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2. A supply of fabric, stored in every imaginable place in the house
3. A piecing method that is fast
5. Used to cut fabric in a quick and accurate way
8. Corners that are joined at a 45 degree angle
12. To press fabric
13. Stitching small shapes onto a background
14. An arrangement of blocks
16. A quilter's get-away
18. The middle layer of a quilt
19. Creating quilt blocks from fabric that has been cut into parts
21. Holds the lower thread in the machine
23. Step by Step instructions that are purchased or found in books &
magazines
24. They hold pieces together when you are sewing
25. A quilt that is made up of many different blocks
30. When the batting fibers work their way through the quilt
31. Desired fabric - easy to work with
32. Used when hand quilting to stabilize the quilt
33. Pictures of quilts
38. Links sets of patches together with continuous lines of stitching
39. Yardage edges that are finished - usually thicker- and not used
40. Uses many irregular shaped pieces and decorative stitches
42. Thick plastic that is used with a rotary cutter to cut the fabric
into desired shapes.
44. Quilting that repeats the block shape, with each repeat a little
bigger.
45. A quilt made with leftover fabrics
46. An envelope of fabric that arrives in the mail
47. These can be made of plastic, cardboard or other stiff materials -
used to trace designs.
48. A type of quilting stitch, squiggly lines, close together - all over
pattern
49. A type of quilt that uses floral fabrics in varying size, from small
to large, to create a design - impressionists |
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1. A variation of strip piecing, strips are sewn into sets and then
crosscut and reassembled
2. Cutting long pieces of fabric - time saving technique -
4. A type of quilting that uses a needle and thread
6. Small all over floral fabric
7. Used with a quilt to make hand quilting easier - several people can
work on the quilt at one time
8. Plain cotton fabric - can be bleached or unbleached
9. A pattern in which the outcome is not known
10. Bottom layer of the quilt
11. Small, thin needles that are used to finish the quilt
15. A fun fabric - can be found in 'Eye-Spy' quilts
17. A quilt with a large central pattern that is set-off with borders
18. Large, temporary stitches for holding the quilt together
20. Tiny quilt
22. The outside rounds of the quilt - it frames the quilt
25. They separate the blocks so they are not touching
26. A quilt that is made to commemorate a special time or occasion
27. A fabric that is used in small amounts, gives the quilt some
character
28. A soap that is mild, used to washing quilts and other fine washables
29. This narrow strip is sewn over the edge of the quilt to finish it
34. A pattern that uses strips of fabric that gradually get longer
around a center square that is most often red
There is a light side and a dark side to the block
35. Fabric that measures 18"x 22"
36. The stretchy, diagonal weave of the fabric
37. A quilt that is one color to show off fine hand quilting
39. Tool for 'unsewing'
40. Values, shades, tints, primary, secondary
41. Refers to the thickness of batting
43. Small, thin needles for piecing
45. A fabric that is one color with no texture or design |
