PROCESS OF MAKING A QUILT

All quilts were hand woven for the early parts of history. Quilts were hand woven and quilters had to use a needle and thread to sew in a running stitch along the area of the quilt to bind the layers of the quilt together. Another process used was a stab stitch which was binding each layer one by one. Two other methods that were also used were the rocking stitch which meant that the quilter used one hand to hold a thimble and the other hand was located underneath to push the needle through the quilt, and loading the needle method which incorporated four or more stitches before the needle was pulled through the cloth.

This is an example of the rock stitching.

This is an example of the stab stitch