Mother-Daughter Quilting: Making Modern and Traditional Quilts by Ashley Nickels

Intermediate | 1 hour 8 min

Introduction
Overview01:24

Materials
Materials06:17

Piecing Sue's Traditional Quilt Top
Prepare fabric for half-square triangles09:16
Create blocks and strips13:09

Piecing Ashley's Modern Quilt Top
Cutting and piecing17:49

Quilting
Overview of quilting techniques01:19
Sue's free-motion quilting techniques09:06
Ashley's modern quilting techniques10:04

Taught by Ashley Nickels

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In this class, quilting expert Sue Nickels and her daughter Ashley present two fun projects in their preferred styles—Sue is a traditional quilter and Ashley is a modern quilter. Though they each used the same fabrics, their finished quilts have totally different aesthetics. Sue’s traditional quilt has a scrappier motif, which is covered in lush, machine-quilted feathers, while Ashley’s modern quilt is made up of clean, geometric shapes and criss-crossed diagonal quilting lines. No matter what your style, you will surely learn a lot about quilting from this mother-daughter team.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Materials:

Sewing Machine
Darning foot
Walking foot
¼” foot
Straight stitch throat plate
Safety pins - size 1
Kwik Klip
Masking tape
Sewing machine needles - 70/10 microtex sharp or 80/12 universal
Cotton thread - 50/3 for piecing and quilting or 50/2 for quilting
Marking pencil and pencil sharpener
Tracing Paper
Mat board
Acrylic rulers (6” x 24” / 6” x 6” / 15” x 15”) and rotary cutter
Rubber gloves
Scissors or snips
Bobbins
Seam ripper
Straight pins
Iron

Ashley’s Quilt Fabric Requirements:

100% cotton (pre-wash and press)
Off white - 1 yard
Blue - ¾ yard
Navy blue print - ¾ yard (includes enough for binding)
Floral - 2/3 yard
Pink circle - ¼ yard
Backing - 1 yard
Batting - 34” x 42” square

Sue’s Quilt Fabric Requirements:

100% cotton (pre-wash and press)
Off white - 2 yards
Pink solid/pink floral/pink circle/floral/navy dot/light blue dot - ½ yard each
Blue solid - 1 yard (½ yard for blocks and ½ yard for border)
Navy print - 1 yard (½ yard for blocks and ½ yard for binding)
Backing - 1½ yards
Batting - 41” x 51” rectangle

Downloads:

Download Materials List Nickels_Mother_Daughter_Quilts_.pdf

Learn how to:

Measure and cut
Cut and piece half-square triangles
Free-motion quilting techniques

What you’ll get:

An easy-to-follow class on making modern and traditional quilts using different techniques and aesthetics
7 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
Detailed supply list
Downloadable PDF pattern included - $16 value
Step-by-step instruction by expert instructors Sue and Ashley Nickels
The ability to leave comments, ask questions and interact with other students