Quilting Templates for Novice Quilters
The art of quilting requires a lot of time and patience to cut and assemble the mosaic of patterns that yield a finished quilt. Quilting templates offer novices the opportunity to be guided through this process, instead of going it alone. Even the long time quilters make use of templates for consistency and new design ideas.
A quilting template is a pre-fabricated design that a quilter can use to assist in cutting their fabrics. The template is typically made of a sturdy material like acrylic. The design can be traced onto the fabric with a fabric pen. Then the design can be cut out of the fabric with quilting scissors. This helps to increase consistency. Multiple blocks of fabric can be cut out at one time using this method as well.
You can find templates in a variety of places. Any fabric store will carry a number of design books that you can browse through. There are also many websites on the Internet that sell quilting templates. You can often browse through these websites and find the creative designs that you are searching for. Many of these websites will offer free quilting templates that you can print out on your own printer. Using a sturdy stock, heavy weight paper in your printer is ideal for these free templates. For a unique design, you can let your artistic side shine, and hand draw your own templates on a sturdy stock paper or plastic film.
So before you start cutting your blocks free hand, consider a quilting template and you will be quilting like a pro.