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- Helpful illustrations and pattern template
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Getting Started
Although quilts have always been prized for their layered textures, incorporating beads into a design adds a whole new level of interest and appeal. Sometimes just a handful of beads is all you'll need to accent a quilt’s pieced patchwork or appliquéd landscape scene.
The materials list will help you estimate the quantity of beads needed to duplicate the featured project. However, a good way to be sure you have enough beads is to spill them into a saucer or plate, corral them so they’re touching, and measure the area they cover. Compare this to the area you expect to cover on your quilt and purchase more beads if necessary. It’s smart to have more beads on hand than you need. If a bead cracks, has rough edges, or has a faulty hole, you’ll be covered.
Tip for Free-Motion Stitching
When free-motion quilting, use a fill pattern around motifs such as leaves or vines to raise them slightly. Select regular 40-weight machine embroidery thread to quilt the main motifs, and then switch to the finer 60-weight thread for the more closely spaced fill stitches.
Skill Level
- Intermediate
Materials
Quilt Top
- Lime-green batik cotton fabric, 7" x 30-1⁄2" (17.8 x 77.5 cm)
- Turquoise batik cotton fabric, 4" x 30-1⁄2" (10.2 x 77.5 cm)
Backing
- Muslin fabric, 12" x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Batting
- Low-loft batting, 12" x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Lining
- Red print fabric, 10-3⁄4" x 6-1⁄2" (27.3 x 16.5 cm)
Beads
- About 300 red teardrop beads
Appliqués
- 3 red print cotton fabrics blending from light to dark, a 6" (15.2 cm) square of each
- White cotton fabric, 6" x 12" (15.2 x 30.5 cm)
- Fusible interfacing, 4" x 8" (10.2 x 20.3 cm)
- 1⁄4 yard (.2 m) of lightweight fusible web, 20" (50.8 cm) wide
Thread
- Cranberry and pink 40-weight polyester quilting thread
- Lime-green and brown 40-weight polyester machine embroidery thread
- Tan 60-weight polyester quilting thread
- Tan 60-weight polyester machine embroidery thread
- Clear monofilament beading thread
Tools & Supplies
- Access to a photocopier that makes enlargements
- Freezer paper
- Parchment paper
- Spray bottle of water
- Sheet of plastic
- Paintbrush
- Yellow, fuchsia, and red transparent fabric paint
- Plastic plate
- Small hand-sewing needle for beading
- Point turner
- Scissors
- Sewing machine
- Measuring tools (such as measuring tape, ruler, etc.)
- Marking tools (such as pencil, chalk fabric marker, water-soluble fabric marker, etc.)
- Seam ripper
- Pins
- Thread
- Iron and ironing board
Seam Allowance
- 1⁄2" (1.3 cm)
Finished Size
- 10" x 7" (25.4 x 17.8 cm)
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