DIY patchwork bedspread. How to make a patchwork baby blanket

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:47

Patchwork - patchwork. A thing made in this technique will emphasize the style of your home and make the interior unique. A patchwork coverlet, sewn with your own hands, turns out no worse than a store one. If you carefully read this article, you can make yourself quite an interesting and practical product.

What kind of animal is patchwork?

Many needlewomen who love to sew always have pieces of fabric left over. Do not rush to throw them away, they can be useful. For example, these patches are useful to make a patchwork bedspread. It is easy to sew this product with your own hands. For work, you will need shreds of various sizes and different fabrics (silk, cotton, satin). These segments are sewn into a single canvas with a specific pattern. The thing turns out bright and unique.

If you like this technique, then try to start with a simple little thing. For example, make a bedspread for a bed. Patchwork is easy to master. You don't have to be a professional seamstress, you just need to knowsewing machine and needle and thread skills.

Patchwork: varieties

The following types of patchwork technique are distinguished:

1. Traditional. This is the creation of a single canvas from individual shreds. The front side of such a product is made using the patchwork technique, and the lining is made of a single piece of matter. Kitchen potholders and pillowcases are usually sewn in this style.



2. Crazy patchwork. For sewing, free-form figures, non-standard applications or curved stripes are used. The seams are masked with braid, lace, ribbons, beads or buttons. Handbags, clothes, decorative panels are made using this technique.
3. Knitted. Patchwork in this style is not stitched, but crocheted. Most often, patchwork bedspreads are made using the patchwork technique for beds, bags, clothes.
4. Japanese. Silk fabrics are used in this patchwork technique. Segments are cut out in the form of geometric shapes: squares, triangular rhombuses and corners. Clothes, decorative panels and bedspreads are made in this style.
5. Quilting. A soft padding made of synthetic winterizer or batting is laid between the two canvases and everything is connected by machine stitching. Pillows, kitchen potholders, clothes for children are made using this technique.

Sewing technique

It seems to many that the technology of patchwork is very simple: cut and sew. But this is only at first glance simple. In fact, the patchwork technique requires skill, artistic taste, perseverance, diligence,accuracy and, most importantly, the ability to sew. There are the following ways of stitching pieces of fabric:

1. Quick Squares. This technique is named so for a reason, as squares are cut out of previously sewn strips of fabric. Four types of matter are taken. First, two stripes of the same color are sewn together, and then two more of the other. The strips are applied face to face and stitched together. It turns out in this way the "sleeve". Next, an angle of 45 degrees is measured. That is, a ruler is taken and applied first to the upper edge of the “sleeve”, and then to the bottom. This action is done along the entire length. Thus we get squares.



2. "Watercolor". At least seven types of fabric are taken as a basis, square shreds are combined from a light shade to a dark one. This creates the effect of watercolor painting.
3. "Strip to strip". The product is assembled from multi-colored strips of matter. The segments are laid in rhombuses, zigzag, ladder or corners.
4. "Log hut". This technique is based on stripes. They are sewn in a spiral around the square, which is placed in the center of the canvas.
5. Magic Triangles. This item is easy to use. Triangles are used to make simple squares or complex patterns, such as "Diamond", "Mill", "Star".
6. "Chess". The squares are stacked in a checkerboard pattern.
7. "Russian square". The assembly of the pattern is difficult. The canvas is based on a square. Isosceles triangles are formed in the upper and lower tiers. The remaining rows are assembled from triangles andbands.
8. "Honeycombs". A pattern of hexagons is assembled. A flower is made from them, and a button is sewn in the middle and covered with fabric.

Patchwork technique: bedspread for beginners

If you decide to sew such a product for the first time, you should know the following steps in preparing for this process:

1. Making a bedspread requires patience and free time.
2. When sewing, use high-quality threads. Choose them to match the fabric.



3. Before you start sewing, prepare the templates by which the patches will be cut out.
4. Be sure to sort by color and texture of the blanks that are useful for sewing.
5. Then start creating a product diagram. Please note that for beginner needlewomen who are going to sew using the patchwork technique for the first time, it is better to use ready-made patterns. You can get them in the magazine.
6. To sew, you will need the following tools: roller knife, pins, chalk, cardboard (for making a pattern), sewing needles, pencil, sewing machine, crochet hook.

How to make a pattern

Take a thick cardboard, draw on it the outline of a square of the required size. Do not forget to make allowances for the seams, set aside one centimeter on each side and draw a second contour line. Take a sharp knife. Start cutting the inner and then the outer contour first. You have a template in the form of a frame. Place the workpiece on the wrong side of the fabric and circle all the contours with chalk. For example, forstandard size bedspread (150 by 200 centimeters), you need to cut 180 square pieces measuring 15 by 15 centimeters (including seam allowances).

Applying patchwork

Any interior and wardrobe items (except shoes) can be made using the patchwork technique. So, original blouses, skirts and vests are obtained from the crazy fabric, quilting technique is quite suitable for sewing an autumn jacket, you can also make bags, kitchen potholders and much more.

Don't forget your kids too! Sew cute things for them. For example, make children's bedspreads using colorful pieces of fabric using the patchwork technique. Decorate them with various applications in the form of fairy-tale characters, animals or letters.

Sewing a patchwork bedspread for children

To sew a product measuring 130 by 190 centimeters, you will need:

• threads (matching the color of the main and purl fabric);
• sewing machine;
• four different fabrics;
• pins;
• canvas for the wrong side (size 130 by 190 centimeters);
• scissors;
• needle;
• synthetic winterizer (size 110 by 170 centimeters).

Selection of material for work

Before you start sewing, choose the right combination of fabric shades. The texture of matter can be any, and the density and thickness of the shreds are the same. As a filler, you can use holofiber or batting. Choose a cotton lining. It should match in color withmain fabric.

Master class: how to sew patchwork bedspreads

Schemes, patterns, patterns are the basis for creating this composition. Inexperienced needlewomen are best off using ready-made blanks that can be found in magazines and books.

We suggest using the Quick Squares technique (see above).

So, before you start sewing, prepare the material. Wash and iron it well. Having prepared everything, get to work. Sew the flaps using the "Quick Squares" technique. It should turn out sixty shreds of a square shape measuring 12 by 12 centimeters. Place them in a checkerboard pattern. Once the fabric is sewn, iron the seams.

Start sewing the lining for the bedspread. Lay the finished fabric face down. Lay a synthetic winterizer on top, pin with pins and sew along the previously laid seams. Make precise seam to seam. Next, take the fabric that was prepared for the wrong side. Attach to the canvas with synthetic winterizer inside out. Pin all pieces together. Sweep and sew on a typewriter. Sewing a patchwork patchwork bedspread with your own hands is quite simple. The main thing is to carefully study this technique.

A hand-sewn patchwork patchwork bedspread is a great solution to update, diversify and decorate your home. Experiment, let your imagination run wild. Good luck in your work!