With this tutorial you might learn new tips to sew curved pieces. I have made this tutorial for my Chromosome Quilt, but you can use it for any other project. You may find how to sew half circle to rectangle. Let’s start!!!
Begin by starching your fabric. As you will be sewing a lot of curves it will assist in keeping your fabric stable. Cut the paper templates and stick them onto a cardboard. You may also cut them from a thin plexi (like the ones used for book spiral binding). It is going to be easier to draw them onto the fabric and trim the units at the end.
First of all, we fold each unit, separately, in half along the curve to find the centre. Mark the centre by finger pressing it.
Line up units and pin it at the centre facing right sides togehter. Use the thinest pins that you have.
Place pins at both the end and start of the curve. Lining up the straight ends that are perpendecular to the curve will help prevent the curve from wraping. Pin as needed along the curve.
Sew along the curve with a scant 1/4” seam allowance, removing pins as you go. If you use a 1.5 mm stitch, the final curve will be smoother.
Press de seam towards de convex piece to have a 2-color convex unit.
Trim the block down to the unfinished size using your ruler.
Hello Kelly!
Yes, you have extra fabric, butonly for the last piece, the background. The final unit is aprox half inch laerger than needed so you may adjust/square the final quilt.
Cheers!
Materials Exterior fabric: two, 11½” × 18½” rectangles Lining fabric: two, 11½” × 18½” rectangles Batting (optional). I recommend using a low loft batting. One, 11½” × 18½” rectangle Holder: One, 2½” × 6″ rectangle Thread, scissors Template. You’ll find the links for the PDF files below Files Instructions First of all, print out the …
One of the techniques that can bring us more headaches, when assembling the top of a quilt, is how to match diagonal seams. Matching these seams and making the lines coincide in the same point, is the typical detail that makes our quilt look much better finished. With practice, and after many unsuccessful attempts, the …
Sewing an oven mitt has been my first sewing project. When I started sewing eight months ago, before I started making quilts, I made small crafts, like this one that I will explain to you how to do. The good thing about making your own oven mitts is that you can customize them so that, …
Step 13. Repeat the whole process using C, D, E, etc. as shown in the gallery below. It is the same process as before. The bigger the circle, the easier to sew.
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SEWING CURVES TUTORIAL
Hi all!
With this tutorial you might learn new tips to sew curved pieces. I have made this tutorial for my Chromosome Quilt, but you can use it for any other project. You may find how to sew half circle to rectangle. Let’s start!!!
Begin by starching your fabric. As you will be sewing a lot of curves it will assist in keeping your fabric stable. Cut the paper templates and stick them onto a cardboard. You may also cut them from a thin plexi (like the ones used for book spiral binding). It is going to be easier to draw them onto the fabric and trim the units at the end.
First of all, we fold each unit, separately, in half along the curve to find the centre. Mark the centre by finger pressing it.
Line up units and pin it at the centre facing right sides togehter. Use the thinest pins that you have.
Place pins at both the end and start of the curve. Lining up the straight ends that are perpendecular to the curve will help prevent the curve from wraping. Pin as needed along the curve.
Sew along the curve with a scant 1/4” seam allowance, removing pins as you go. If you use a 1.5 mm stitch, the final curve will be smoother.
Press de seam towards de convex piece to have a 2-color convex
unit.
Trim the block down to the unfinished size using your ruler.
2 replies to “SEWING CURVES TUTORIAL”
Kelly Mousley
Does the Verbena pattern allow extra fabric on the templates for trimming down to the correct block size?
Augusto
Hello Kelly!
Yes, you have extra fabric, butonly for the last piece, the background. The final unit is aprox half inch laerger than needed so you may adjust/square the final quilt.
Cheers!
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