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How to Make a Cotbed Quilt for Beginners, Step 2: Preparing to Sew the Front of Your Quilt

February 11, 2013 By jbmumofone 24 Comments

Ok, so we have all of our materials ready for the main part of the quilt, the front.

You should have 64 5 x5″ squares of fabric.

It is time to lay out your quilt.

You need to lay out your squares in eight rows of eight squares as shown below.

This is harder than you first think. Β You need to try and avoid bunching up similar colours or patterns and it may take a good few attempts before you are happy with it.

Laying out quilt

This is mine. As you can see Mr B was supervising from above!

Once you are happy with your arrangement you need to start stacking your squares in rows.

We will call the top row Row 1 and number the squares 1 to 8 starting from the left.

Numbering quilt rows and squares

You now need to stack your rows into individual piles. Start with row 1 and stack your squares with square 1 at the top and square 8 at the bottom.

stacking squares

Label this row and pin securely into a pile.

Repeat through rows 2-8 individually.

Preparing to Sew

Now you are ready to begin sewing!

For this move on to Step 3: Sewing a row of squares.

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Comments

  1. Mummypinkwellies says

    February 11, 2013 at 17:01

    Fab tutorial, thanks so much x

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 11, 2013 at 17:30

      I wanted to do something for people like me who have NEVER heard any of the terminology before. A lot of the stuff I read just assumed a certain amount of knowledge that I really didn’t have. I hope this might help people in the same boat πŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Emma (My Little 3 and Me) says

    February 11, 2013 at 17:17

    This is really beautiful. Something for long winter evenings. πŸ™‚

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 11, 2013 at 17:30

      I really do find it relaxing in the evenings πŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. Liz Burton says

    February 11, 2013 at 20:43

    You are really inspiring me with this series. I MUST sort out my stash of fabric.

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 11, 2013 at 21:06

      Yay, come and join in. I would love some company πŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Donna@MummyCentral says

    February 11, 2013 at 22:53

    Wow, you make it look pretty easy. I might just give this a try….

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 12, 2013 at 08:52

      I would be delighted if you did! πŸ™‚

      Reply
  5. DamsonLane says

    February 11, 2013 at 23:07

    I would love to be able to sew but I have just learnt to crochet so will maybe have to leave quilting until I have mastered that. You have made all the steps so clear I think that even a novice like me could make an attempt at a quilt!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 12, 2013 at 08:55

      Oh I hope so! That is what I found was missing when I looked. Now you couldn’t teach me to crochet could you?

      Reply
      • DamsonLane says

        February 24, 2013 at 13:58

        πŸ™‚ I’m afraid that there are much better crochet blogs out there than I could ever attempt. I pour over everything on Attic 24 and just need to keep practising. If you don’t know her blog it is a great place for crochet tutorials.

  6. Jenny says

    February 11, 2013 at 23:12

    Lovely selection of fabrics. I’m making a patchwork union jack cover for my little one. A stupidly huge project that I won’t finish until she’s off to Uni!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 12, 2013 at 08:57

      Hahaha. I know my Mum started a knitting project when she was pregnant with my sister. She turns 38 this year and still not finished! πŸ˜‰

      Reply
  7. Rachel says

    February 12, 2013 at 01:26

    ooh lovely post! I have a hoard of fabric and quilty things to do but haven’t had any time to start yet! This might just be the kick I need!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 12, 2013 at 08:59

      I have started shovelling away old clothes and fabric too since starting to sew. Don’t know where to keep it all!

      Reply
  8. Becky says

    February 17, 2013 at 11:01

    Ilove that you are keeping this SO SEW simple!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 17, 2013 at 20:31

      Hee hee, I like what you did there πŸ˜‰

      Reply
  9. Emma says

    February 17, 2013 at 14:44

    Wow, brilliant, one day I am going to make one. x

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      February 17, 2013 at 20:32

      Let me know how you get on πŸ™‚

      Reply
  10. The Foodie Blog says

    February 19, 2013 at 23:28

    You have the skillz!

    Reply
  11. maggy, red ted art says

    February 20, 2013 at 19:18

    What a lovely project! Makes for a great keepsake too! Off to stumble and pin. πŸ™‚

    Maggy

    Reply
  12. Em says

    April 16, 2016 at 10:15

    I just wanted to say thanks so so much for this guide to quilting. I’ve just completed my first ever quilt (had only ever made cushion covers before!) and am so pleased with it! Great guide

    Reply

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