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Ashley Hough

Building on a Beauty

Ashley Hough

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  • In-depth Instruction; over 122 mins
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Get an overview of the quilt and all the blocks in it. You will also see what supplies are needed to make the quilt, including paper-piecing paper; templates and template material; and fabric requirements. This lesson will also teach you how to cut out your templates from both the template material and fabric, how to prepare the paper-piecing templates and show you how to prepare and organize your fabric.
See how to make the center paper pieced block step-by-step. This will include instruction on all paper pieced sections and how to assemble them as well as how to cut out the template sections. You will also see how to evenly and accurately stitch all the curved paper pieced and template sections together and get tips on how to press them.
Get tips on how to make and assemble the remaining two paper-pieced blocks. This will include tips on how to assemble and press the blocks when you are stitching two paper-pieced sections to one another without a template section in between. You will also get tips on working with very narrow template sections that can easily stretch.
Learn how to make and assemble the blocks featuring half-square triangles. This will include instruction on how to cut and piece them to size and how to cut and piece them slightly larger and then trim the block down. You will also get assembly tips, including how to ensure your paper pieced blocks line up when stitching them together and how to accurately and evenly stitch on a non-wavy border.
 
 
4 Lessons
2  hrs 2  mins

Description

New York Beauty blocks are a classic design that has been around for years. In this quilt, designed in a medallion style, you will begin by constructing four paper-pieced beauty blocks in the center and then build outward on them with a combination of borders, blocks made from half-square triangles, and more New York Beauty blocks.

You will learn the basics of paper piecing, including what paper to use and what to set your stitch length to in order to ensure that the paper removes cleanly. You will also learn how to make templates from various materials and get tips for selecting and organizing fabrics for this particular design.

This class will show you step by step how to assemble the beginning paper-pieced blocks and sections, and how to cleanly and accurately sew on the curved template pieces. You will also get tips on how to assemble the remaining paper-pieced blocks and see how to make the blocks featuring half -quare triangles.

Finally, you will get instruction on assembling the quilt, including how to ensure that your paper-pieced blocks perfectly align and how to add even, non-wavy borders.

Ashley Hough

Ashley Hough is a quilt designer, pattern maker, instructor, and lover of all things quilting. After learning to sew at the young age of 6 years old, she later discovered the joy of quilting and has grown her skills over the past 15 years. "I love quilting because I love the design process—being able to start with a blank page and essentially create whatever I want." Ashley's designs and patterns have been published in a variety of magazines and her work can be found on National Quilters Circle.

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