The Organic Quilt Part 4
Supplies
In Part 4, we will create a quilt sandwich and begin sewing the layers together.
Step One: Now the quilt top is done. You likely have some rough edges, we will need to trim this off. Do you get nervous cutting your quilt? Cutting fabric is a skill and does take practice so be patient and be brave! As a rule of thumb, I always let the bulk of my fabric hang to my right and the scrap side (the stuff we don’t need at my left.) My ruler ALWAYS goes in my left hand and my rotary cutter in my right. This helps me keep my flow. If you are left-handed you can switch sides. If you stick to this rule cutting will feel more intuitive.
Use the longest ruler you have, a heat pen, or a water-soluble pen to help you if you’d like to draw a line on your quilt to guide you.
Step Two: Now it’s time to make that quilt sandwich.
Place your backing fabric face down and your batting on top of that. The backing and the batting should be the same size and several inches larger than your quilt. You may have to sew fabrics together to make your backing big enough. Spoiler alert - it won’t be noticeable While it can feel like a waste of fabric at the moment, this is a shortcut you don’t want to take, believe me. Your quilt will likely shift some when you quilt. On top of the batting place and center your quilt.
Pin you sandwich together. Curved pins work especially great. I place my pins about a hand print apart. This will help your quilt from shifting while you sew. Also, basting spray is an awesome alternative. If your quilt is really big or this is your first quilt, you may want to do both!
Quilt basting spray link amazon
Quilt your sandwich using a walking foot. Follow the curves of your fabric. I quilted along either side of the seams of my waves as a guide. In places where I had a larger stripe, I sewed extra lines as needed.
Psssst! I had a few stripes that really shifted, it was pretty visable as the fabric was pulling. So I sewed a few more lines through it and after it was washed it wrinkles of course and it covers up these mistakes. Woopsie! In Part five, we will put on the binding and finish this project!
Sewing on the binding. It’s my favorite part of the qiulting process. It may seem like a big task (and it is) but it does go quickly. I like to sit on the couch using the quilt as a blanket.
