Soup to Nuts Quilting

 

From Design to Binding

Soup to nuts quilting is going from design conception through every step until the completion of a quilt. Some people enjoy certain aspects of quilting, such as piecing, and others enjoy the entire process. I like to think of working through all of the aspects as "Soup to Nuts" or From-Design-to-Binding-quilting. This post will briefly illustrate the steps I took to complete the above quilt which I designed and started sewing over a year ago. The quilt is about 93 x 102 inches. The blocks finish at 6 inches.

Picture of my design idea drawn in EQ8

My Process

1. Doodle ideas on notebook or graph paper
2. Draw the idea in EQ8
3. Tweak for sizes and colorways in Electric Quilt
4. Decide if rotary cutting or foundation paper piecing or diecutting or a combination
5. Print the quilt design and fabric requirements. Also print paper piecing patterns to sew upon
6. Pull fabrics from stash, purchase new fabric (Yippee!), or a combination of the two
7. If, after sewing a test block, modifications are necessary, make them and proceed
8. Cut, sew, and assemble quilt top - this involves pressing and squaring things up as you go
9. Trim the quilt top
10. Quilt with batting and backing
11. Bind quilt. Typically, I use 2 1/4" wide strips. I will cut these on the bias if the quilt is not rectangular. Usually, I cut across the width of fabric to make binding.

Quilt designed in Electric Quilt 8

Here is a quick video that shows some of these steps:

Please let me know if you have any questions about my process. Thank you for visiting.

Beverly