Episode 19 ~ Fabric Styles

Today we talked about the different styles of fabric…eventually.  We did finally get to it after we went over me busy week.

Comments this week

• Thank you to Allison Rosen from Within a Quarter Inch for the shout out on her podcast.
• Denise shared what it was like to sit in on a Quilt Out Loud taping.
• Another listeners is starting a podcast – more to come….
• Jennifer gave us a tip to save your scraps and cut them into standard sizes for scrap quilts.
• Tiffany sent Pictures!!!!!

Tiffany is a garment sewer, but about once a year she makes a quilt.  This design cambe from Quilterscache.com and is called “Independance Quilt”.  It was machine pieced and machine quilted using the stitch-in-the-ditch method.  This picture is a real Pick Me Up!

Tip for Scraps - save them for fabric postcards!  As you are saving them, sort them by color using a kids bucket storage system.

I bought a 48″ x 96″ piece of template material for $22 at Grainger.com.

Puppy in his baby onesie!  Got to keep those stitched covered.  I put Reecee in one too so Nacho didn’t feel like an outcast.

Machine Quilting – here is a pic of the meandering I have finished.  Maybe by next week I will be able to bind it.

I broke my ruler!!! 

Finished another Frolic block (only 100 left to go,  lol)

My Knitter’s Tote Bag

This is an original design by me.  I am typing it up and will have the pattern available for sale on Etsy for $4; pdf download.  The bag features two compartments; one on the bottom to hold the yarn; you can fit about 3 small skeins in it.  Access to the yarn area is through a hole in the side, so as you knit the yarn comes out easily.  The top compartment is big enough to hold a small project and 12″ needles; there are even eyelets in the bottoms for empty needles to go into so they won’t fall out.  The handles are long for knitting with it hanging on your shoulder.

Quilting/Knitting Apps for iPod/iPhone

• Stitchminder
• Quilt Ref
• Quilt Envi

Different Styles of Fabric

• Tone on Tone – same color but different values. Dark red fabric with a light print
• Batiks – dyed with a wax resist
• Marbled – different colors swirled together. Don’t know how it is done commercially – think of marbled cake
• Cheater Fabric – all over print, little to no repeats
• Novelty Fabric – pictorials; baseball themed, princess themed. Holiday, Disney…Good for fussy cutting or themed quilts.
• Calico – small printed fabric, all over pattern; originally, Calico meant Cotton Fabric.
• Contemporary – Modern design; considered more stylish
• Directional prints – designs with a clear right way and wrong way.
• Muslin – undyed cotton. Bleached or not, available in different quality
• PFD – means prepared for dying – not sizing, surface finish or treatment
• Pima Cotton – developed in the SW. Combination of Egyption and upland cotton. Longer fiber length, more shiny
• Repro – Fabric printed today using designs from before about 1950’s.
• Vintage – not printed today, the original fabric printed before the 1960’s
• Retro – old style designs, like from the 70’s and 80’s.

Tags: Fabric, Quilting, Sewing