baby quilt sewing patterns

baby quilt sewing patterns

Decide to Start a Quilting Business Today!

Even if you have never made a quilt, you can start a quilting business.

We've been taught all our lives to share - share toys, share money, share food. Why not share your quilting knowledge? You can start a quilting business by sharing what you know about quilting.

You don't have to be a veteran quilter with 50 years of sewing experience to have sound advice to share, either. If you have quilted for a month, you know more about quilting than someone picking up a needle and thread for the first time. Start a quilting business that teaches basic skills.

Your most basic quilting information could teach some important skills. A lot of wannabe quilters won't even start a quilting project because the chore of selecting appropriate fabrics seems like such a daunting task. Perhaps you start a membership based website that offers quilting tips to beginners about how to start a quilt. You could also start your quilting business with an old-fashioned paper printed newsletter that you mail out monthly or quarterly to beginning quilters. Some of your topics could be how to select a quilt pattern, how to select fabrics, which threads to use, etc.

Of course, the longer you quilt, the more information you can share with your subscribers. But you sharing information is not the only kind of quilting business you can start.

If you are like most quilters or crafters, you have a lot of leftover fabrics taking up storage space! You could start a quilting business that concentrates on selling your fabric leftovers (and just think how much fun it would be to spend the money you make on new fabric)!

Maybe you could start a quilting business by developing a quilters consignment store online. People could pay you to sell their leftover fabrics, threads and other notions.

If you love quilts, but haven't ever quilted and are afraid to try, you can still start a quilting business. You could coordinate quilters retreats for others. You can make arrangements at a local hotel or bed and breakfast to get great room rates for any overnight guests. Reserve a location, plan a few games, prepare snacks, whatever the quilters need you to do. They'll benefit because they got a retreat without having to do a lot of the work and you will benefit by being around quilters and quilting. Maybe you'll even be encouraged to start your own quilt project!

The two ideas that usually come to mind when people think about starting a quilting business are to sell quilts or to provide a quilting service for tops that have already been pieced. Both are good ideas.

If you choose to sell quilts, you have a lot of options. You could sell only appliqu?uilts (like pieced quilts, baby quilts, etc.). You could sell them online, through a small newspaper ad (or word of mouth since that's free), or at area craft shows. If selling quilts at a show, take a project along to work on between customers. When shoppers see you working on a project, it draws their interest more keenly to your work which will hopefully lead to a sell.

Don't let lack of experience be an obstacle between you and your quilting business. Your quilting business can grow right along with your quilting skill level. All you really need to start a quilting business is a love for the art and a desire to succeed - you don't even need a lot of money. If you've been thinking about starting a quilting business, decide today to do it. You'll be glad you did!

About the Author

Penny Halgren is a quilter of 27 years. She loves sharing her knowledge of quilting with those who would like to learn how to quilt. Sign up for free weekly quilting tips and more at http://www.thequiltingcoach.com

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Need a simple quilt pattern for a baby!?

one of my good friends is having a baby and i want to make a quilt for her. i need a cute pattern that is mainly blocks and or traingles.....very simple but with cute material could be darling. if you have one please give me all the instructions.
1. how many different kinds of material and how much of each
2. cutting directions
3. sewing together directions...step by step

I'd recommend a "brick quilt". "Why" is at the end.

Cut equal quantities of light and dark fabric into brick-shaped pieces. These can be as small as a business card or 3" x 6" or 6" x 12", whatever, pick a size and stick to it. You may use too-small pieces for squares. The smaller the pieces, the more fabric it will take and the heavier the quilt will be (weight of the seams).

Seam the narrow ends together alternating light and dark pieces, making strips as long as the desired final length.

Lay them out, staggered 1/2 the length of a brick, so the bricks will produce light and dark diagonal steps. You can add on the extra squares to fill in short ends on the strips.

Stitch the strips together. Sandwich with a backing and a filler in the middle and baste or tack temporarily.

It's not a quilt until it's quilted. Hand-stitch or machine stitch lots of lines to keep everything together. Else-wise you could tack it thoroughly with ribbon or yarn. Then it would be a "comforter".

Trim the edges and bind with bias tape, wide trill tape or with ribbon.

As described, there are *no* corners to worry about "matching". There's minimal extra bulk from the piecing.

My guess-timate for quantity for a 36" x 48" quilt, with extra allowed to pre-shrink the fabric: 1.5 yards for back, 1 yard light, 1 yard dark, 5 yards binding.

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