How to Make a Quilt (Part 1)

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Julie Hansen shows how to make a beautiful quilt out of old tee shirts using the "T-Shirt Memory Quilt" pattern by Four Corners Design.

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Part 1 Contents:
Supplies and Tools Needed 0:10
Describing the Project and Pattern Used 5:28
Picking the Tee Shirts For The Quilt 6:12
Preparation of Tee Shirts and Using a T-Shirt For Practice7:00
Selection of Fabrics and Interfacing to back T-Shirt Fabric 8:04
Batting and Backing Materials 8:37

Part 2 Contents:
Cutting Fabric For the Quilt
Sewing Pieces Together; The Size of the Seam And How To Press The Seam
Creating A "Quilt Wall" With a Grid
Deciding the Layout of Squares
How To Stich The Squares Together
Preparing To Add The Borders To The Quilt Top Using Steam a Seam

Part 3 Contents:
Sewing On The Borders to the Quilt Top
Adding the Back to the Quilt Top
Sewing the Quilt Top to the Back
Cutting Fabric For The Binding Including The 45 Degree Angle

Part 4 Contents:
Piecing Together The Binding At A 45 Degree Angle Using Steam a Seam
Quilting the Top To The Bottom. Sewing Around Each t-Shirt Design. Adding a Signature
Trimming the Backing
Finishing The Quilt. Adding The Binding With Mitered Corners
Creating A Scrapbook To Go Along With Your Quilt

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• binding
• backing
• miter
• mitered

[creationsfromthehear]

Hi Julie, I love your video. The question I have is on the stabilizer behind the shirts. How did you put that on? What type of stabilizer did you use?

[QuiltingVideo]

@creationsfromthehear Great question! I certainly want that part to be clear. I used lightweight fusible interfacing and it seems to work great. The interfacing comes with instructions. Just a couple of tips; I made sure the design on my T-shirt was straight before I put a backing. Then I used a slightly damp cloth between my iron and the interfacing and pressed until the cloth was dry.

[vivien44]

excellent, excellent video. the best i've seen so far. very admirable teaching skills.

[QuiltingVideo]

@vivien44 Thank you! I am very flattered!

[eastsaintlouis62203]

you definitely have a gift to teach people who have absolutely no clue where to begin quilting. Thanks for cranking out this video for people like me who have a desire to quilt but didn't know where to begin. Keep up the good work.

[QuiltingVideo]

thank you!

[rvlovesdisney]

wow... that was really informative...I would really like to make a quilt but I'm from India and I don't know if some of the stuff mentioned can be found here... but I'll try looking for it. Thanks!!