16.Hand Piecing Quilts with Stephanie Hightower Stitching
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Stephanie at Hightower Stitching in Social Circle, GA shares a tutorial on hand piecing the patches/pieces of a quilt before quilting the top.
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When I was a little girl I made a quilt like this for my doll. No one taught me how to do it I just figured it out. Now I am going to make one for my grand daughter's doll 50 years later. Thank you for teaching me the proper way to do it!
What a great story! It is a great feeling to figure out things you don't know.
Grandma and sometimes mom also made a lot of our clothes. For years grandma saved up scraps from those dresses. Then Easter of my senior year in high school she gave my sister and I each a quilt made of them. On the back she embroidered to janet from grandma and the date what a treasure. That quilt is now 54 and I’m the old grandma.
I love the sign that says, "Every Quilt has a Story." And, I love your quilt's story!!!
History is so important-especially family history. I am so glad she made a label for your quilt. It is so easy just to forget how much it will mean. Thank you for sharing!
Your tutorials are wonderful. You make hand piecing so fun! We are a rare breed to hand piece. I’ve been told that people don’t understand why I hand piece when it’s so much quicker to use a machine. That may be true but it is so much easier to hand piece, and the results are perfect. I have all the time in the world, so I enjoy hand piecing. Thanks for sharing your talents! Your a real gem in quilters..😉💕🇺🇸
Thank you for your comments. I started out as a hand stitch quilter and love to go back to it! For fun visit my hightowerstitching.com blogs.
Do you ever go to the machine?? Cause i despise sewing but i want to make a quilt?
@@jeannettecharles-clarke8320 Yes, and it makes me a little hyper. But, I have really enjoyed learning to quilt (quilting the top) so much. I have 3 books of notes! There are so man;y lovely quilts to stitch on the sewing machine. Enjoy your hobby!
I'm a fresh beginner and this video was helpful. Thank you for sharing. 😀❤️
You are so welcome!
I do civil war re-enactments and I have sat with the ladies to help stitch quilting squares. Now I’m ready to do my own thank you for this video just what I needed🥰
Yeah!!
I just started mending a quilt I already owned and decided to make my own from scratch by hand!!
When I repaired my neighbor's Grandmother Garden quilt I got renewed and made my own by hand. I love that quilt.
I'm in the same boat!
Very helpful, as I don't have a sewing machine. But that's OK. I don't mind this at all. Thank you.
You’re welcome 😊
This is great! Thanks for the video. I have a quilt that was hand-pieced. I remember my neighbor, who made the quilt, used to hand piece her quilt tops while watching TV in the evenings. It always looked like such a restful thing to do. 🙂
It helps to slow down to hand stitch if you have a special project you want to make for someone! The machine is fast, but hand stitching makes something special. My example: my daughter is getting married, and I am hand stitching the Wedding Ring quilt for her. Thank you for your comment! Stephanie
Thank you so much for your tutorial! I'm getting ready to make a memorial quilt from some of my late Great Grandmother's clothing. This will be my first quilt!
Be patient. Look at the clothing to see the colors, textures, extra details (buttons, trim, etc.) and types of fabrics. Then choose ones that really say something to you. Don't worry about a pattern yet. Start to carefully take several pieces apart by cutting neatly to find larger pieces (backs, fronts, sleeves) and put them in a stack together. Save everything at this point. I seldom get rid of any parts until the quilt is done. See if you have a good pile of pieces or need to go back to the original pile and choose something else. Lots of times I all of a sudden say....I think I need that from the pile.
Start looking at quilt magazines for ideas...just don't look too hard.
Whatever you do, this is your memory quilt and one-of-a-kind made by you!
@@StephanieKitchens4340 Thank you for that, I have a couple of light weight fleece like coats that she wore alot. I'm thinking I'll get alot of fabric from them. I'm excited to see how it will turn out 🙂
Many thanks for such a clear and concise tutorial!
You're very welcome!
Awesome, thank you!! This made me feel like I don’t have to use a machine and can create it by hand 💖💖💖
You can do it!
@@StephanieKitchens4340 thank you!
This helped me soooo much! You’re a life saver! I was loosing hope on my quilt. Thank you!
Glad I could help!
Great tutorial! This is what this covid stuff has made me do many things I would had never imagined myself having any interest in.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a fantastic video. You’re excellent at explaining things. I appreciate that I could understand how to do this since I’m making a baby blanket for my new nephew.
Quilting/sewing is always so much fun when the product is for someone! Enjoy sewing! S
Thank you!!! This was so helpful! Best one I've found 💖
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the video! I always sew by hand...have been sewing masks by hand. Anyway, I had started a sort of abstract piecing together with scraps last summer(haven't finished) but because it was for fun I didn't worry about doing anything correctly. Now I am making a more conventional quilt for my sister's baby who will arrive in sept. I want to make sure I'm actually making something that will hold together so I wanted to double check on the stitches a hand sewer would use to piece a quilt together. I see you are just using a simple basting stitch. I was using a back stitch before because I thought it might pull apart. But was happy to see if could be done a little quicker! Thanks again for the video!
It is more of a running stitch with small enough stitches for the project. With good thread it will last a long time!
@@StephanieKitchens4340 thank you!! I've got quite a bit done so far. I'll keep at it!
Thanks for the video. Was exactly what I wanted to know.
Glad it was helpful!
This was really helpful! Thank you!
Thank you for watching.
Thankyou thankyou. Finally found someone that could help me .trying to make a handsewn quilt of my grandsons baby clothes for my daughter. Taken me weeks to cut out my squares but nervous starting to sew the pieces.i would have sewn them the wrong way. Thankyou
What a nice project! I have come to really appreciate projects like this. Enjoy!
@@StephanieKitchens4340 would you by any possible chance know where I can buy felt or cloth letters to sew on the top with his name. I tried cutting them out but destroyed them lol. I am so determined but only have till Xmas lol
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Ideas:
1. In GA we have felt at Walmart & Hobby Lobby. On-line I found some at Etsy and Amazon.
2. Letters-if you know a teacher, ask if she/he has sets of letters used as templates for making words for bulletin boards.
Press a piece of freezer paper to the back of your fabric (this will stabilize the material) trace/write your letters on the fabric side and cut out. Remove paper.
Wonder Web is great to use to press your
letters to the quilt block; then stitch around.
I have a bunch of 4in squares cut out but had no idea where to tackle piecing the quilt! Thank you so much, this was a very helpful tutorial!
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much this was very helpful
Keep sewing!
Thank you! This was so helpful!
You are welcome! Thank you for watching.
Thank you Stephanie. So helpful
You are so welcome!
Thank you I am just learning
Thank you for watching and have fun sewing!
Thank you queen. this vid helped out a lot you're the best
You're so welcome!
Very helpful. Thank you!
You're welcome!
New Subscriber here. Thank you so much for this video! I've been looking for a detailed hand stich tutorial for piecing the blocks together! I'm going to give your channel a shout out! ❤❤❤
Thanks for the feedback!! Need anything else?
@@StephanieKitchens4340 can I do this method with flannel? I want to do a rag quilt baby blanket?
i love your works...
Thank you! Knowing someone watches keeps me videoing!
Thank you Stephanie!
Thank you!
Lovely - thank you! 🥰👏😇
There is something so nice about hand stitching. My arm was out of commission last week. When I started back up on the Wedding Ring quilt it was like finding a friend.
Double-ditto! What a perfectly lovely analogy 🥰👏
I don’t know how to machine sew. I am planning to quilt by hand sewing. I will start by doing small household pieces to practice and build confidence before I tackle blankets.
When sewing I have found thinking ahead/thinking an idea through really helps prevent waste and frustration a lot.
Growing up the only blankets we had were hand pieced and made by my grandmother and her sister. They even did appliqué by hand. They very quilted them. They stitched the backs by machine with the old treadle sewing machine and all were tied not quilted. I was an adult before I realized this was not the norm.
I am not sure anything is norm. But, there you have another special story. Thank you!
Do you iron the seams open like that before sewing them to the next pieces?
That is up to you; I tend to keep going on smaller pieces and do the pressing later. Enjoy!
Question - I have tried hand stiching things together, but with the stich you use in this video, what is to keep the thread from gathering and getting all bunched up if it happens to break (during general wear and tear of using a quilt)? Or is that not really a thing, and sewing machines have just made us dependent upon a reinforced stich that isn't necessarily needed? I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
If the thread is good quality and the running stitches are small, it should not be a problem with the piecing work coming apart. I always check the back of the piecing patches and even gently pull apart if I am not sure. When the finished block/quilt is quilted that also helps strengthen the quilt. I knot the thread at the beginning and do several repeat stitches at the end of the run. While sewing I work the blunching and knotting out so there is not a large open space.
Happy sewing!!
Hello - quick question: when you mentioned the piece sizes, does 2" include the seam allowance, or does that need to be added? Thanks!
I used 2"squares, which are pretty small. Directions would be the same for 2 1/2",
3" etc. Try a size you are comfortable especially if you are just starting. Enjoy!
Thank you very much. Just found your channel. I am relatively inexperienced and I’m stupidly ambitiously trying to hand sew a film reel strip using one inch blocks with a tiny black strip between them. Oh my! Took me a few hours to do just work out my sizes and unsuccessfully piece the two white blocks to the thin black strip in the middle. Looking at your video, I think my failure is because I didn’t open the seams and I wasn’t sure which way to go. I’ll try it again and open the seams. I was also unsure what colour thread to use, black or white. Are there any tips you can give me please? Thank you. New subscriber here.
Since you are just starting, it might help to start with 2 inch blocks (white) with a little wider black strip in the middle. When the black strips are so small they will probably want to be ironed toward the center of the black strip. Opening the seam may not help. Thread-when you sew a line and press it...look at the seam from the outside and see if you like it. Gray often goes well with colors. Welcome to the club of sewers!
Would you say that piecing (or even hand applique) is strong enough to be used as a functional quilt? Or are these solely for decorative use? I plan to sew the blocks by machine, but I really don't think I can do the tight curves on a machine for the applique. I want it to be used as an actual blanket, though, so it needs to hold up.
I'm working on sewing yo yos on to a quilt by hand and been thinking about your question. If the applique piece was larger, I would probably add a little Wonder Web like material to hold it in place before hand stitching and to make the piece more secure. After experimenting a little, I would know how close to the edge to add that material; I dislike trying to sew through heavy/glue stuff. On my yo yos lap top, I am using double thread, close together stitches, and maybe knot more often. This quilt is for everyday use. I hope this helps and happy hand stitching!!
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I have quilts my MeMaw made that I still use. She never used a machine, it's all by hand.
I was taught to mark lines for stitching by hand. When is that done vs the way you're doing it?
That was one of my first videos; as I went back to my teaching days, I did add drawing a line to stitch. It was part of my learning curve to help others.
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Welcome and thank you for letting me know I helped you! Enjoy learning!
Sew nice
Thank you...my first try at video!
What size is this?
Is this 1x1 ?
Probably 2 inch squares. 1 is too little and 3 is a little big. But 3 would give practice in stitching and easier to hold.
Noticed your last name..my maiden name is Kitchens..never. met another with my last name..lol
I know what you mean!
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Thank you!
I have always handpieced. Never had an interest in machine piecing. I’m knocking those who do, I just find handpiecing more authentic.
When I started out, I hand pieced and quilted all my quilts. Since I started doing tutorials on RUclips, I enjoy machine piecing to get the tops done quicker. What I really love is free motion quilting. I was always a doodler and fmq lets me do that and have something to show for it. Keep doing hand work! S
@@StephanieKitchens4340 I can see the reason for machine piecing doing tutorials; getting through blocks faster and onto quilting. All of it takes time; cutting, arranging pieces, sewing etc. Thanks for sharing your knowledge