Try Something New With These Beautiful Quilts
An Innovative Technique Makes For Simple Construction!
Many of the quilts in this beautiful collection caught our eye. We love the designs as well as the colors chosen by the designer.
When we looked closer we discovered that the quilts are constructed with an innovative layering technique.
The designer, Lynne Hagmeier, says:
“Over the years I’ve taught many classes to quilters who are frustrated with imperfect points, lumpy seams or blocks that don’t finish the correct measurement.”
She began playing with a layering technique that solves all those issues while reducing construction time for even the most complex designs.
Before we go into her technique, take a look at some of the quilts made using it from her book, Prairie Life: Patchwork Quilts, Runners & More. There are several we’d like to make ourselves.
The following video shows how the quilts go together. You can clearly see how even complex blocks sew up more quickly than those made with standard piecing. Plus, you won’t need to be concerned about lumpy seam intersections and matching points.
Click here to watch the video at YouTube if it doesn’t play on your device.
Lynne makes sure that triangles are cut on the bias so they don’t fray. She also says:
“I do not trim the background when layering 2 pieces of fabric. The background provides the perfect base unit to piece to other units in your block. With this technique, there are fewer seams over all and less bulk, so it is not necessary. However, if there are 3 layers that all come together in the center of a block, I trim one of the layers for less bulk.”
