Name That Block
This block is often made with triangles and represents birds in motion.
What is a Flying Geese block?
Quilters often call this their "best worst" tool because it represents a mistake.
What is a Seam Ripper?
This fabric has been dyed in a way that creates a rich, mottled look.
What is batik?
This body part describes the open workspace located to the right of the needle and enclosed by the arm of the sewing machine.
What is the Throat?
It ensures even feeding of multiple layers, ideal for quilting or thick fabrics.
What is the Walking foot?
This traditional quilt block uses five 4-patch blocks and 4 half-square triangles to make a larger block representing an Old Testament story.
What is a Jacob's Ladder block?
He doesn't always get the credit for it, but he had the first patent on a machine that could sew five times faster than hand sewing.
Who is Elias Howe?
His patent was in 1846 and Singer's improved patent was in 1851.
This term describes fabrics with raised or directional surface fibers that create a distinct texture and sheen when brushed in one direction.
What is Nap?
(Velvet, corduroy, and terry cloth are examples.)
This pre-cut fabric bundle contains 42 fabrics that are 5" square.
What is a Charm Pack?
This foot provides an unobstructed view of the needle and fabric, making it ideal for applique, satin stitching, and precise decorative stitches.
What is the Open Toe foot?
This block shares its name with a wedding tradition.
What is the Double Wedding Ring block?
Specialized cutting tool with one wide, paddle-shaped blade and one sharp, pointed blade
What are Applique or Horn Billed Scissors?
In the 1930s, these everyday household items were repurposed, providing fabrics for quilts in patterns like Grandmother's Flower Garden.
What are Feed Sacks or Flour Sacks?
This fabric cut includes 10" squares of every fabric in a particular line.
What is a layer cake?
This foot floats above the fabric and does not hold layers together.
What is the Embroidery foot?
This quilt block is based on a series of children's books popular in the early 1800s and includes appliques of boys and girls in typical clothing of the era.
What is Sunbonnet Sue or Suspender Sam?
This colorful gadget has a point on one end that can be used for reaching tight spaces and a square end that pokes out corners.
What is a Purple Thang?
Fabrics made with this natural product melt when burned with a flame.
What is petroleum?
(Polyester, nylon, acrylic are examples.)
The practice of carefully selecting and cutting fabric pieces to feature specific motifs or designs in a quilt block, ensuring they are showcased in your project.
What is Fussy Cutting?
This foot is paired with a twin needle to create raised, parallel pleats on fabric.
What is the Pintuck foot?
A quilt with these blocks uses elaborate applique depicting floral wreaths, baskets of flowers or fruits, cornucopias, and patriotic designs.
What is a Baltimore Album quilt?
This fictional book follows 4 generations of seamstresses beginning with a Singer factory riot in 1911 to the 2016 discovery of a secret hidden within a 99K hand crank machine.
What is The Sewing Machine?
Written by Natalie Fergie in 2017
Lengthwise yarns held stationary and under high tension on a loom, forming the foundational "backbone" or structure of a woven fabric
What are warp yarns?
40 strips of Moda fabric typically cut 1.5" wide and 42" long
What is a Honey Bun?
It features a center metal guide or blade that rides perfectly in the seam line for consistent, straight stitching for "stitching in the ditch".
What is the Edge Stitch or Edge Joining foot?