enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Log Cabin (quilt block) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_Cabin_(quilt_block)

   Log cabin quilt square made by Janet Reed in Monroe County, Indiana in 1880. The Log Cabin quilt block is a North American pieced quilt pattern where narrow strips of fabric surround a central square.

3. Patchwork - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchwork

   The crazy quilt was a status symbol, as only well-to-do women had a staff to do all the household work, and had the time to sew their crazy quilt. Traditionally, the top was left without lining or batting. Many surviving crazy quilts still have the newspaper and other foundation papers used for piecing.

4. Longarm quilting - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longarm_quilting

   Longarm quilting is the process by which a longarm sewing machine is used to sew together a quilt top, quilt batting and quilt backing into a finished quilt.. A complete longarming system typically consists of a sewing machine head, a frame, a table with a layer of plastic (under which is placed a pantograph), and several rollers on which the fabric layers and batting are attached.

5. Seam (sewing) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seam_(sewing)

   Alternatively, when making an inward-curved seam, clips are cut into the seam allowance to help the seam lie flat with reduced bulk in the fabric. [13] Once seam allowances are pinned or basted, they are often pressed flat with an iron before sewing the final seam. Pressing the seam allowances makes it easier to sew a consistent finished seam.

6. Patchwork quilt - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patchwork_quilt

   A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. [1] Originally, this was to make full use of leftover scraps of fabric, but now fabric is often bought specially for a specific design. Fabrics are now often sold in quarter meters (or quarter yards in the United States).

7. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_sewing_terms

   Every piece of woven fabric has two biases, perpendicular to each other. Non-woven fabrics such as felt or interfacing do not have a bias. bias tape Bias tape or bias binding is a narrow strip of fabric, cut on the bias. The strip's fibers, being at 45 degrees to the length of the strip, makes it stretchier as well as more fluid and more ...

8. AOL Mail

   mail.aol.com

   Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

9. Quilting - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilting

   Longarm quilting machines can be used to make larger quilts. Larger machines can be leveraged so that the quilter does not have to hold the fabric. [44] Some specialist quilt shops offer longarm services. Machine quilting needles are very sharp in order to readily pierce layers of quilt and properly sew together the quilt top, batting and backing.