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Making a Family Quilt: Save Material
Making a Family Quilt: Buy Batting & Lining
Making a Family Quilt: Cut Squares
Making a Family Quilt: Gather Supplies
Making a Family Quilt: Iron Squares & Strips
Making a Family Quilt: Decide on Pattern
Making a Family Quilt: Attach Pieces
Making a Family Quilt: Check for Errors
Making a Family Quilt: Cut Batting
Making a Family Quilt: Prep Back
Making a Family Quilt: Pin Layers
Making a Family Quilt: Sew In Place
Making a Family Quilt: Hand Stitch Opening
Making a Family Quilt: Flip Inside Out
Making a Family Quilt: Finish
Summary: Start your sewing in the middle of a big block. Learn how to sew a family quilt in this free home decor video.
Misty Swift began sewing from home for herself and friends after being distraught over a beautiful bag she purchased only to discover it was horribly made and almost immediately fell...read more
"Okay, once you have all three layers pinned together you're going to go ahead and pick a starting point. I usually try to pick in the middle of a nice big block so that it's not as obvious when you go to close it up. You want to close, do that finishing stitch and leave a good half inch all the way around and just pin it when you get to the corners and don't go until you get back to where you started; leave a couple inches to flip it around. Make sure you take your pins out. Almost coming up on the end here. Don't forget to leave a gap open for you to sew closed. Just do the finishing stitch on the end of there, and then it will be sewn all the way around."
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