Quilting is a very popular craft to get involved with. People want to create beautiful hand-made items to give as gifts and decorate their own home. However, piecing together complicated quilt patterns can be difficult for those that are not very artistically capable. Another solution is creating a super easy picture quilt.
Materials for the Picture Quilt
In order to construct a picture quilt, you will need the following materials:
1. Fabric 1 ½ times the area of the finished quilt
2. Alternate fabric ½ the area of the quilt
3. Sewing thread that matches
4. Embroidery floss
5. Quilt batting
The first type of fabric will be used to construct both the back of the quilt, and the non-stitched squares on the front of the quilt. The second type of fabric should be in a solid color and will be arranged in a checkerboard pattern with the other fabric squares.
Patterns for the Picture Quilt
All of the solid color squares of fabric that you cut will be decorated with a simple stitched image. You can get these images out of craft or pattern books or coloring book pages. You need images with strong outline edges and enough inner detail lines to tell what the image is. You will be stitching only the lines of the image and not any shading or patterns for this easy picture quilt.
Your images should follow a theme for the best results. A picture quilt for a young girl could include flowers and butterfly pictures, one for a boy could have pictures of trains or dinosaurs. A woman may prefer cats or angels, and a man may like fishing lures or sport car outlines.
Constructing the Picture Quilt
The first step in making your easy picture quilt is cutting out an arranging all of the fabric squares in an easy checkerboard pattern. After you know how big you want your blanket, and how many image squares you have to make, you can find images that you wish to stitch.
Using a washable fabric pen, chalk, or any other removable method, you should transfer the image patterns to the blank color squares. Then, with a needle threaded with the entire strand of embroider floss, simple stitch all of the lines in each image.
After all of your stitching is done, you must assemble the quilt by sewing together the squares. Layer the squares, the quilt batting, and the back of the quilt and stitch all together. Make sure you leave enough of the backing fabric to fold over the edges and make a clean edge. After this is sewn around the outside, you can simply sew the whole quilt in a checkerboard pattern to create the quilted design.
Creating a super easy picture quilt will provide you with an enjoyable past time while making a wonderful blanket for decoration, warmth, and gifting. You can make a picture quilt in any fabric, design, or style to suit an individual’s taste. These picture quilts are easier than traditional quilts, but will provide just as much enjoyment and beauty.
