Patchwork: beauty in every centimeter. Patchwork (patchwork): where to start

New fashion trends in needlework are bringing long-forgotten techniques back to life. Such, for example, as patchwork - the art of making various fabric products from scraps of fabric or leather. Pillows, blankets, bedspreads, various fashion accessories and clothes now decorate the homes and wardrobes of many needlewomen. Indeed, patchwork will appeal to everyone who wants to please themselves and their loved ones with handmade gifts. Therefore, if you decide to plunge into this wonderful world of patchwork, you need to acquire ready-made patterns and templates.

Patchwork for Beginners: Patterns

Before you start working on your first model yourself, you need to learn simple rules.

Cutting out fabric and sewing blocks from scraps is the most labor-intensive process in the entire process of working on a product using the patchwork technique. But templates will help you with this.

A template is a flap pattern made of cardboard or plastic. You can purchase them at handicraft stores in your city or make them yourself. To do this, you need to draw it without making seam allowance. After this, make an allowance of 5 mm on all sides, drawing a second outline. Cut out the resulting shapes and get two blank parts. The internal contour will clearly correspond to the size of the part in the finished product; it is the sewing line. The outer contour is the cutting line of the fabric along with seam allowances.

Especially for beginners in needlework who are starting to learn patchwork techniques and projects for beginners, we are adding a selection of patterns and examples of their application in practice.

But at first, do not take on technically complex projects - circular patterns, patterns with rounded edges. For beginners, it will be easiest to use the simplest shapes - a square and a triangle.

Cutting rules

Before we start cutting the fabric into flaps, remember the following rules:

• Before you start cutting, the fabric must be thoroughly washed and steamed with an iron. This is to ensure that the new fabric does not change color after washing and to prevent any shrinkage that may occur.
• To give the fabric rigidity, we starch cotton fabric, and gelatinize silk. After this it will be much more convenient to work with them.
• We draw on the fabric with a pencil, soap or chalk on the wrong side. We do not use a ballpoint pen under any circumstances, as it will be impossible to remove marks from the finished product.
• The cutting is done in the direction of the grain thread. This is done to ensure that the elements do not warp during stitching. When cutting new fabric, pay attention to its edge.

We cut out the element by first applying a template with allowances and tracing it, and then on top of the template without them and tracing again. Once all the sewing elements are ready, you can sew them according to the chosen pattern.

Patchwork for beginners: patterns

You can draw a diagram of the location of the patches of future work yourself, but for beginners it will be easier to use ready-made diagrams of patchwork products:

Master class on sewing from squares

This technique is used when stitching small mosaics from squares, and the same square blocks of a product into a whole canvas. You can practice the skills of this method by creating a two-color canvas from squares of two colors arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

From the fabric we cut out squares with a side of 15.5 cm in two different colors. Leave a seam allowance of 1 cm.

We lay out the squares of fabric on the table in a checkerboard pattern, marking the left ones with pins. This detail is not very important now, however, it will significantly help not to get confused when making a product with a large number of parts. We pin future seams with tailor's pins instead of basting.

Alternating the direction of the stitching (top to bottom and bottom to top), we sew the squares horizontally. If the direction of the stitching is left unchanged, then a shift will occur. We sew together all the squares.

We iron the seams, smoothing the allowances in different directions.

Before sewing the rows together, we pin them again with pins perpendicular to the future seam. And the stitch can be laid directly along these pins.

If everything is done correctly, the corners will match and you will get a smooth, high-quality canvas.

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What is patchwork - history and our days

Patchwork (from the English “patch” - patch, “work” - occupation, work) are patchwork techniques that were so well known to our grandmothers and great-grandmothers. In the old days, when beautiful, high-quality fabrics were expensive and rare, every piece left after sewing was used for good - bedspreads, capes, napkins, and simple clothes for the little ones were sewn from it. Gradually, patchwork turned from a waste-free sewing technique into a real folk craft; craftswomen sewed rugs, blankets and new wardrobe items from scraps. It is as a craft that this technique traces its origins to England (hence the English name of the craft), where at the beginning of the 18th century there was a great shortage of rare Indian fabrics, the needlewomen, apparently, simply did not raise their hand to throw away scraps of them. And this is good, because otherwise we would not know about such a wonderful form of creativity as patchwork!

However, with the development of textile production, fabrics became more accessible, and there was no longer a practical need to use fabric cuts one hundred percent. Patchwork was forgotten for a long time, and its return today, of course, has nothing to do with the need to be economical. Today, patchwork is a real artistic movement, which has many types and trends, and products and accessories made using the patchwork technique every now and then delight their fans at fashion shows among the works of famous fashion designers.

Are you already impatient to start creating? Let's get started!

The very first question is where to get material for patchwork? If you are a master of sewing, knitting, or embroidering, then you have probably accumulated a large number of scraps and scraps over time. They can become your first blanks for patchwork-style products. If your great desire to create something unique and simply fabulous coincides with your equally great capabilities, then fabric scraps for patchwork can be bought in a specialized craft store or ordered online. Colorful, with delightful ornaments, and even with real plot pictures, special blanks for patchwork will look incredibly beautiful in your products!

• You can use fabric pieces either new or used. We recommend steaming or washing scraps of new fabric to produce the desired shrinkage and eliminate possible loss of color.


• If the fabric scraps you use are not from new fabric, it is recommended to pre-starch them a little and iron them properly.


• Cotton fabrics are considered the easiest to work with - they hold their shape and are easy to sew. Cotton scraps make excellent napkins, potholders and teapot warmers, capes and pillows for chairs, armchairs and sofas.


• Dense fabrics such as gabardine, tweed and drape are used for products such as rugs, panels and rugs.


• Silk scraps after preliminary starching are also convenient for use in patchwork, like cotton ones, but it should be remembered that finished products from silk pieces are impractical, since thin silk tends to wear out quickly.

• Some products require a combination of rags of several textures during manufacture (for example, in potholders, one side may be denser than the other), but if this is not required, it is better to take rags of the same texture for patchwork.


• If the product will be subject to significant loads (rugs, chair seats), we recommend pre-setting the flaps on a lining. What can serve as a lining? These can be pieces of thick fabric, padding polyester or batting.


• A beautiful decorative effect is obtained by finishing the seams with braid, cord or ribbon, while the entire composition acquires a single “sound”.


• When working with scraps, you will most likely use elements that are the same size and shape. Please note - the more carefully you cut out your blanks, the more accurate the finished product will be. How to ensure that all fragments are perfectly identical? Templates will help you with this - special layouts made of cardboard or thick paper. Our recommendation: when making a template, include a seam allowance of approximately 0.75 centimeters, then you will not have to particularly trim the edges of the blanks when sewing the elements. How to do it?

Let's say you need squares for a patchwork-style product. Draw a square of the desired size on a sheet of cardboard, excluding seam additives. Then step back the required 0.75 centimeters from the edge and outline a larger square, already with a seam allowance. Now the template can be cut out - you should get a kind of frame. Place it on the fabric and trace the outer and inner sides of the frame, after which you need to cut out the resulting square along the outer edge and sew it together, focusing on the inner one.

• As a rule, flaps made of dense fabrics with seam allowances are not cut out, since then they begin to bulge unsightly at the joints. What to do in this case? Be sure to use a lining on which the flaps are sewn - end-to-end, without allowances. Each flap is sewn along the edge with a regular stitch, then the edges of adjacent flaps are joined together with a wide zigzag seam.

Patchwork: patterns for beginners

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What do you need to practice patchwork?

To get started you will need:

• various scraps or special fabrics for patchwork


• good scissors


• rulers


• templates, patterns and multi-colored threads


• patchwork patterns that you will use to sew.

In patchwork, it is very important not only to carefully sew the patches, but also to “get into color” and create a single picture.

How to choose fabric for patchwork?

Of course, the richer the craftswoman’s choice of fabrics for patchwork, the more opportunities for creativity she is given. Until recently, Russian needlewomen using the patchwork technique had to make do with scraps of ordinary fabrics, but today there are a lot of specialized stores where you can buy fabrics for patchwork. If it is advisable to wash ordinary fabrics before starting work so that they do not shrink later, then patchwork fabrics are already designed for sewing. Patchwork fabrics are predominantly made of cotton - the more expensive the material, the higher its quality and the guarantee that shrinkage will not occur or the pattern of the patchwork fabric will not begin to fade after washing the product.

In patchwork, there is a wide variety of amazing ornaments and designs with no less amazing names - “Dresden plate”, “French bouquet”, “grandmother’s garden”. For those who want to master the patchwork technique, there are a lot of books and manuals in the “patchwork for beginners” format. In them you can find useful tips on patchwork, a description of the technique and nuances of the patchwork style, and various patchwork patterns, the presence of which greatly facilitates the process of creating a patchwork product. You can also attend special courses “Patchwork for Beginners” - search for them on the Internet using the query “patchwork master class” and indicate the city in which you live. In general, if you have no experience, but have chosen patchwork as an activity, a patchwork masterclass is simply necessary for beginners. You can also find and download freely available patchwork patterns. Since patchwork is very popular now, master classes on this type of needlework can be viewed online on various resources dedicated to patchwork.

So, you have accumulated countless scraps. What to do with them? The first thing is to iron and divide by size.

Second, cut out a template from whatman paper (we have a simple square) according to which you will cut.

And we begin to sew the scraps to each other in a chaotic order, but keeping approximately the shape of a square.

This is what we got - it doesn't look much like a square. So we just cut off all the excess.

Be sure to iron it well and then combine it with other squares.

And so we continue until the desired shape. We have a bedding for summer outings. And at the same time, it was sewn from unnecessary leftovers, but became a useful thing.

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Patchwork sewing. The simplest

Evidence of ancient people engaging in this type of activity dates back to 980 BC.

A little history

Of course, then no one thought to call the possibility of repairing clothes or creating new ones from the remnants of old ones with the now fashionable word patchwork. The ideas of that time were also very different from modern ones and had completely different meanings. After all, patchwork is sewing from scraps. And if now, to create a certain color of a product, a craftswoman buys whole pieces of new fabric in the appropriate store, then previously such things were obtained not out of a whim, but primarily out of desperation, and only thanks to the innate desire for beauty in a person, the finished items had an aesthetic appearance .

Old clothes were altered many times, and multi-colored patches were placed on the holes. It is unlikely that primitive people could have thought that centuries later patchwork, the ideas for creating which essentially belonged to them, would be so popular, and that someone would specifically buy and cut new fabric in order to create something original from the scraps. Over time, patchwork became one of the types of American folk art and, thanks to the love of this people for travel, it gradually penetrated into the countries of Europe and Asia. It is worth noting that today in each country the patchwork style has its own original distinctive features that are characteristic of only one nation.

Not everything is as simple as it seemed

Patchwork, the technique of which at first glance seems elementary (they say, what could be easier than sewing multi-colored scraps of fabric together), actually requires quite a lot of time and labor. In addition to good creative inclinations that allow you to invent, model, and then bring to life a certain pattern, ornament or mosaic, you need to have at least an average level of sewing skills. Connecting individual pieces together so that they hold well and look neat is sometimes very difficult even for an experienced seamstress.

The main stages of working in patchwork style

Patchwork technique consists of three main stages:

1) selection of material;

2) creating a diagram and sketches of the future product;

3) connecting the shreds into a single fabric.

Basics of patchwork technique

Practicing masters of this type of needlework say that for each new product in the patchwork style, ideas usually come while looking through and selecting scraps of fabric with a similar texture. From these, the main drawing is compiled, and the necessary parts are purchased in the store. Of course, the opposite also happens. First, fabric of the main color is purchased from the store, and then the pattern is complemented by existing pieces of fabric.

If you don’t have enough experience doing work in the patchwork style, the technique of which is quite complex, it is better to first use ready-made patterns, which you can easily find on the pages of handicraft magazines and other information resources on the relevant topic. Then the flaps are first sewn together into separate blanks, these parts are fastened together, and at the end of the work a lining is sewn to the canvas, the main purpose of which is to hide all errors, seams and the filler used in the product.

Don't forget the tools

If you still decide that this type of needlework suits you, or you have an irresistible desire to create something exclusive for yourself or as a gift to loved ones, then before you start working in the patchwork style, the technique of which is unique (which means you can declare with an absolute guarantee , that no one will have a second such thing), be sure to prepare all the tools necessary for the work. Of course, these should be threads, pins and needles, scissors, a sewing machine (if the plans are grandiose), as well as chalk or a pencil, a ruler, cardboard or thick paper for creating a pattern, a crochet hook or knitting needles. Very often in stores of the relevant profile you can find ready-made kits for patchwork, including suitable materials, a diagram for the pattern, as well as all the necessary tools.

Grandma's handicraft

Most often, handmade craftswomen in our country choose a bedspread from the variety of crafts in the style we are considering. Patchwork is perfect for creating such a thing. The resulting models are very different: from simple ones, presented in the form of squares or rectangles of the same size sewn together, which do not create any specific pattern, to indescribable masterpieces, consisting of the smallest patches, sewn in a certain order and using the appropriate technique, as well as forming stunning, varied patterns among themselves. Moreover, sometimes these are real paintings, and not just geometric shapes or ornaments. One of the distinctive features of Russian patchwork is the successful combination of the experience of other peoples, as well as the obligatory presence of appliqué or ornament on a variegated fabric. From time immemorial, quilts have been a mandatory and integral part of a bride's dowry. It was from them that an opinion was formed about what kind of housewife she was, and also a conclusion was drawn about perseverance and patience.

Pillows made in patchwork style are very common today. The same story, the same deep folklore content, only presented in a slightly different size. Grandmother's handicraft is the affectionate name for the patchwork technique in Russia. With their own hands, needlewomen create real masterpieces that you would not be ashamed to use in everyday life or give to friends.

Try making a pot holder in patchwork style - you won’t regret it!

Everyone knows that it is better to try once than to read many times. You need to start with something simple, even basic. After all, even experienced craftswomen sometimes cannot handle a large amount of work, let alone beginners. There are frequent cases when even very talented needlewomen are simply discouraged from taking up this activity due to the fact that they took on a difficult task. Try making an oven mitt or a small napkin for your kitchen in a patchwork style with your own hands. It will take very little time, but the result will definitely please you. There is no need to immediately run to the store for expensive fabric. Open the wardrobe. There is hardly a woman who has only those things that she constantly wears. Some are small, some are large, and some are just boring. Use them. The only condition is that the fabrics must match each other as much as possible in structure and be non-flowing (so that no additional processing of the seams is required, and the finished product looks neat). Take thick paper, place your palm on top and trace it. Now we add a couple of centimeters to the resulting pattern (depending on the required final size of the tack and taking into account the internal seams). From the available pieces of fabric, we lay out the blank of the future product according to the template and fasten it with pins or baste it - whichever is more convenient for you. Try to make your first piece from large scraps so there are fewer seams. We sew the parts together manually or by machine, and trim off the unnecessary parts. Using the template, we cut out the second, back part of the potholder from a single piece of fabric, and from padding polyester or batting, which are the best fillers in this case, another one or two, depending on the required thickness. We sew all the blanks together from the inside out, like a simple mitten. Ready! Before sewing, do not forget to steam the seams on the front side of the product with an iron.

Homemade amulet

Today, a variety of denim products in patchwork style are very common. You can see ideas and examples of some ready-made gizmos in the photos presented to your attention. In addition to its attractive appearance, craftswomen value the durability, ease of use and further care of the resulting product in this fabric. It has been quite common lately to create clothes, pillows, bedspreads and other household items from knitted scraps, and many simply join pieces of fabric together using knitting.

Patchwork with knitting or crocheting is a technique as interesting as the one described above. Crafts can also be created from leftover yarn, regardless of the thickness of the thread and its quality. On the contrary, the more types of yarn you use to create each element, the more impressive and attractive the finished product will look. And how beautiful the knitted blanket looks! Patchwork will help lovely housewives to decorate their home in an original way, making it even more cozy and warm. Products made using this technique will be a wonderful gift for any occasion, including anniversaries and weddings. Why buy ready-made things in a store? And even pay exorbitant prices! Try creating them yourself. This is such space for imagination - patchwork! Pillows, potholders, napkins and other items sewn from multi-colored scraps look very original, reflect the spirit of the home, are imbued with love and turn into a kind of amulet.

Starting out is never easy. You also need to learn patchwork sewing. Not everything works out right away: your hands don’t obey, your eye fails. This is what the experience of the masters is for. Having mastered video lessons, photo materials and a master class with their tips and secrets, you can safely bring to life any idea - from making a simple pot holder to a new sofa upholstery.

Patchwork is very popular today - a handicraft in which colored scraps of fabric are assembled into a whole product with a planned pattern based on the principle of a mosaic. The result of such a fascinating process can be a recognizable image of some objects, geometric patterns or fancy patterns. Ideas for patchwork can be taken from photo and video lessons, as well as master classes.

Initially, the patches were sewn together to save material, and the patchwork had very specific tasks. Now the patchwork technique is the desire to create beauty while enjoying this magical action. Quilted bedspreads, decorative panels, blankets and pillows, oven mitts, updated furniture, and clothes are pleasing to the eye.

Basicspatchworksewing:

1. AccuracyAndaccuracy. The patchwork technique is not a complicated technology, but realizing the idea, as in MK, is not always easy. The guarantee of success in patchwork is accuracy and precision. Patterns for potholders or blankets must be precise and very neatly sewn. The fabric requires pre-treatment (decatation). It needs to be soaked or washed, dried and ironed, sorted by color.
2. JobWithiron. The iron is an important tool in patchwork. During work, the seams must be ironed; when decatching fabrics, they must also be ironed. Ready potholders or bags are steamed from the front side and always in one direction. The seams also need to be pressed in one direction. Then they will not crumble and will be durable. Seam allowances are smoothed from the inside out so that no marks remain on the front side. In complex blocks where seams meet in different directions, the allowances of each next row are ironed in a different direction. On the front side, iron at the intersection points of the seams. If the strips are too long, they should be placed on the ironing board not horizontally, but vertically - they will not wrinkle or stretch. Fabric that is too thick is moistened and steamed. The fabric is ironed lengthwise at a temperature appropriate to the type of fabric.
3. Secretssewing. Carelessly sewn fragments of a future potholder or napkin, uneven seams, even a slight discrepancy in sizes will destroy patchwork sewing for beginners. Therefore, the flaps must be sewn in very precisely. Beginning craftswomen will be helped by templates in the form of a frame, which are made on graph paper with a seam line printed on the fabric. Before starting a huge project, it is recommended to sew a sample block. It will help you check the cutting accuracy and adjust the operation of the sewing machine. It is easy to see all the errors on the sample - this will save both time and effort.

In general, the patchwork technique should be taken seriously, considering all color combinations even for potholders - after all, they, like sloppy work, can ruin the item and discourage you from mastering such an exciting handicraft.

Master class: block of squares (video)

Where to start patchwork sewing

To begin with, they collect all the scraps of fabric, sort them by texture and color, and begin to create a pattern. You can do the opposite: come up with a pattern or find it on MK, photos and videos, and then cut blanks from purchased fabrics.

The second step is to create a sketch of an oven mitt, pillow or napkin. It is better for beginning needlewomen to use ready-made patterns from magazines or MKs from the Internet.

The process of joining shreds into a whole canvas:

• Sewing the parts of a potholder or blanket;
• Connecting blocks into one whole;
• Sewing the lining

In addition to sewing, there is also knitted patchwork, where the flaps are connected to each other using crochet and contrasting thread.

In addition to threads, fabric and machines, the patchwork technique uses:

• Roller cutter or scissors;
• Pins, needles;
• Sewing machine;
• Pencil or chalk;
• Cardboard or soft plastic;
• Crochet hook.

In handicraft stores you can find patchwork kits - with pattern diagrams, MK.

Patchwork: patterns, templates

You can create diagrams and templates yourself or take ready-made patterns from the Internet, books or magazines. Templates are cut along the contour of the part, taking into account seam allowances. The material for production can be cardboard, thick paper, plastic. For accuracy, you can stick graph paper on the cardboard, and then cut out the shape of the intended size. When making curved blanks, longitudinal cuts-notches must be made on the outer contour of the template - it is convenient to mark seams along them when connecting the flaps.

Photo and video tutorials on patchwork sewing offer diagrams, templates and MK

Cutting rules

The most convenient templates are frames. The inner part must correspond to the finished size of the fragment, the outer part takes into account seam allowances. The width of such a frame is the size of the allowances. When making a pattern, the frame must be circled twice and cut only along the outer contour. The inner outline will show the seam line. The pattern is transferred to the fabric with chalk or soap; any pen leaves marks on the front side. Cutting is done only along the grain thread, so that subsequently the sewn parts do not stretch or warp. Cut out the flaps with regular scissors or a special cutter. A roller cutter makes the process much easier, cutting long strips that are easy to cut into smaller pieces. You can't do without a cutter when the templates are curved.

Pattern selection

INtechnologypatchworkexists 3 kindproducts:

• Canvas, stitchedfromscraps, where the parts assemble the seam into a seam. The shape of the patches can be regular, geometric (traditional sewing) or arbitrary (crazy patchwork). Watch video lessons.
• Quiltedproducts(quilting) are sewn from a whole cloth, the pattern on which is created using stitches.
• Application– pieces of other fabrics are beautifully placed on the base, sewn and quilted.

Patchwork technique for beginners

The pattern can be created based on one repeating figure, for which paper templates are cut out for each part and a flap is basted to it. The seam allowance is folded over the edge and basted again. This is a traditional English technique.

The block technique is more modern: pieces of triangular or square-shaped fabric are sewn into blocks, creating a geometric pattern. A simple block can be made from a small number of large parts. This kind of work takes less effort and time. It is often used by video lessons and MK.

The strip patchwork technique is also known. It differs from the previous version in that the fragments are collected into strips, then they are combined into a canvas. The block technique is convenient because the flaps are sewn together directly on a machine.

In crazy patchwork, the flaps are sewn on according to the applique type: individual flaps of arbitrary shape are beautifully placed on the canvas and sewn. Potholders, blankets, covers come out in two layers.

Patchwork: video lessons for beginners

Patchwork: master class for beginners

Special comfort in the interior is created by handmade items, in particular, beautiful and comfortable pillows. Let's try to sew a decorative pillowcase with a voluminous "Rose" application using MK. You can take any scraps for work, the main thing is that they match well in color. Don't forget to prepare the fabric - wash it, iron it.

Master class “Pillow with applique”

Step by stepinstructions.

1. It’s convenient to start by preparing squares. Their number and size determine the size of the pillow.
2. Then you need to cut a circle out of the fabric. In the middle, put a piece of fabric and some filler for volume (cotton wool, padding polyester). Secure in a circle using a machine stitch. The middle is ready.
3. Fold the squares from the flaps diagonally, as in the photo, sew around the middle piece in a circle - 3-5 pieces.
4. For the next round you need to prepare large squares of the corresponding color. Continue until the end of the intended flower size.
5. The sewn petals must be trimmed in a circle.
6. The finished roses are beautifully distributed on a pillowcase and secured to the product with a zig-zag seam and a wide, dense stitch. The rosette has the appearance of a three-dimensional appliqué.
7. If desired, the bouquet can be supplemented with leaves cut from scraps of a suitable color. Look at the photo for a step-by-step master class. The blanket in MK is made using the “crazy patchwork” technique (you can watch video tutorials), and it consists of 30x30 cm squares. For a single blanket you need 24 pieces, for a double blanket – 36. Let’s say the pattern will be made up of 4 types of fabric.

Master class “Patchwork for beginners – blanket”

Tools and materials:

• 1 m of fabric of each color (width 220 cm) - 6 or 9 squares 45x45 cm;
• For the lining - 170 cm or 220 cm (the margin at the bottom goes away after the blanket is quilted);
• Sintepon of similar sizes;

Step-by-step instructions for MK:

1. Cut into squares and stack, alternating colors.
2. Cut this layer cake diagonally or randomly. It is convenient to cut with a roller knife.
3. Take the part from above and move it down under a stack of similar elements. In a cut stack there will be 1 piece of the 1st color on top and 1 piece of the 2nd color.
4. Machine sew all the squares along the cut line.
5. On an ironing board, carefully press the seams to one side or press them flat.
6. Fold the blanks into a neat stack in the same order - squares of the 1st and 2nd tones on top.
7. Using a ruler and a knife, cut the entire stack again along any line (you can cross the first seam).
8. Move one of the top fragments down under the stack. Sew and press, remembering to fold in order - now it’s better to match the seams.
9. The operation is repeated until the last detail. The optimal number of seams is 6-10 horizontally and vertically.
10. After ironing the seams, you need to trim the squares to get a figure with a side of 32 cm.
11. You can assemble the blanket in different ways: first assemble the front part, then quilt it with padding polyester and lining. It's difficult on a typewriter. Or quilt each square separately, cutting padding and lining.
12. Gather the quilted squares together, trim and cover the seams with narrow tape or strips of fabric. It is convenient to assemble according to the scheme: ribbons of 4-6 squares, then sew the strips.
13. Along the edge of the blanket, you also need to trim it with an edging made of plain fabric or pieces of rags, as in the MK photo.

Congratulations on your new look!

Quilt technique (video)

Having learned basic concepts about this type of needlework such as patchwork and mastered the simplest skills of putting fabric “puzzles” together into a single whole, you can create creative household items or interior decor from different scraps.

Patchwork: beautiful and easy for beginners (photo)