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DIY.. Quilt Your Own Fabric

in DIY Projects, Sewing Tips & Tricks on 05/04/13

We have a nursery pillow from Dwell Studio.  The pillow is really lovely – small, quilted and super soft.  The muted colors fit our design scheme and I love the simple quilting detail.

A friend was recently visiting and we were sitting in my nursery talking about work, our careers and babies.  She saw the pillow and asked if  “we” could create something similar.  I thought about it and realized it was a great idea..  Not sure if it was more for her or me? Free stuff for her/ blog post for me..  Hmm.

Have you tried quilting your own fabric? It’s not that hard and gives such a nice touch to your projects.  I have a lot of people ask why I don’t just buy the quilted fabric.  Yes, this is available, but I think it can look cheap. I find that store bought quilted fabric can be hard and crispy.  Plus, I like selecting my own fabric colors and combinations. Quilting your own fabric gives you so many possibilities!

Materials Needed:

  1. Fabric of choice
  2. Fusible batting – Pellon TP971F  –  this is a great choice. One side is fusible, so you can iron it to your fabric
  3. Clover quilt marking pen – Love this!
  4. Creative grids quilting ruler
  5. Sewing materials – pins, thread, scissors, sewing machine

Before we get started, you will need to fuse the batting to the wrong side of your fabric.

Alright, here are the quick steps to quilting your fabric in a diamond pattern.

Step 1.  With the chalko marking pen – mark the center of the fabric at the top and bottom.  Move 6″ out from center and mark again at the top and bottom.  You have now created an X.

Step 2.  Decide on the size of your diamond shape.. I’m lazy and chose the 1″ mark so I wouldn’t have to think too much. Using your grid, follow the X lines and trace.

Step 3.  Grid the entire piece of fabric.

Step4.  Lengthen your stitch length to 3.  Place in sewing machine and stitch following your lines.

Ta- da!! Here is what is should look like..

After you have tried the diamond pattern, why not try different patterns? Straight lines, uneven lines, wavy lines.. So many options and so little time.

Happy Sewing!

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Comments

  1. tina says

    April 6, 2013 at 9:53 am

    I am a quilter, but you provide great info here. I will continue to check you out!

    Reply
  2. Sarah Jane says

    April 13, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    Cute post. Easy tutorial to follow. Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  3. Kathy Laird says

    April 15, 2013 at 9:17 am

    This is awesome! Pinning!

    Reply
  4. Kathy says

    October 18, 2016 at 8:35 am

    Hi,

    I Just want to thank you for the tutorial on how th mark your fabric for a diamond pattern. this was very helpful. I am working on a tote bag project for my daughter. for her birthday which has to be done by Friday.

    Thanks again,

    Kathy

    Reply
  5. Kathy says

    October 20, 2016 at 9:10 am

    Why did you take my comment off? I don’t get it.

    Reply
    • Haberdashery Fun says

      October 20, 2016 at 5:11 pm

      Hi Kathy,

      I didn’t take your comment off, all comments have to get approved on the back end/dashboard before they go live on my site. I saw your original comment and thank you for the kind words. I had surgery on Sunday, have been in the hospital and only out today… Hope your daughter’s birthday goes well.

      Marni

      Reply

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