very little give which makes it ideal for long borders. The crosswise grain follows the weft thread and has slightly more give. The bias is a 45 degree angle to the selvage and has lots and lots of give

Stitch in the ditch

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:25:06 GMT

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Placing your quilting stitches in the "ditch" created by the seams of the pieces in your block. Your quilting pattern will echo your block pattern.

Stippling

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:24:41 GMT

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Closely spaced quilting stitches following an irregular design that does not cross used to fill background space and create surface texture.

Sharps

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:24:16 GMT

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Small, thin needles used for piecing and doing appliqué. They have a really sharp point that is better for joining pieces than for quilting.

Setting block

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:23:56 GMT

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A block used with pieced or appliquéd blocks in a quilt top. Can be a solid block or another pieced block. May vary in size, especially along the edges of the quilt top.

Serger

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:23:14 GMT

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A type of sewing machine which makes overcast seams and cuts off the excess automatically

Selvage

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:22:50 GMT

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The outer edge of the length of a fabric which is usually more tightly woven and so is normally cut off and not used in a quilt. You will usually find manufacturers information in the selvage.

Scrap quilt

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:22:19 GMT

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Any quilt made with fabrics leftover from other quilts (your stash), or from salvaged fabric from clothing or other items.

sashing

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:22:02 GMT

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Strips of fabric sewn between pieced blocks to separate them while joining them together into a top. Sashing can be continued around the outside of the quilt top to act as a border

Sashiko quilting

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:21:24 GMT

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A Japanese style of precise quilting designs using embroidery or crewel floss. The stitches are large on top, but small on the back

Sampler

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:21:02 GMT

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A quilt made of different block patterns, usually as an exercise by the maker in piecing techniques.

Long arm quilting

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:26 GMT

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Quilting using a very long bed (commercial) quilting machine to do the overall quilting.

Layout

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:05 GMT

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The arrangement in which blocks are sewn together to make a quilt. A straight set layout occurs when quilt blocks are simply sewn next to each other in rows and the rows are set together. An on-point quilt is a straight set layout with the blocks set on a 45 degree angle

Lap quilting

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:19:40 GMT

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First used in the 19th century, this method of making a quilt by finishing the blocks individually and putting them together later was popularized by Georgia Bonesteel in the 1980's.

Muslin

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:18:01 GMT

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An inexpensive, medium weight, plain weave, low count (less than 160 threads per square inch) cotton sheeting fabric. Fabric with a higher thread count (180 to 250 threads per square inch) is called percale. Higher thread count fabric is excellent for photo transfer but not for quilting. The lower the thread count, the easier it is to needle

Motif

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:17:27 GMT

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A patch used for appliqué

Mitered corner

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:17:04 GMT

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A corner (usually of a border) that is joined at a 45 degree angle, like a picture frame. Tip: If your quilt plan calls for multiple mitered borders, stitch all the strips together first, then apply and miter them as a single unit.

Reverse applique

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:43:10 GMT

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Traditional appliqué sews a motif (the design piece) on top of a background. Reverse appliqué sews the motif underside of the background and then cutting away and turning under the edge of the top fabric to reveal the motif.

Repeat

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:42:48 GMT

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The measurement of fabric before the design is repeated

Redwork

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:42:16 GMT

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Simple outline embroidery designs worked in running stitch with turkey red color floss and used for quilt blocks. Traditionally, animal themes, children's themes, nature themes, and kitchen themes. Redwork can be done in other colors, changing the name to greenwork or bluework, etc. Redwork done in black is called Black Redwork because Blackwork refers to a specific single thread embroidery technique

Raffle quilt

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:53 GMT

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A quilt made to be raffled off for the benefit of a charity. Also called an opportunity quilt.

Quilter's guild

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:40:45 GMT

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An organization made up of quilters. Also called a Quilter's Group. An organization of quilters which may provide opportunities to share projects, instruction and community service.

Quilt skin

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:40:20 GMT

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a pieced top and/or bottom. Not always sandwiched or quilted. Summer quilt skins are pieced sheets when you want the look of a quilt but not the bulk. Referencing to the outside of a quilt.

Quilt top

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:35:11 GMT

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The top layer of a quilt Sandwich

Prairie points

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:34:23 GMT

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A simple folded fabric triangle made in multiples and attached as a decorative edge finish on quilts and garments with the point facing out

Pin baste

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:34:01 GMT

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To use curved safety pins to temporarily hold together the three layers of a quilt in preparation for finish quilting.

Patchwork

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:33:38 GMT

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An older term, still used in England, for piecing quilt squares together to make blocks. Sometimes pieced quilts are referred to as patchwork.

Paper piecing

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Paper piecing

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used to stabilize pieces of fabric that were stitched together

Paper piecing

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Paper piecing

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used to stabilize pieces of fabric that were stitched together

Paper piecing

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used to stabilize pieces of fabric that were stitched together

White work

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:32:12 GMT

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A quilt which is all white fabric, not pieced.

Weft

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:31:51 GMT

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The woven threads in a fabric which run across the width of the fabric during weaving and intersect with the warp threads

Warp

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:31:35 GMT

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The threads which are put on a loom under tension and raised and lowered to allow the weft to pass through. The warp direction (parallel to the selvages) is the most stable in the finished fabric. Some quilters always use this warp direction for cutting borders.

Betweens

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:29:00 GMT

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Small, thin needles used for finish quilting. Sizes range from 8-12, the smaller number being a longer length needle.

Bearding

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:28:38 GMT

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The migration of fibers from the batting passing through the quilt top and forming a fuzz on the surface of the quilt, thought to be caused by static electricity.

Batting

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:27:38 GMT

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Sometimes called wadding or stuffing, this is the layer in the center of the quilt sandwich, giving it warmth and thickness. Batting can be cotton, polyester, blends, silk, or wool

Batik

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:27:19 GMT

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Batik fabrics are made by covering a design area with wax or other substance to prevent dye from penetrating into that area.

Bark cloth

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:26:15 GMT

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A textured woven, usually printed cotton fabric that was popular in the 30s-40s and 50s as an interiors fabric. The prints were often large vines, leaves and florals.

Baltimore Album quilts

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:20:29 GMT

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An elegant form of intricate appliqué which was very popular in mid 19th century in Baltimore, Maryland.

Backing

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:19:59 GMT

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The back fabric of a quilt in the 3 layers: top, batting, backing.

Applique

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:19:08 GMT

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A piecing process using small amounts of fabric which are then sewn onto a background fabric in a decorative design such as curved floral or animal motifs. Appliqué can be done by hand, machine or with fusible web. It is often combined with pieced blocks or placed in the border to frame a pieced quilt. Appliqué is a great technique to cover stains, rips or other problem areas

Assembly piecing

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:18:46 GMT

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Sewing blocks or sections of blocks in an assembly line fashion, completing the same step for each unit in sequence. An efficient way to work for sewing many blocks that are the same. If the pieces are all run through the machine and cut apart later, also called "Chain Piecing".

Amish quilts

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:18:24 GMT

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The Amish antique quilts tend to use rich jewel toned solid fabrics with black as a background, often in striking geometric patterns, and wide, plain borders. Central medallion square-in-a-square with wide borders is a popular design. Modern Amish quilts made for resale can use any fabric in any design, but retain the excellent quilting.

African American Quilts

QCA Admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:17:42 GMT

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A descriptive term that describes the improvisational approach used by some African American quilters rather than the traditional quilt block formats typically used. Anna Williams is one quilter who works in this style.

Quilter's Dictionary

Quillow

Quillow

Quillow

Quillow

Quillow

On point

On point

On point

On point

On point

On point

On point

On point

On point

seams

Baby blocks

Baby blocks

Baby blocks

Y-Z Terms

Y-Z Terms

Y-Z Terms

V-X Terms

V-X Terms

V-X Terms

S-U Terms

S-U Terms

S-U Terms

S-U Terms

S-U Terms

P-R Terms

P-R Terms

P-R Terms

M-O Terms

M-O Terms

M-O Terms

J-L Terms

J-L Terms

J-L Terms

G-I Terms

G-I Terms

G-I Terms

D-F Terms

D-F Terms

D-F Terms

A-C Terms

A-C Terms

A-C Terms

A-C Terms

A-C Terms

Charm quilt

Charm quilt

Charm quilt

Charm quilt

Charm quilt

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

T-Shirt Quilt

T-Shirt Quilt

T-Shirt Quilt

T-Shirt Quilt

T-Shirt Quilt

Memories of Mom

yo-yos

yo-yos

yo-yos

yo-yos

yo-yos

Bargello

Bargello

Bargello

Bargello

Bargello

Basting

Basting

Basting

Basting

Basting

Quilting foot