How to Make Easy Wedding Quilts
There are many variations you can use to create a wedding quilt. More detailed quilts can take longer periods of time to create. If you want to make a quilt that looks as nice as one that took weeks to make you can incorporate some basic quilting steps and add a twist with personal touches like photos or patches of wedding photos or special symbols.
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Things You'll Need
- Top fabric
- 8 by 8 fabric squares
- Bottom fabric
- Batting
- Thread
- Scissors
- Straight pins
- Sewing needles
- Heat-transfer paper
- Ink jet printer
- Iron
Instructions
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Determine the size of the quilt you will be making. Calculate how much fabric you will need to create the quilt in the correct size. Visit your local fabric and crafts store and purchase the fabric you need.
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Sketch out the design pattern for your quilt on graph paper. Scale the drawing so that every 4 grid squares equal 1 fabric square. Count the number of 8 by 8 squares you need to fill the quilt.
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Cut the fabric you want to use for contrast into the required number of 8 by 8 squares. You can make larger squares by cutting the squares in a larger size or piecing together a few of the same-colored squares to create a larger one.
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Select the photos or patches you want to attach to the squares and test print the images on plain paper. Print your selected photos using your ink jet printer and heat-transfer paper. Wait until the ink on the transfer paper is dry before continuing.
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Lay the iron-on photo onto the selected fabric square. Apply the iron to the back of the image using a high heat setting with no steam for the recommended amount of time. Let the transfer cool and then gently peel off the transfer paper from the quilt.
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Sew the photo squares onto the top fabric using your pattern as a guide. Work along the quilt row by row to sew the squares in place. Alternate photo squares with solid squares or other design patches.
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Turn the fabric upside down on a clean smooth flat surface. Stretch out the quilt batting and cut it to a manageable size. If you want to add further insulation you can layer more batting on this layer.
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Pin the top fabric and batting layers in place using your straight pins or safety pins. Space your pins a few inches apart.
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Lay out the fabric for the back of the quilt.
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Stretch out the prepared fabric for the back of the quilt over the top of the batting. Smooth out the fabric to ensure there are no wrinkles and cut away any excess batting. Use a straight stitch technique to sew the first sides of the quilt closed so that all of the sides are sewn shut.
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Tips & Warnings
Apply fabric squares to the solid fabric or sew together multiple fabric squares to create a solid sheet for the back or front of the quilt instead of piecing them onto a solid fabric sheet.
Wash the quilt by hand using cold water or on a gentle cycle with mild detergent.
You can opt not to include the photo squares and instead just use varied fabric squares with wedding-themed or monogram imagery and piece them together.
