4JF-12PA 4-H Member Project Guides NEEDLEWORK Quilting 4-H Needlework—Quilting 4JF-12PA Purpose To have fun while learning how to use a hand needle and thread and/or sewing machine, fabric, and batting to create useful well-constructed items through the needle art of quilting (hand and/or machine). Contents 4-H Needlework—Young Junior Quilting (Ages 9 to 11) Let’s Learn to Hand Quilt .........................................................................................3 4-H Needlework—Young Junior Quilting (Ages 9 to 11) Let’s Learn to Machine Quilt ................................................................................... 5 4-H Needlework—Beginner Quilting Hand Quilting—Pillow Talk .....................................................................................7 4-H Needlework—Beginner Machine Quilting Machine Quilting—Pillow Talk ..............................................................................9 4-H Needlework—Intermediate Quilting Hand Quilting—Piecing It Together ......................................................................11 4-H Needlework—Intermediate Quilting Machine Quilting—Quilt as You Go ..................................................................... 13 4-H Needlework—Advanced Quilting Stitch It Down by Hand .......................................................................................... 15 4-H Needlework—Advanced Quilting Stitch It Down by Machine ....................................................................................17 4JF-12PA 4-H Needlework—Quilting 4-H Needlework—Young Junior Quilting Member Project Guide (Ages 9 to 11) Let’s Learn to Hand Quilt Quilting by hand can be fun and creative! DO What you will do: Learn new skills. Practice the skills—learn by doing You will learn to: Make one or more of the suggested • Select fabric and batting appropriate to Practice/Service Projects. Consider the project giving some of them as giV s to friends • Transfer pattern to fabric and family. The Practice Projects in- clude: holiday ornament, coaster, jar • Sandwich fabric, batting, and backing cover, and pin cushion. See your lead- together er/teacher or county agent for copies of • Identify hand sewing needles and the pa ern and instructions. thread appropriate to the selected fabric Practice/Service Projects cannot be exhibited in and project 4-H Needlework at the Kentucky State Fair. • Thread a needle and knot the thread Hand quilt and exhibit a final • Baste properly for quilting project • Start and end quilting thread Create one 8-inch square hot pad. • Form a hand quilt stitch Now that you have practiced hand • Use a thimble when quilting quilting and are familiar with the skills involved, it is time to make your APPLY fi nal project. Ask your leader/teacher or county agent for the pa ern and Using the skills listed above, practice what handout. you have learned and complete a project. Keep a record of what you have quilted Ask your parent or leader to help you fi ll out the 4-H Needlework Record for your project. Check off the skills you have learned. Store the record in a folder or three-ring notebook to review before you begin next year’s quilting project. University of Kentucky - Cooperative Extension Service - College of Agriculture 3 4-H Needlework—Quilting 4JF-12PA What you will need: Clutter Control • 100% cotton fabric or “cheaters” cloth • Quilting pattern Equipment and supplies have a tendency to get lost. Here are some suggestions to • Cotton quilting thread help keep everything safe and in good • Cotton batting condition: • Quilting thimble • Use a 1-gallon bag with a zip top for • Basic sewing kit to include: tape mea- your quilting project (put your name sure, dressmaker’s shears, thread clips, on it) marking pencils/pens, pins and pin • Use a small container to hold your cushion, hand needles (sharps) basic sewing kit • Iron • Use a cloth or sturdy bag with han- • Ironing board dles to carry all supplies • Use a pocket folder or three-ring SHARE binder to store handouts and patterns Show others what you have learned. What you can do: Source: Nita Benson, Kentucky Certifi ed Master Clothing Volunteer • Participate in your club, county, district, and/or state Demonstration Contest • Exhibit at your county Fair, Festival, and/or Rally Day and the Kentucky State Fair (4-H Project Card required) • Investigate participating in your county Fashion Revue 4 University of Kentucky - Cooperative Extension Service - College of Agriculture 4JF-12PA 4-H Needlework—Quilting 4-H Needlework—Young Junior Quilting Member Project Guide (Ages 9 to 11) Let’s Learn to Machine Quilt This is the fi rst of three levels of machine quilting. Let’s have fun and learn to make a sewing machine quilt. DO What you will do: Learn new skills. Practice the sills and techniques—learn by doing Skills to be learned: Make one or more of the suggested • Selecting fabric and batting appropriate Practice/Service Projects. Consider to project giving some of them as giV s to friends • Preparing and straightening fabric and family. The Practice Projects in- clude: fringed and machine-quilted • Cutting fabric and batting to size of coaster, holiday ornament, baby mo- project bile, and/or hot pad. See your leader/ • Sandwiching fabric and batting together teacher or county agent for copies of • Transferring quilting pattern design to the pa ern and instructions. fabric Ask your leader/teacher or your coun- • Pinning and basting technique for ty agent for a copy of the handouts quilting and pa ern. • Basic sewing machine use and parts Practice/Service Projects cannot be exhibited in 4-H Needlework at the Kentucky State Fair. • Basic machine quilt making Machine quilt and exhibit a APPLY final project Using skills from the above list, practice Make one 12-by-18-inch rectangle what you have learned and complete a proj- place mat with fringed edges. ect. Remember to keep a record of what you Now that you have practiced machine have learned. quilting and are familiar with the skills involved, it is time to make a project to exhibit. Fabric suggestions University of Kentucky - Cooperative Extension Service - College of Agriculture 5 4-H Needlework—Quilting 4JF-12PA include: homespun, Osnaburg, or any SHARE other loosely woven fabric. Ask your leader/teacher or county agent for the Show others what you have learned. pa ern and handout. What you can do: Keep a record of what you have quilted • Participate in your club, county, district, and/or state Demonstration Contest Ask your parent or leader to help you fi ll out the 4-H Needlework Record • Exhibit at your county Fair, Festival, for your project. Check off the skills and/or Rally Day and the Kentucky you have learned. Store the record in State Fair (4-H Project Card required) a folder or notebook to review before you begin next year’s quilting project. Clutter Control What you will need: Equipment and supplies have a tendency • 100% cotton fabric (homespun or to get lost. Here are some suggestions to Osnaburg fabric for top and back) help keep everything safe and in good condition: • Quilting design/pattern • Cotton or polyester batting • Use a 1-gallon bag with a zip top for your quilting project (put your name • Masking tape on it) • Sewing machine • Use a small container to hold your • All-purpose sewing thread basic sewing kit supplies • Walking foot (optional) • Use a cloth or sturdy bag with han- • Basic sewing kit to include: tape mea- dles to carry all your supplies sure, dressmaker’s shears, thread clips, • Use a pocket folder or three-ring marking pencils/pens, pins, pin cushion, binder to store handouts and patterns and hand needles (sharps) • Iron • Ironing board Prepared by: Nita Benson, Owen County Certifi ed Master Clothing Volunteer 6 University of Kentucky - Cooperative Extension Service - College of Agriculture 4JF-12PA 4-H Needlework—Quilting 4-H Needlework—Beginner Quilting Member Project Guide Hand Quilting—Pillow Talk Let’s be creative by using our designing, piecing, and hand-quilting skills all in one project. DO APPLY Learn new skills. Use the skills above as well as others you may have already learned to practice and You will learn to: complete a project. • Select a quilt design to hand transfer to What you will do: fabric • Select fabric and batting appropriate to Practice the techniques and the project skills—learn by doing • Select and cut fabrics for patchwork Hand quilting is an art as well as a design skill. The more you quilt and practice • Transfer pattern to fabric for quilting the skills you are learning, the be er you will become at them. • Piece a design together • Sandwich fabric, batting, and backing Try a Practice/Service Project— together learn by sharing • Identify hand sewing needles and Make one or more of the suggested thread appropriate to the selected fabric Practice/Service Projects. Consider giv- and project ing some of them as giV s to friends and family. The Practice/Service Projects in- • Thread a needle and knot the thread clude: pot holder, hot pad, place mat, pin • Baste properly for quilting cushion, holiday ornament. See your • Press to distribute bulk leader/teacher or county agent for copies of the pa ern and instructions. • Start and end the quilting thread Practice/Service Projects cannot be exhibited in • Form a hand quilt stitch 4-H Needlework at the Kentucky State Fair. • Use a thimble when quilting • Make an envelope back pillow Hand quilt and exhibit a final project • Make one 14-inch hand-quilted patchwork pillow. University of Kentucky - Cooperative Extension Service - College of Agriculture 7 4-H Needlework—Quilting 4JF-12PA Now that you have practiced hand quilt- SHARE ing and piecing and are familiar with the skills involved, it is time to make your proj- Show others what you have learned. ect. Ask your leader/teacher or county agent for the pa ern and handouts. What you can do: • Participate in club, county, district, Keep a record of what you have and/or state Demonstration Contest quilted • Exhibit in your county Fair, Festival, Ask your parent or leader to help you and/or Rally Day and the Kentucky fi ll out the 4-H Needlework Record.