Cutting and sewing wavy curves is a popular technique in modern quilting and is easy and fun to do. If you haven’t had an opportunity to try this, a little reading and a practice piece will be helpful.
Photo above by RedPepperQuilts.com
Here are a few excellent tutorials:
YouTube
Quilts with Curves: Curved piecing with Rob Appell of Man Sewing
Rob uses a relaxed free sewing technique for those who don’t like to pin
How to Sew Free Form Curves in Quilting
Erica Arndt demonstrates curved piecing using pins
‘Jewels’ Gentle Curve Cutting with Jean Wells
Jean demonstrates how to include very narrow inserts that she calls ‘jewels’
Written tutorial
For those of you who aren’t into videos, check out the redpepperquilts.com tutorial
Cutting and Sewing Free Hand Curves. Rita Hodge provides an excellent written tutorial with pics.
Fabric/Cutting
– Use 9″x3″ strips of solid coloured fabrics in a variety of colours.
– To tie the colour schemes of the different blocks submitted, please include one or two of the following ‘connecting colours’ in your block:
• Black
• Purple
• Lime green
Instructions
1. Using the technique demonstrated in the tutorials, assemble a block that is at least 8″ wide. A little extra on the width will help when assembling the blocks.
2. The top and bottom edges will likely be a little uneven, by starting with pieces 9″ in length it can be trimmed to an unfinished block height of 8 inches.
3. Don’t forget to include one or two of the ‘connecting colours’ in your block.
For those of you who really want to hone your wavy curve skills try introducing the ‘Jewels’ in Jean Wells tutoria.
