Little Blocks Quilt Pattern

Beginner Friendly Companion Guide to Free Pattern

You find and frequent your favorite LQS (local quilt shop).

You debate the best level of CRINKLE in a washed quilt.

Your fabric STASH is becoming STABLE (stash beyond life expectancy).

You’re loud and proud about wining a game of BOBBIN CHICKEN.

You hate FROGGING (rip it, rip it, rip it) but sometimes it must be done.

You FUSSY CUT directional fabric to show off your favorite section.

MACHINE QUILTING

Use sewing machine to stitch thru all layers of the quilt sandwich

HAND QUILTING

Use needle and thread to sew running stitches thru layers

LONGARM QUILTING

Layers are fed into a long frame for computerized quilting using a chosen design or for free motion quilting

BINDING

The strip or band of fabric that goes around the whole quilt to finish

QUILT SANDWICH

Assembling & securing the following 3 layers of a quilt together ...

QUILT TOP

The “front” of the quilt, the pieced together pattern

BATTING

The soft, fluffy middle you don’t see when the quilt is done

BACKING

You guessed it... the back fabric

BASTING

Method you choose to hold layers together for quilting (adhesive spray, pins, or thread)

Comprehensive List!

from American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine

LAYERING TERMS

FINISHING TERMS

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