Making A Quilt

Winter season is just around the corner and everybody is ready to cuddle up at home with a nice hot cocoa and a warm quilt. Making a quilt is the easiest and cheapest way to go. A quilt is used for many things like to add style to a new home, or keep you warm. Making your own can be a lot of fun. You can add your own style, color, and shape to it. Making the quilt top is only the beginning but once you put everything together it will make a big difference once it is done.
To start off, you will need a large area in which to lie quilt flat top. It is very important to have a lot of room, this helps you see how the quilt is coming along. You will need large safety pins; they keep the pieces of fabric in place while you sew them together. Quilt batting this is the filling that will go inside to make the quilt soft and fluffy and also provides warmth. They say it is better to use a low-loft batting, it is easier to use with the sewing machine because it has less bulk. Needle and contrasting thread, contrasting thread just means to choose a color that matches the quilt fabric but not exactly the same color. The last thing would be Yarn and floss for tacking.
Once you have all your materials together, start off by using backing material for your quilt so it can compliment your quilt
You will need to start from the center and work your way out, smoothing and straightening as you go. Be careful not to stretch the material out of place. Next stitch the layers together with a contrasting thread that is easily visible, it is not necessary or important that you chose a visible thread but it helps if this is your first time making a quilt. On this next step you will tack your quilt together with yarn. Tacking means stitching your quilt together with wide stitches, this will help you to make your real stitches which are going to be closer and not have to worry about messing