As a Beginning Quilter, What Type of Quilt Should I Make?
So, you’ve decided to get back to your roots, do something natural and relaxing – you’ve decided to make a quilt. Your first step is to choose which type of quilt you’d like to make; which will be most satisfying and beautiful! There are so many types to choose from, but the key is to look at many different examples and find one that makes you stop and look for a while. That’s a sure clue about what type you’d make with the most enthusiasm.
The list below is a simple compilation of the different types of quilt styles that exist with a short explanation of each style. If one intrigues you, you can do more research by visiting the dozens of wonderful internet sites or browsing through the many books available on quilting from Amazon.com, the internet or from the local library.
The major types of quilts I found are:
•Patchwork or Pieced Quilts
*Traditional Style
*Friendship – spaces for friends to sign, perhaps for a going away gift
*Crazy – Haphazard design, all different fabrics with various textures and
colors. Victorian styles were done with satins and velvets.
*Center Medallion – A centered main panel surrounded by a series of
plain or coordinating borders
*Sampler Like an Album or Friendship Quilt but pieced together rather
than appliquéd – a different pattern in each block
*Charm – Each fabric is only used one time on the entire quilt
•Applique’ Quilts
*Traditional Style
*Baltimore Album – Detailed and embellished design
*Hawaiian – Use of hand dyed and batik fabrics, some hand painted
*Folk Art – Unusual fabrics and “found” art (e.g. Buttons)
*Portrait – Very artistic, fabrics used like paint to produce a “picture”
*Stained Glass – Black bias tape is used to give ‘lead’ effect between
squares like a stained glass window
*Molas – All fabrics sewn together, then shapes are cut away to reveal
different patterns beneath
*Celtic – Continuous weaving line, called “Road of Life”
*Appliquéd Center Medallion – A centered main appliquéd panel
surrounded by a series of decorative borders
•Watercolor Quilt
Somewhat like a jigsaw puzzle. A quilt for the very artistic, that uses
several different patterns and colors of fabric (very light to very dark) cut
into small squares and used to make a painting like design that you
create.
•Whole Cloth Quilt
Also know as “White” quilts. Large single piece of fabric (usually white)
where the quilting stitches are the actual design.
•Strip Quilt
Parallel bars or bands of fabric that are arranged vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
•Pictoral Quilt
Realistic pictures of people, animals, objects or scenes as the pattern.
•Embroidered Quilt
Design embroidered on top piece, no batting in between layers.
Picking the right type of quilt is the first step to take. For the beginner it seems very daunting as the steps progress, but once all is in order and ready to go, quilting will hopefully become a passionate craft that you’ll enjoy for years to come.
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