In the previous decades, quilting is extremely popular especially to women handcrafters because it entails a lot of details and a lot of sentimental value. For quite some time, the popularity of quilting has ceased among young people because there are new forms of crafts that emerged.

But now, quilting is slowly getting back to the limelight because there are people who reintroduce it. To those who want to try an enjoyable and useful craft, now is the best time to try making quilts.

How to start weaving keepsakes and memories together

A quilt is one of the most popular products of so many excellent handcrafters across the globe. In fact, there a growing number of people who become handcrafters because of home crafts such as quilting.

For beginners, a quilt can be a coverlet or a blanket usually made of two layers of fabric. This is done using a layer of cotton, wool, and feathers in between and all stitched firmly together to form a decorative crisscross design.

One great thing about quilting is that it is a productive and rewarding activity once the final product has been finished. Here, the act of creativity is not only captured but the acts of love, emotion, and dedication as well because of the careful selection of materials to be used and the meticulous process of stitching each piece together.

Aside from serving its purpose as either a coverlet or blanket, a quilt can be a perfect gift to anyone because it can also be used as a decoration such as quilt hang, quilt purse, baby quilt, t-shirt quilt and so much more!

If you want to be a handcrafter and specialize in making quilts-whether as a hobby, for gift giving purposes, or for businesses-you should start to familiarize yourself everything about it. You also need to know what are the skills needed to be a good handcrafter in quilting.

The major consideration in making a quilt is time because you will surely need lots of it before you can produce one. It doesn’t mean that those who don’t have much time cannot do this. Of course they can! In fact, making a quilt can be a great stress reliever for them. They only have to make sure they did not promise to give it to somebody on a specific time or date because the will only be pressured to finish it. Once time pressure comes in, the quality of the craft is not guaranteed.

If you want to be a handcrafter and make a quilt, the first skill that you need is to develop your eye for design. In making quilt designs, you can opt for your personal preference by sketching it. But, if you are having doubts about your personal design, you can use quilt patterns that are available in magazine quilts, quilting books, and quilting sites.

As a skilled handcrafter that specializes on quilting, you also need to master the basics of sewing as well as the skill in choosing the right textures of fabrics that would go well together.