Sewing Clothes into Quilts

A handmade quilt is inherently replete with meaning – making one from reused textiles only enhances that richness. In Sewing Clothes into Quilts, you’ll learn techniques for incorporating significant and repurposed textiles into your quilts.

Blair Stocker is the creative mind behind the blog Wise Craft. In this class, she’ll share her love of turning everyday objects into new and meaningful things by teaching simple quilting techniques. You’ll learn about:

• Choosing and preparing repurposed textiles
• Planning a quilt design
• Constructing and piecing a quilt top together
• Joining and binding quilt layers

You’ll get inspired, as Blair teaches easy techniques you can use to make a beautifully designed quilt from items you already have around the house. You’ll learn how to clean and prep the fabric along with a variety of ways for joining the layers together.

Sewing Clothes into Quilts will teach you everything you need to know to make a simple, yet beautiful quilt from upcycled materials.

• Every Quilt Has a Story
• Suitable Textiles for Quilting
• Cleaning and Preparing Textiles for Quilting
• Gear You Need to Make a Quilt
• Cutting into Clothes to Make Quilts
• Cutting the Squares
• Planning Your Quilt Design
• Sewing Squares into Rows
• Making the Quilt Sandwich
• Different Methods of Quilting
• Hand Tying the Quilt
• Trim Up the Edges Before Binding
• Binding the Quilt
• Making a Label for a Quilt