Among the folk arts, quilt making is centuries old and yet it lives today with great vitality. That is because it is useful, economical and decorative. Any woman can make a quilt. All she needs is the ability to sew an ordinary seam, just a plain running stitch, done neatly and accurately. Even though you may be a beginner you will find it easy to make your first quilt. From then on you will be on the lookout for new patterns and will have started saving your pieces for the next adventure.

Here are 7 most common terms used in quilt making.
1. Comforter: A quilt of one-color material. It consists of the layers of cover, fluffy wool or cotton inner lining and the back. The three are quilt-stitched together, in a simple or elaborate design.
2. Applique: This is sometimes called a “laid-on” quilt because the pieces in the design are cut out of different materials and laid on the plain background. They are secured in place with a fine hemming stitch, such as is used in hemming a skirt, and sometimes with the buttonhole stitch.
3. Patchwork: This usually refers to a “pieced” quilt, with the pieces cut in squares, triangles or diamonds and sewed together to form a design in a larger block.
4. Quilting Stitch: This stitch serves to hold firmly together the three parts of the quilt…cover, lining, and back (as in the comforter). It is made decorative by stitching in various patterns.
5. Block: Quilts are usually divided in parts to simplify sewing. The exception is the comforter. There may be four units or blocks, or many more. The block is a square, rectangle or hexagon. It is sometimes called a “patch” in a pieced quilt.
6. Setting: After the blocks are appliqued or pieced, they are sewed together to form the quilt’s design as a whole, and this is known as “setting” the quilt.
7. Blocking: This is simply pressing the quilt or its parts before and after its “setting.”

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