Wednesday, May 21, 2014

What You Need To Know On Quilting Services

By Minnie Whitley


Piecing together two or more materials to make a thicker padded material is called quilting. Most people who love to quilt, have the usual dilemma of putting them together which may not fit a regular sewing machine. One option is doing it manually or by hands, which would take months to finish. For hobbyist, this is a fun and challenging time passer.

Quilts made from a machine is more durable compared to hand made ones. It is now more popular than the traditional way of quilting, since you can create more detailed and complicated designs on the fabric. Planning to give a gift for that someone special, you should try a bed cover quilt. Visit the nearest store offering quilting services.

Technology has allowed greater experience in sewing and knitting materials. Imagine, your skills in the art, plus incomparable computerized system for quilts, that would provide you a magnificent quilt pattern like no other. A computer software that will aide in a faster and more efficient creation of quilts is now born. This is the Intelliquilter or also dubbed as the new IQ.

The basic in sewing also applies in quilts. You need a needle paired with a thread to join layers of fabric. The most common starts with just three layers and increases in layer, depending on the preference of the quilter. The basic layers consist of the top fabric, insulating material, and the backing. A quilter machine droves the needle and thread in every layer, back and forth.

The same procedure is repeated over and over on the material until it gets completed. The stitch used is the running stitch which can either be functional or decorative. The complete quilt can be a bed cover, wall hangings depicting art, and other textile products.

Concept stores for quilters offer products like patterns, fabric and thread. They also do classes in groups where your learning is shared with the group. You get to learn how to sew, quilt or knit. They also have machines for rent that you can use. And if you want a pattern done, you can have it made by professional quilters in the store.

The word originated from the Latin culcita, which means a stuffed sack. But the English derivation came from the French word, cuilte. From where and when it started remains a mystery. But the sewing technique applied of piecing the fabric together have been long applied to clothing and furnishings in several parts of the world throughout the past years.

The earliest recorded quilt pattern in history was seen in an ivory carving with the figure of a Pharaoh of Egypt. The carving was found to be dated way back in three thousand BC. Colonnial women, during the American civil war, used to knit, sew and make dresses as a pastime. Now, exotic designs are made popular in the market to be used as decorative textiles.

Home furnishings have now incorporated the design to in their business. Textiles are created with precision and flexibility to match the demands of the industrial world. People barely notice these changes as something part of the daily turn of life.




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