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Tutorial: sew pillow in Patchwork Spiral stile
Ho scritto gia uno post dello stile Patchwork “Spiral” – Katrinshine: Patchwork - introducing Spiral style. Oggi su un esempio di cuscino per il divano vi spiego come realizzarlo. Vi servono scampoli di stoffa, stoffa per base, stoffa per il retro di cuscino e una cerniera di lungezza adatta (ho usato una cerniera di 40 cm). Come scegliere le stoffe ed i colori l’ho gia scritto nel precedente post.
Images show you the steps to making patchwork detail: Sulle foto potete vedere succedenza delle operazioni:

The finished project must be approximately such picture at the end of work: Alla fine deve essere circa come quello della foto:
Cut out the backing of the pillow. Place it together with front patchwork detail. Pin it and sew together leaving one side open for zipper.Tagliate il retro della fodera. Componete il retro con la parte davanti fatta in patchwork. Attaccatele con gli spilli e cucite insieme, lasciando un lato non cucito per la cerniera.
Invert and press the seams, then baste the zipper and sew it using a special foot.Rovesciate e date una ripassata col ferro alle cuciture. Imbastite la cerniera e cucite insieme usando premistoffa per le cerniere.
Pillow-case is finished. La fodera e pronta e adesso possiamo mettere il cuscino dentro.

You can find Quilted pillows in special section in my shop: there.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Patchwork - introducing Spiral style
I like very much all kind of needle and craft work, it seems like things made with your own hands fill your soul with warmth and home with a comfort... When I was teen I start to needlepoint frivolite, cross-stitch, crochet and knitting. But in a last time I like especially patchwork.
Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of a needlework that appeared in England during the 17th century. It involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. Fabrics at that time were very expensive, that’s why every piece was put into work. Patchwork quickly became very popular and now there are a lot of styles it, including my favourite stile “Spiral”. This particular technique gives room to imagination as small pieces of fabric assemble an inimitable design, that’s why every piece of work made in this style is very unique and original.
Why do I like Spiral style? It’s fast. And always the piece you make is very unique. Also it’s a great way to utilize scraps of fabric left over from sewing. You don’t even have to use the same type of fabric – say, you can combine cotton and wool.
For creating patchwork in Spiral style one can use pieces of fabric with colourful patterns or mono coloured ones. You have to start work in the centre, pin your pieces to the base fabric and sew them to each other, going clockwise. The fabric for the base could be any unused piece, since it won’t be seen in the final work. But if your final piece is going to be used as a pillowcase or cover, choose a thin fabric for a base, if it’s a bag or a potholder – use a thicker fabric.
Usually, the centre of the work has a light and bright coloured piece of fabric – say white or yellow. The size of pieces changes from very small in the centre to large on the edges. Fabric pieces are combined by colour using different ideas. For example, you can sew together light coloured pieces first, and after finishing a circle, use darker coloured ones, but in the same colour gamma (“colour stretching”). Sometimes contrast coloured pieces can be used next to each other. In any case, it is a good idea not to put
together pieces that are too close to each other by colour or pattern because they might destroy your composition by creating a large mono coloured spot. Are you interested in patchwork «Spiral» stile? In next post I’ll tell you how to make pillow for divan in this stile for decorate your sitting room.
Mi piacciono molto tutti i tipi di lavori feminili, sembra che le cose fatte con le tue proprie mani riempiano l’anima di calore e la casa di particolare accoglienza... Ancora in gioventu ho cominciato a tessere merletto frivolite, fare punto a croce, lavorare ad uncinetto e sferruzzare. Ma negli ultimi tempi ho un particolare amore verso il patchwork.
Patchwork e un modo di cucire che si e sviluppato in Enghilterra nel 17° secolo, cucendo insieme molti piccoli pezzi di stoffa varia come in un grande quadro. Le stoffe in quel tempo costavano molto, percio venivano usati tutti i piccoli pezzi. Da un po’ di tempo il patchwork e diventato molto popolaree e adesso esistono molte sue varieta, tra cui il mio stile preferito “Spiral”. Questa particolare tecnica da enorme spazio alla fantasia, poiche i pezzi di stoffa separati si combinano in un quadro irripetibile, percio ogni oggetto eseguito con questo stile e unico ed originale.
Per creare un capo in patchwork stile Spiral si possono usare stoffe variopinte o monocolori. Bisogna cominciare dal centro, puntare con spilli sulla stoffa di base e cucire i pezzi uno dopo l’altro in senso orario. La stoffa per base puo essere quasiasi pezzo inutile, perche non si vedra alla fine del lavoro. Ma se il capo finale sara usato come federa o sopraccoperta, scegli stoffa morbida, se invece sara una borsa o presina – usa una stoffa piu pesante.
Sei interessato in patchwork “Spiral” stile? Nel prossimo post vi raccontero come cucire in questo stile una federa per cuscino da divano per decorare il salotto.
This article you can see also here:
http://etsyrussianteam.blogspot.com/2010/03/patchwork-introducing-crazy-quilt-style.html






