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Title : standard furniture grand designs
standard furniture grand designs
it's almost impossiblefor sewers and quilters to throw away eventhe smallest piece of fabric. our grandmothersand great-grandmothers were no different. they made useof every available remnant often tracing smallhalf-hexagons or hexagon shapes to create a scrap,or even a charm quilt. those small templatesintrigued me yet the dedication of timeis overwhelming.
then the idea came, why not super-size the templates? this lap quilt features the time-honored tumbler template now ten inches in lengthnot the traditional four inches. speedy to stitchand enjoy. "grandmother'sone patch quilts" that's what's coming up nextonsewing with nancy. sewing with nancy tv's longest-airingsewing and quilting programwith nancy zieman is made possible by:
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makers of sewing, knitting,quilting and embroidery products for over 25 years. experiencethe clover difference. amazing designsand klassã© needles. years ago, often peoplewould make charm quilts using thissimple shape about four inchesin length. they'd share fabrics,have fabric swaps and makea scrap quilt
using this shape that tumbles,or can turn around. as you can see,it alternates. this small sample is madejust with this one shape. that's why we're calling it"grandmother's one patch." in both of the programs we have a single template size to create the quilts. here you can seeit's simple to put together. but i like to make thingsa little bit larger and make ita little bit easier.
initially, when thiswas worked on as a project a template was used. people wouldtrace along the sides and then cut outevery which way possible that theywould like to use inverting this templateand tracing. just keeping on going and sharing these little pieces of fabric with their friends and making a scrap quilt.
we're going to takea little bit bigger approach as you heard a little bit earlier in the program. we're going to workwith a tumbler template that is much larger. this lap quilt featuressome lovely color combinations and big pieces. the ends are cutwith a template not just chopped off,as they had to do years ago. they would makean uneven side
and then trim awaythe excess fabric. we can get it exactly to thecorrect size the first go round. you can makeyour templates bigger. you could make ten-, eight-,six-inch templates using your favoritetemplate medium. there are other optionsthat you can work with and that includesa template that includesa variety of sizes. here are some optionsfor sizes
four, six, eight, ten. then if you'd like,you could even make and cut which we'll be doing,the end pieces so that you don'thave to waste fabric. on this particular template all of these shapesare included. it's die cutand colored. here's four, six,eight and ten. there's a little arrow
to show that this is the portion of the shape that is used for the end pieces. i'll show youhow this works. whether you're usinga multiple sized template or a traditionalone-size-only template you're going to be workingin the same manner. not to fear,this technique will work with any type of template. i have cutthese strips 10-1/2".
i happen to knowthat's the length i need for a ten-inch block. it tells meon my template, right there. you need 1/2"for seam allowances 1/4" at the topand 1/4" at the bottom. cut fabrics,maybe two to three, perhaps. i just have two right here,layered one on top of the other. then do takea little time. i like to add a spray starchor a spray starch alternative
and makethose fabrics crisp. it'll make the sewing processso much easier if your fabric is pressed and has thatlittle extra sizing in it. take some timeto work with that. then i'm going to usethe multiple size template and startat the end. so i'm notgoing to waste any fabric i'm going to first tracethe portion
that's going to bean end piece. i'll align the guidelinethat shows it at the end. with your favoritemarking pen or pencil just trace half of it. now you can usethe full template. invert it and trace. invert it and trace.you get the idea. but having it pre-cut,the size or the lengthof the finished block
which would be plus 1/2"for seam allowances is a fast way of making this easy to cut. then grab your ruler,rotary cutter, mat. i would imagineour predecessors in quilting would've really enjoyedhaving rotary cutters and mats. it makes thingsso much faster. just cut.you get the idea. you'll be cutting lots and lotsof strips and sections.
you have big blocksto work with. after makinga variety of cuts in all the fabric colorsthat you would like then we can dothe layout. i like to dothe layout first. if you're really doinga scrappy quilt you wouldn'thave to do this you could just put a lightand a dark strip together. but since we have about fivedifferent fabric colors
we've predetermined howwe were going to lay this out. here's row one. we're startingwith an end piece. lay it out just to make sure you havethe right color combination. add a lightnext to a dark mixing up the color shades, mediums, etc. here we go, justkeep on laying this out. the next piece, here we are,here's an end piece.
the next row, everythingis inverted, so it tumbles. what was narrow at the topnow is wide at the top. you can see the patternthat we have going on here kind of a rowon the diagonal. you're goingto get that effect. then, after the initial layout,if you like what you see then simply meetyour right sides together. you could pin,if you like so that the edgeis just slightly offset.
it's offset by about 1/4",just a small, little amount. i'm going to grab my pinsfrom underneath my table and show you that you just pin, maybe one pin per piece,would be all that you need. then you can lay it backto where it was and thenadd the next piece. then justpin that together, just addingthat scant little 1/4". after you've pined one row,then go stitch it.
here's a close-upof stitching the seam. start to stitch rightat that little v portion right wherethe fabrics overlap. a standard1/4" seam allowance. stitch seam after seam and soon enough,you'll have rows. we've reset the table and you can seethat we have two small rows that have already been stitched, and how nice they look.
they're even. they're square, becausewe have these end pieces. then,look at the pressing. this is optional. i like to press these open, especially the long seams rather than to one side because the next stepis to sew this long seam. because the seamshave been pressed open there's not going to beas much bulk here.
the other option is to press the seamsto one side or to the other. the choice is yours. after a few rowsof stitching you'll have the bodyof your quilt created. we added some borders, innerborder, outer border, binding. in a few hours of stitching, you'll have a quilt top that's interesting and hasthe effect of an antique design but contemporary,using the super-sized blocks.
you're not limitedto this design. this isone of my favorites. you'll see it later onin the program. it hasa different style but it's the hourglass style, where we alternated, end-to-end wide end to wide end the various differentfabric colorations. that's kind ofan interesting look. another designwe did with just two colors.
very bright, perfectfor a teen or pre-teen. it's working with hot pinkand a batik. the batik fabricswork in this manner. the basic techniqueof working with a tumbler is very simple. if you trace various sizes,larger, for example you can certainly geta speedier process as well as a quiltthat has interest by combining fabrics
of light, mediumand dark colors. stitch a sashing strip toone side of each tumbler block to give the quiltadded interest. batik fabrics were chosenfor the tumbler blocks in this quilt with a coordinating printfor the sashing pieces. it's a refreshing changeof color, as well as fabric. i would imagineif batik fabrics were available when the initial tumbler designs were brought out
they would've chosenthese fabrics as well. we worked with a batik print,and from that print chose three colorsthat coordinated. we usedthe hourglass layout. end to end. i didn't stagger them,i just put them in a row. it's kind of a nice,simple, contemporary look. the tricky part,not that tricky but the part thati'd like to tell you about
is addingthat sashing strip because you're goingto have to offset the strip just a little bit. before we get to that part,let's talk about the fabric. you're going to cut a varietyof fabrics in the colors. for thisparticular quilt we usedthe six-inch size. make certainthat from each color that you cutsome end strips.
you'll needa few of those. i have the fabrics stacked to the leftof my needle because i'm goingto be the stitching. i'm getting itconvenient. the sashing strip, we justhappen to choose 1-1/2". i say "we," because i certainlydon't do all the sewing. my staff and ichose 1-1/2". you could make this widthany width you'd like.
this isthe proportion that you see. for set-up at your machine,always put in a new needle. this may seem redundant but i can'sstress that enough. with each new project,put in a new needle and use all-purposesewing thread for your seaming. the foot, you're going to choosea quarter-inch foot or set your machineto 1/4" seam allowance.
i chose a footthat has a single opening. make sure your machineis set for a straight stitch before youstart stitching. this happens to havea guide bar so i can easily getan accurate seam allowance. let me just popthis back on my machine. then we'lltalk about stitching. i'm going to place the sashingstrip on the bed of my machine. notice that i have the footabout an inch from the edge.
the inchis the magic number. because of the angleof the tumbler block if you sew the blocksend to end the sashing stripwill be short at one end. we have to allow one inchbetween the various strips. i'll show youwhat i mean. i've started approximatelyan inch from the end. but then i don't liketo be approximate. it's better to be assuredso that as i reach this end
instead of starting with,again, the narrow end i'm going to rotate thisand start with the wide end. you'll see whyin a few minutes. then in addition,i'm going to measure a generous one inchbetween the two blocks and then continuethe stitching. i endedwith the narrow end. you'll see itcoming up. then just matchthe narrow end
at the beginningof the next row. measure a generous inch. after a while, you'll be ableto eyeball that. then justkeep on stitching. after you've madeenough strips stitched the blocksto the sashing strip then you're going to dothe pressing. there's one little hint to workwith for the pressing, as well. you're going to presstoward the tumbler blocks.
here's the pressingtechnique. just press all the stripsin one direction. you can see, if you pressed it in the alternate direction the seam allowance of the strip would go the wrong way. we need that seam allowanceof the sashing strip to be flat. press to that area. then we cando the layout. after you've doneall the pressing we have to dosome cutting.
for the cutting, we'll usea rotary cutter and a ruler. i'll show you thatright at the table. after stitching the sashingstrip to one side or the other of the tumbling blocks,then it's time for the cutting. i can't stress enough that you have to press theseam allowances toward the block so that when youalign the ruler with the edge of the block,and you do the cut, you'll have the right widthat that end.
then angle the ruler. you can see now why you needthat little extra width. an inchis probably generous but i'd rather that you hadtoo much of that little sashing strip than too little. the first time i made thissample, i had too little so i learnedfrom my mistake. i will just finishthis first row. just some simple cutting
to get all of the piecestrimmed to size. when i look at these strips and i put and alignthe wide ends, you can see that we have the sashing strips on alternate sides because we're going to bepositioning these end-to-end. that's the reasonfor alternating when sewingthe sashing strips together. earlier, when we madethe first tumbling block with that bigten-inch block or shape.
it's reallynot a block. we laid out the rows. since this hasa very specific pattern design we're going to dothe same. the end piece-- remember you cancut those end pieces right from the design template if you like. it's in this area. let me flip it aroundso it's correct.
from the dotted lineto the edge, you'll be using-- let me get thesein the right direction. here we go. you'll be using one end piecewithout a sashing strip. then as i lay these out,you'll see what happens. alternating wide end,short end. then the opposite endof the end piece does havethe sashing strip. so you'll know if you needa sashing strip or not
when you lay this out. the following row,everything is inverted. what started out wide at the topis now narrow. simple as that. again,just for repetition we roughly pin these edges together. when you pin them,just overlap the ends. that's what i like to calla little rabbit ear as it's commonly calledin our industry.
it extends abovethe straight edge. that's approximately 1/4". that's whereyou'll place a pin or just pin the piecestogether roughly. open it up,if you want to. place the next piecealong the edge. make sure you havejust that little extension. pin the pieces. you pin all the pieces togetherto create a row.
just keep going. then go to your machineand stitch. i'll pin one more. of course,this is a mini-quilt you'd be workingwith a much larger piece. if you don't do thislittle preliminary pinning there's a good chance you'd get the wrong color in a spot. then this wouldgo to the machine. you'd do the straight stitchingof the seams.
do all the same thingfor all the rows. we have some samplesof that already completed. one row, two rows. since this is a sash quilt,we'll add another sashing strip through the middle. to one of the rows,you're going to simply stitch. i like to stitchwith the seams on the top so thatas you're stitching you can make certainthat you're not
going to stitch the seamsin the wrong direction. after you've stitchedthe sashing strip to one row then addthe second strip. you can easily seehow this comes to be. you could even vary the widths of the sashing strip. let's say, one widthfor the interior and another onefor the horizontal strips. there are a lot of optionswhen working with quilts. when we look atthe finished design
it's justa very appealing design. it's easy to create,made with six-inch blocks and 1-1/2" stripsthat have been sashed together. during this programyou've seen that we worked withvery big blocks to small showing youthe traditional tumbler block. four inches is abouta traditional size. the difference here is that they had totrim the sides
and they had to workwith very small pieces. you can get this sameinteresting tumbler effect by enlarging the size,making them super-sized. this isn't that large,it's only six inches but in eight or ten inches,as you saw examples earlier. a perfectquilting project to share with a beginner. if you'd liketo teach someone to quilt this isa great way to start.
fabrics makea huge difference. you can seethe contemporary styling makes it wonderfulfor all age brackets. the tumbler blockis a great way to start learning grandmother's quilting secrets. as sewers and quilters common terminologyis to quarter-mark fabric when sewing knits or create quarter-scale triangles or eventhose fat quarters.
quartering is also importantwhen it comes to meal planning. gail underbakke, a registered dietician and coordinator with the university of wisconsin health in madison, wisconsin returns againtosewing with nancy to give us guidelineswhen planning meals helping us to be healthierand more creative people. gail, in today's program,we super-sized the quilt blocks but that's not what we wantto do for nutrition. exactly.
unfortunately,over the last couple decades that's exactly whathas happened in america. you know, you may thinkit's a little odd to do nutrition on a sewingand quilting program but if we don't feel well,we can't be creative. good eatingis a source of energy. it helps you havethat creative feeling and abilitythroughout the day. it keeps you interestedin your projects, too.
this is sucha striking example because you mentionedthat this was a standarddinner plate size how many years ago? at least inthe early 1900s for sure and probablyup to even 1950. today, this is a standarddinner size plate. when i serve myself,i kind of like to fill my plate. exactly,it looks better.
we thinkit's more food. there's a definite visualaspect to our satisfaction. if the plateis filled to the edges we think, oh, yeah,that's a lot of food. but on that big plate the same amount of foodis going to look pretty sparse. you put it on the small plate,it's filled up nicely. it's much moresatisfying. we talkedabout quarter marking
and fat quartersfor quilting. this is where the correlationcomes to nutrition. yes, i thinkthis is a great tool. it's become more commonin a lot of dietary guidelines to talk aboutrecommendations for food in terms of cupsor servings now rather than just like a numberof ounces of this or that. here on this plate,as you can see it's dividedinto quarters.
one of the quartersis dedicated to protein which is importantto keep us healthy and help usbe satisfied and keep our hungerunder control. a quarter is dedicatedto some sort of grain or starchy type food which again, isa great source of energy. if done in moderationlike that is just fine. but the key thing,i think, on this plate
is that half of itis filled with vegetables. vegetables, of course,are lower in calories. we chew more. it takes us longerto eat them. we're more satisfied because we take a longer time with our meal not to mentionthe vitamins and minerals. it's about the same sizeas the old-fashioned plate. maybe we should go back toa luncheon plate
instead of the super-sizeddinner plate. yes i think that weight management, that approach by using smaller containers,whether it's a plate or whetherit's a bowl of ice cream instead of a cereal bowl,if you have a dessert bowl that would also make itlook more satisfying. you mentioned thatmany of us struggle with getting enoughfresh vegetables.
now we havemore conveniences. yes, i'm so glad to seethat the supermarkets are offering optionsfor people. this is an exampleof many different things that arein the stores now. they comein packaged servings that would be appropriatefor a meal. if you took a sandwich to work, plus you had a container of frozen vegetables like this you've got your plate filled.
exactly in the rightproportions. so, a half-square triangle we havea half-plate of vegetables. now we canalso add some color. right, yes. this salad mix,of course it's a lot of differentcolored lettuces and other sorts of greens so there are a varietyof nutrients in the salad.
it looks prettier,so it's going to be more fun. like a quilt, lights,mediums, and dark colors. light, mediumand dark vegetables. it's satisfyingto the eye. and it's convenient. both of these are,i think. it doesn't takea lot of time. just have it on-handand you're ready to go. we all likea little dessert.
oh, certainly, yes! i have to say,that's my weakness. you might have noticed there wasn't a fruiton that plate. but fruit makesgreat dessert or snacks. it's high in fiber. it's nice and sweet, and cantake the place of dessert. or, in thisparticular case i've includeda little chocolate here.
dark chocolate. dark chocolate is more healthythan the milk chocolate and it's delicious. we needhealthy fats. yes, we do,they're satisfying. they help keep ourfood intake under control. this isan example. olive oil is one, other liquid vegetables would also be. this is an avocado.
it could be usedin a salad or to make a dip to usewith crackers. lots of options. gail, thank youfor joining us. i think we've gotten itin our minds that we shouldn't super-sizeour meal planning just our quilt blocks. scale downthose plates! if you'd like more informationon this segment
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