American Hand Piecing Series with Paula Doyle

American Hand Piecing Series with Paula Doyle

American hand patchwork piecing is not done over papers but sewn together with a simple running stitch, so it is very easy to create blocks of patchwork. And by because it is sewn by hand it means that it is very portable. In this series, Paula shows us a few of her hand-made quilts and explains how to make a series of blocks - maybe a sampler when she has enough blocks, She then creates the quilt by adding sashing and borders.

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American Hand Piecing Series with Paula Doyle
  • Small 4-Block Sampler Quilt Pieced by Hand by Paula Doyle - Part 4

    To finish the quilt you just need to add sashing and cornerstones. For this you make templates in the same way as before.
    Paula also moves on to give you inspiration by showing you other quilts. She suggests you might like to try making more than one block of the same pattern. You will create an ...

  • Small 4-Block Sampler Quilt Pieced by Hand with Paula Doyle - Part 3

    Robbing Peter to pay Paul is the name of this traditional little block. Is made up rather like a four-patch, but the colour combinations swap over – hence it’s name.  You will I am sure recognise that a single unit it also known as Drunkard’s Path.
    Paula shows you how to use the two templates tha...

  • Small 4-Block Sampler Quilt Pieced by Hand by Paula Doyle - Part 2

    Two more small blocks from Paula, for which you do need to make templates.
    The Tilted Square block uses a half rectangle templates and a partial seaming technique.  You will always use the template for the half-rectangle in the same direction – NOT mirror imaged. And then Paula shows us how the p...

  • Small 4-Block Sampler Quilt Pieced by Hand with Paula Doyle -Part 1

    This is the quilt that Paula is working on for us:

    Paula takes us through the early design stages for creating your own quilt – a process which works for all sizes. Then moves on to showing us the tools she likes to use, which include sandpaper!
    Below are some of the supplies she mentions are an...

  • American Hand Piecing interview with Paula Doyle

    American hand patchwork piecing is not done over papers but sewn together with a simple running stitch. You will easily create blocks of patchwork. By being sewn by hand it means that it is very portable.  However, the quilts are still very strong.
    Paula shows us a few of her hand-made quilts. Sh...