Patchwork Tutorial

Patchwork is a bunch of fun to make! I love creating with my hands, especially when you can see something build up to a finished piece~
I would encourage anyone and everyone to make one, so here's a simple tutorial of how to make a basic one with square pieces, easy as pie!

What you need:
- A blanket
- Enough fabric to cover the chosen blanket, preferably cotton
- A sewing machine (or a big patience) with thread and all that
- Pin neadles

To think of:
If you want to make some sort of pattern with your patches I would recommend to make a sketch before you start and also to have all the fabric you need before starting! This way you're more unlikely to bump into problems while sewing.

1. Start cutting out your pieces! I would recommend to make them about 10x10cm big, and don't forget to leave about 1cm around the piece. This is to make them hold better after sewing them together. Iron the pieces (or the fabric before cutting them out) so they're easy to work with.

2. Put the nice part of both the pieces facing each other, add nails to hold them together and sew one of the sides together.

 3. To achieve with a patchwork that is straight and also having less problem keeping everything structured, keep sewing the pieces together one direction at the time. Don't forget to iron the folders between the pieces.

4. You'll and up having stripes of patches that you then attach to each other.

5. Now when the whole patchwork is done it's time to make it into a cosy blanket (or whatever you want to accomplice) with the last piece. Nail your patchwork to the blanket, nice side down, and sew it together. When sewing, leave an opening big enough for you to turn the nice side out again. Once you've done that you sew together the opening, by hand or machine.

6. To make the pieces hold together even more you can add small stitches by hand where four patches meet through both the patchwork and the blanket.

Hope you enjoy and that you all get started making nice patchworks!


And yes, I partly did all this just to have a reason making the pictures working in Illustrator..