Making a Family Quilt: Save Material

Series Summary

Quilting is a type of sewing that involves a needle and a special quilting thread is used to sew through three layers of the quilt: the top, the batting and the backing. The quilter typically passes the needle from the quilt top all the way through to the bottom layer and then pushes the needle back up. Simple to quite elaborate patterns are formed by these quilting stitches. Tying is another method of holding the three layers of the quilt together. A bed covering or similar large rectangular piece of quilting work is called a quilt. A quilt does not have to be rectangular, however. Many quilts hang on the wall as art quilts and are all kinds of shapes and sizes. Given the popularity of quilts as heirlooms and gifts, it's no surprise that many people will attempt to learn this skill in order to have something to pass on to their children. In this free video series, you will learn how to create your own family quilt. Discover the steps for completing this project, from gathering material to cutting, stitching and finishing the quilt.

Video Transcript

"Hello, today we are going to show you how to make a family quilt, which a lot of people have asked me about. I'm actually in the process of putting mine together, this kind of gave me an extra kick to do it a little sooner, instead of later. I've made a couple for my daughters, that are their blankets, but we're actually going to do a whole family blanket. I'm going to show you how I'm going to put mine together. You're first step is going to be keeping clothes from the family. We've kept clothes from dad, which I have nice big fleece pieces, from an old fleecy he had that got a hole in it, to of my son, which this is one of my favorite pieces I have off of one of his old pajamas. You want to make sure you do stuff you remember the kids wearing and stuff you remember. Maybe you had some school pictures taken in, I have a couple that are like that. This is one of her pajamas. I love stuff that's soft. It will be stretchy, so the more stretchy materials you have, the more ify the blanket's going to look in the end but it'll be just fine because it's a family blankets, so it should be cozy. Two of the babies pajamas, this is my favorite onesie my daughter wore, and that's going to be part of the blanket. What you do want to avoid is anything that doesn't have nice big blocks in it because this I can take a nice big chunk out of. You want to get some that's not stretchy so it's not all going to be like that. Just try to make sure you get evenly for everybody and then you're ready to get started."