I've just bought my first set of fat quarters!
If you'd asked me a few weeks ago I wouldn't have known a fat quarter from a thin cent! In fact it turns out it is a standard measure for a piece of material for quilting - based on cutting a yard of cloth into quarters - which works out as approximately 18 by 22 inches.
I have bought ten of these pieces and here's my stash.
I'm planning to make a sampler quilt, which means incorporating a series of different square blocks of quilting each in a different pattern. Hilary is going to be my "quilting mummy" to get me started and mentor me through the process. As I progress, we'll share Hilary's templates for the blocks I'm making and will pass on Hilary's top tips on our main MIAMI website
If you want to join me please leave a message on the forum - to ask any queries and share advice as well as posting pictures of your own quilts.
See also: Quilts at the V&A
Making a journal quilt
Clare F
If you'd asked me a few weeks ago I wouldn't have known a fat quarter from a thin cent! In fact it turns out it is a standard measure for a piece of material for quilting - based on cutting a yard of cloth into quarters - which works out as approximately 18 by 22 inches.
I have bought ten of these pieces and here's my stash.
I'm planning to make a sampler quilt, which means incorporating a series of different square blocks of quilting each in a different pattern. Hilary is going to be my "quilting mummy" to get me started and mentor me through the process. As I progress, we'll share Hilary's templates for the blocks I'm making and will pass on Hilary's top tips on our main MIAMI website
If you want to join me please leave a message on the forum - to ask any queries and share advice as well as posting pictures of your own quilts.
See also: Quilts at the V&A
Making a journal quilt
Clare F
