'Man - Sewing' with Guy from Brother Sewing UK Part Two
Following on from our blog post on 16th May, this is part two, following the creation of a quilt made from baby grows, by a complete novice - man sewer!
"As my quilt is to be pretty large (52 x 32 inches), I chose a long-arm quilting machine to make the task easier. The large space (11 1/4 inch) of the Innov-is VQ2, meant that I should be able to fit more of the quilt under the needle without needing to roll it up. As a novice this should help a lot!
Innov-is VQ2 Long Arm Sewing & Quilting Machine - RRP £1,999 from local dealers."
Together with this, I used the Dual Feed 1/4 Inch Guide Foot. This will enable an exact 1/4 inch seam for all the quilted squares.
Dual Feed Foot (DF1) - RRP £249
Dual Feed 1/4 Inch Foot (F076) - RRP £15.79 from local dealers"
As I will be sewing over different layers of fabric, I have turned this option to 'ON' in the machine settings screen."
"Taking two of my fabric squares (see first part of the blog article). I placed them face together, making sure all sides lined up.
Select a middle align straight stitch, with length of approx 1.6 - 2mm. Then, using the dual feed foot with dual feed 1/4 inch foot attached, I lined the fabric edge up against the guide of the foot and sewed a straight line down the edge of the fabric."
"I did this with each of the pieces from each pile of fabric (from blog article one). Each time, putting both pieces of fabric face together and sewing a straight line along the edge of fabric.
Once a few have been sewn together, you can open up, and the row of fabric should look like this.
This should be done for each pile of fabric, so that you have all the rows of the quilt stitched together."
"This is where things started to get a bit more complicated - keep the quick unpick close to hand!
Now taking 2 completed rows - I again placed the fabric face together. At this stage I needed to try and line up all the seams from one row of fabric to the other. I found it slightly easier to pin the fabric together at the seam points - this keeps the fabric from slipping."
Pushing the fabrics edge up against the foot guide again, sew a straight line, paying close attention to the seams. As you sew over them, ensure the seams are butterflied open, removing the pins as you sew over the seam.
Once you have sewn two rows together the patchwork should begin to take shape like this.
And when you open out the pieces, the whole quilt begins to take shape. A sense of achievement - but the most difficult bits are still to come!
In the next part of the blog, I will explain how to attach the back fabric and then quilt the pieces together.
Select a middle align straight stitch, with length of approx 1.6 - 2mm. Then, using the dual feed foot with dual feed 1/4 inch foot attached, I lined the fabric edge up against the guide of the foot and sewed a straight line down the edge of the fabric."
Once a few have been sewn together, you can open up, and the row of fabric should look like this.
This should be done for each pile of fabric, so that you have all the rows of the quilt stitched together."
Now taking 2 completed rows - I again placed the fabric face together. At this stage I needed to try and line up all the seams from one row of fabric to the other. I found it slightly easier to pin the fabric together at the seam points - this keeps the fabric from slipping."
Once you have sewn two rows together the patchwork should begin to take shape like this.
In the next part of the blog, I will explain how to attach the back fabric and then quilt the pieces together.
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