Finishing a bed-size quilt doesn't have to be a king-size chore. In this course produced by Bluprint—the popular online educational site dedicated to creative projects of all types—award-winning quilter Ann Petersen shows you five easy, large-scale quilting techniques. You'll learn how to finish any quilt beautifully with the same sewing machine you've always used. Basic quilters will enjoy Ann's helpful, easy-to-follow instructions, while more advanced quilters will pick up dozens of tips and tricks for whole-quilt finishing, splitting your block or batting, quilting blocks as-you-go or adding borders to a central medallion.
Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine
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Enjoy award-winning quilter Ann Petersen's helpful, easy-to-follow instructions as you pick up dozens of new tips and tricks to finish any quilt beautifully with the same sewing machine you've always used.
Trailer
01: Introduction
Learn five easy techniques to tackle any size quilt on a home sewing machine.
6 min
02: Discussing Design
Design considerations, color, fabric, and thread choices. Ann shows some of her favorite quilts and talks about turning inspiration into quilted reality.
21 min
03: Getting Ready
You'll learn how to spray baste safely, heat-set the adhesive with your iron, set up your workspace, and get your machine ready for stitching.
27 min
04: Whole Quilt
Strategies for working the whole quilt at once. Learn the secret to straight lines across a large quilt as you stitch in the ditch, mark, and quilt a pattern.
45 min
05: Split Batting
In this segment, Ann shows how to quilt your whole top across sections of batting you add one at a time.
37 min
06: Splitting the Top
Another approach to a large quilt is to divide the top into sections. Ann shows you how to work this way without fear.
37 min
07: Block by Block
Quilt-as-you-go techniques are increasingly popular. Ann teaches how to quilt individual blocks, then combine them.
43 min
08: Medallion Quilts
A medallion quilting approach allows you to begin in the middle and work outward, quilting borders as you go.
46 min
Overview Course No. 4001
About
Ann Petersen has been sewing quilts since her childhood, and her work has been featured in numerous books, magazine and exhibitions. Ann’s quilts have won multiple awards, including first place at both the Houston International Quilt Festival and the American Quilter's Society Show in Paducah, Kentucky. She teaches quilting classes on Craftsy and around the US.
