Patterns
A unique type of patchwork that reached the height of its popularity in the Victorian era (late 1800s). Irregularly shaped scraps of silks and velvets are pieced together, then lavishly embroidered. These quilts only seem to be the work of lunatics.
What is a Crazy quilt
A safe place to cut using a rotary cutter
Cutting Mat
A quilting term used to describe the method of stitching along existing seams in a quilt top in order to quilt it together with the batting and backing.
What is Stitch-in-the-Ditch
BOM.
What is Block Of the Month
A quarter yard of fabric that is cut in half at the fold. Measures 9″x22.” It produces a “fatter” square piece of fabric, providing more options for use.
What is a Fat Eighth
A quilt block made up of fabric strips that are pieced around a central shape, such as a square or diamond. The central shape represents the hearth or fireplace.
What is a log cabin
A shape or design that is placed on fabric and used as a pattern to trace or cut around.
What is a Template
A process requiring a quilting, darning or hopper foot. Requires you drop your feed dogs so you can move fabric freely in all directions.
What is Free Motion Quilting
WOF
What is Width of fabric
A variety of a fabric line cut into 5″ squares
What is a Charm Pack
Fabric is cut into long strips and sewn together in graduated color groups. The strips are cut into rows of varying width squares and rectangles, and sewn together to form different patterns.
What is a Bargello quilt
Fabric that we collect and store
What is your stash
A technique where quilting is done around an outline of an applique piece on a quilt top or around a design or pattern. Then the quilting repeated again and again around the previously stitched line.
What is Echo Quilting
HST.
What is a Half-Square Triangle
Fabric that is already cut into 2 ½ inch strips and wound into a roll. These are generally cut from each fabric in a specific fabric line.
What is a Jelly Roll
A quilt made from left over fabric . Utilizes a great variety of fabrics.
What is a Scrap/Scrappy quilt
Protective covering for your finger used during hand quilting or sewing binding and/or applique
What is a Thimble
A technique where fabric shapes are cut specifically to highlight a shape or part of the fabric
What is Fussy Cutting
UFO.
A term used to refer to an unfinished object or project.
A half yard of fabric that is cut in half at the fold. Measures 18″x22.” It produces a “fatter” square piece of fabric, providing more options for use.
What is a Fat Quarter
A quilt made with special memorabilia, such as photographs (transferred to fabric), t-shirts, scraps of materials that were meaningful to the recipient; memory quilts are frequently made to commemorate events such as anniversaries and graduations
What is a Memory quilt
Rulers made from Plexiglas type material. They have a raised edge to guide rotary cutter along edge.
What is a Rotary Ruler
A layout of a block that is placed at a 45 degree angle, diagonally, on the quilt top. You must be careful when piecing this style quilt, it is very easy to stretch bias and distort quilt.
What is On Point
TGIF.
What is Thank Goodness It's Finished!
Fabric that is cut into 10 inch squares all from a fabric line. Can be bought packaged like this in many quilt stores.
What is a Layer Cake