
With the help of patchwork sewing "Herringbone" you can easily sew a unique product for your home
Scheme of patchwork technique“Yolochka” is an entertaining and fascinating process. Patchwork sewing, also called “patchwork” or “quilting”, as you like, is considered to be quite traditional, and at the same time a new, modern, unusual way of working with textiles. The process is not complicated, but requires some knowledge and skills from the craftswomen. It remains to determine what this type of needlework is. Many associate it with nothing more than grandma's rugs. This is not true at all. It is important to note that it combines tradition and modernity. I think that learning to sew in this technique will not be difficult. It will not take you much free time and effort. After all, in any business - the main thing is to have desire. There is no point in talking about the fact that the works will turn out to be masterpieces. You must clearly understand that everything depends on the skills you have acquired, on the quality of execution, and, of course, on imagination. Only then will the products be original, and that means unique. The art of patchwork appeared a long time ago. Perhaps this happened because there was not such an abundance of shops, fabrics, decorative materials, sewing machines with many functions. That is why people were forced to invent everything themselves, to come up with unusual things in order to decorate themselves and their homes, and we are grateful to them for this. Just by taking unnecessary pieces of fabric and a needle with thread, we can get something unusual and stunningly beautiful, even a painting, a panel or a bag.
In today's article we will teach you how to sew"Herringbone" ("Parquet"). In order to learn how to sew, you must have some skills. About how to sew strips. First, you need to cut the strips. You need to start sewing the strips on the right side. The second strip is applied to the first and pinned. Then we sew the strips to the base, after which you need to remove the pins. The third strip is applied to the second, repeat all the previous steps. We sew all the strips in the same way. Then we smooth them through a damp cloth, and do not forget to cut off excess and unnecessary fabric.
With the help of these simple elements you can get such bright canvases as we see in the photo below.
We cut the finished fabric into squares and shape itblocks. Usually, the first strip is sewn in the center of the base. The second is applied to the first, after which they are stitched together to the base. The strips need to be stitched on one side and the other, so that they fill the entire volume. "Herringbone" ("Parquet") The patchwork technique itself is very interesting. You need to sew a strip to a square, smooth it out and lay it out evenly on two sides. Sew the second strip to the other side of the square.
The second seam should be perpendicular.first. We already have the first tier of the future Christmas tree ready. Then, you need to sew the third strip to the first, and the fourth to the second. You can finish sewing or leave it as is, it all depends on your desire. This way we got the element we need.
If you know the basic rules, thenyou will definitely succeed: The square is the main accent of the future composition. Therefore, it should have a bright and attractive color, or a pattern. The width of all the stripes of the square should be the same. The width of each tier should be exactly the same as the width of the previous one.