Simple Machine Quilting Posted By : ERLincoln

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Simple Machine Quilting
Quilting is an interesting art, which involves a lot of needleworkskills. In order to make a quilt successfully, there are a fewsteps that you need to follow. Basically small pieces of similar ordifferent materials are sewn together to form a quilt. A thread andneedle are used to join these materials together. Quilting can bedone both, by hand, that is manually or you can also use a quiltingsewing machine. These machines use attachments to sew the differentlayers of fabric. Majority of the manufacturers, who are involvedin producing sewing machines, produce machines which have quiltingcapabilities.

Quilting is done with three or more layers. The first is the topfabric, then there is the backing material and below that thebatting or what is also known as insulating material. The needle ispassed back up by either the sewing machine or using hand. Thisprocess is repeated on the material wherever quilting is necessary.Various types of stitches are use, though mainly the running stitchor the straight process is used. These stitches are most often doneto increase the aesthetic value of the quilt, making it lookattractive. Quilting is done on various things such as bed andcushion covers, bed spreads, quilt wall hangings for art purposesetc.


The two main types of quilting that are done these days is handquilting and sewing machine quilting. Hand quilting is the processwhere a thread and needle is used to sew a running stitch ortrimming across the material of fabric. With this process, two ormore layers are joined together. Often a frame or a quilting hoopis used to hold the piece of cloth, while performing the quilting.

There are various types of stitches. The stab stitch is where, onerunning stitch is done at a time. Another one is the rockingstitch, where the quilter places their hand below the material topush the needle and wears a thimble on the other hand, which is ontop of the quilt. Another process of stitching is loading theneedle and involved around three or four stitches, before pullingthe needle through the material. Hand quilting is still performedin many parts of the world.

When a machine or a long arm machine is used to sew fabrics ormaterials together  this is known as machine quilting. You can usehome sewing machines to sew the fabrics together befor quilting.This includes, batting, tacking the fabric together and other suchprocedures. Machine quilting is quite popular these days.

In long arm quilting, fabric layers which are to be quilted areplaced on a unique frame. These frames have bars on the layers thatare being rolled, by keeping them together without pinning orbasting. The frames are used with specialized machines, and aremounted on a stage, and this stage travels along the tracks as themachine has to move over the fabric layers on those frames. With along arm machine, the machine is actually moved over the fabric.It's quite an interesting process.
By: ERLincoln
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