Part 6: Bold stripes
with JULIUS ARTHUR
Lesson 20 of 27
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A strip patchwork block is made by sewing together pieces of fabric to create a new length of fabric. Discover how to make bold stripes on your quilt with Julius's help.
From the Lesson Workbook
Bold Stripes
- Layer two fabrics that are roughly the same width on a cutting mat. Make sure the right sides are facing upwards.
- Take your rotary cutter and create slices.
- Separate out all the fabric pieces and place the pieces of fabric with the right sides together.
- Take the two pieces of fabric to the sewing machine, making sure the edges of your two cut pieces are lined up.
- Sew the two pieces together with a 0.5 cm (¼ in) seam allowance.
- Stitch all the way through, lift out the fabric and take your pieces off.
- Right sides facing, pin the two fabrics together and line up the notches.
- Grab your iron and press the strips the way they naturally like to fall. Then reverse the fabric, pressing the other side.
- Repeat the previous stages with another piece of fabric. Keep adding more pieces to create the size block you want. When all the pieces are joined together, trim the edges of the block to the required size.
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Your Instructor
Julius Arthur
British textile artist specialising in handmade quilts and unique textile objects for the home.
Julius Arthur is a textiles designer specialising in quilts and unique objects for the home. His design practice, House of Quinn, creates small-batch homeware using traditional and age-old craft techniques and practices to cultivate contemporary design narratives onto familiar objects. His work is grounded in uncomplicated - often repurposed - materials and inspired by an abstract view of the places and things around us. Growing up in Cornwall, memories of childhood and a sense of home and belonging intersect in Julius' work. Quilts have become a staple motif in Julius' work - a way of combining materials, connecting through stitch and exploring shape, form and line - and the subject of his book Modern Quilting.
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