Guest Post: How to Patchwork Quilt - Patchwork Making For Pleasure

Introduction:

Patchwork Quilting is an enjoyable and rewarding hobby. Once you have learned the art of patchwork quilting you will be able to create your own patterns and designs making great pieces of useful and practical artwork that you will always treasure.

Many people would much prefer receiving a handmade quilt rather than a commercially mass produced product made by a patchwork quilting machine.

Patchwork has always been a hugely popular craft and more and more people are learning the art of patchwork quilting.

What Is Patchwork Quilting?
The definition from a dictionary for patchwork quilting is 'a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together'. There are three layers of fabric and these three layers are stitched together to make the patchwork quilt. Almost every world culture has, in some way or another helped to develop today's art of quilting.

Make Beautiful Crafts & Gifts for Friends & Family
Patchwork quilting is an easy and fun way to make beautiful gifts for your friends and family members.

Of course it isn't just patchwork quilts that can be made. For example, just by reducing the size of your work or by changing the shape of the patchwork quilt your design can be used as a potholder, table runner, wall hanging, or even a quilt for a baby.

Quilts are a special way of keeping warm on cold nights and great for all members of the family to use. Quilts make wonderful gifts and are a great reminder of many happy memories as they will be treasured for many years and passed down from generation to generation.

A Fun & Rewarding Craft
Patchwork Quilting is a fun and rewarding craft.

On learning the patchwork quilting art you will easily be able to create your own patterns and designs.

One of the great things about patchwork quilting is that it becomes a great way of using leftover fabric from clothes or other projects.

Patchwork quilting is also a great way of creating something that can help to make money at charity shows and stalls.

Quilting is easy to learn and great to do with friends and family members. For example, making a patchwork quilt provides you with a rewarding time to spend with children and it will give them something to treasure for years to come. It is also great at giving children something to be proud of let alone a valuable pastime for them which can also help to keep children occupied for hours on end!

Designs

The designs and the techniques of quilt making have been traditionally passed down from one generation to another or from friend to a friend or a teacher to a student. Four Patch Quilt Blocks are generally one of the most commonly used designs in creating patchwork quilts.

As time goes on we begin to see more of a personal style developing in each person's patchwork quilting which assists in making quilting even more of an art form.

Get Into Quilting
Sometime in the mid 1960s quilt revival was started and this has continued to the present day. You too can be a part of this ever popular past time. It' growing popularity means that patchwork quilting continues to fill homes across the globe and more and more people are finding their way into this enjoyable craft.