Little Blocks Quilt Pattern
Beginner Friendly Companion Guide to Free Pattern
The Language of Quilting
03
Starter List
(I was so confused when I made my first quilt so I’ll start here!)
QUILTING
The method & stitch pattern you use to sew all the layers of the quilt together. In other
words, one of the last steps in quilting is to quilt your quilt.
SEAM ALLOWANCE
Also “SA”, distance between fabric edge & sewing line
1/4" PRESSER FOOT
Edge of the presser foot is exactly 1/4" away from needle, acts as guide
FEED DOGS
Grippers built into machine plate that help move fabric under the presser foot
WALKING FOOT
Adds feed dogs on top, that work together with bottom feed dogs, to move multiple layers smoothly
BACKSTITCH
Process of reversing over first couple or last couple of stitches to secure
CHAIN PIECING
Assembly line sewing -- doing repetitive steps together (see videos on page 10)
FABRIC TERMS
SEWING TERMS
SELVAGE
Tightly woven side edges of fabric, frayed with little puncture holes
WOF
Width of Fabric (inches of usuable fabric between selvage edges)
DIRECTIONAL FABRIC
AKA Prints, designs in a sequenced pattern (vs. solid colored fabric)
RST
Right Sides (of Fabric) Together
WST
Wrong Sides (of Fabric) Together (Note: some solids don’t have a wrong side)
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