Patchwork Quilts hold a very special meaning in the history of women throughout the world and particularly America. Quilting was often one of the main reasons to get together with other women in the community (quilting bee). This was often the time where women shared stories and taught the younger generations not only how to sew but how to look after a house and a family.
Patchwork quilts were introduced to America by emigrants. These emigrants, mainly from Ireland had a long tradition of making patchwork. Patterns, fabrics and quilting ideas were sent back and forth across the Atlantic keep both cultures up-to-date on what was going on in each other’s worlds.
How to make a patchwork quilt
Patch-working is the process of sewing little patches of cloth together. These pieces can be cut in many different shapes and sizes. They are the sewn together to generally make a pattern or blocks of pattern. The quilt blocks are then sewn together to make the quilt top (top layer of a quilt sandwich) and then finally into a quilt.
Originally many quilts were made out of necessity to keep warm in winter and quilting was a much more common craft in the northern states where they not only beautiful and fun to make, but a practicality during the cold winter months.
Many patchwork quilts are made from scraps of materials and were considered a great way of using up left over and small pieces of different styled and colored fabric. Alone the fabrics were worthless and couldn’t be used to make anything of decent size, however when cut into small shapes and patches and then pieced together they could make amazing quilts.
Check out our section on patchwork quilt patterns for help on making your own patchwork quilts.
It is said that this pattern resembles the American tradition of building houses from logs. It is also a great quilt to make when fabric is limited because you are able to use many small pieces of different fabrics and still create a fantastic quilt with a pattern.
Matandiko ya Patchwork yana maana maalum sana katika historia ya wanawake ulimwenguni kote na haswa Amerika. Mara nyingi kuunganisha nguo za kitani kulikuwa mojawapo ya sababu kuu za kukutana na wanawake wengine katika jumuiya (kuunganisha nguo za kitani). Wakati huo, wanawake waliwafundisha vijana jinsi ya kushona na pia jinsi ya kutunza nyumba na familia. Vitambaa vya vitambaa vililetwa Marekani na wahamiaji. Wahamiaji hao, hasa kutoka Ireland, walikuwa na desturi ya muda mrefu ya kutengeneza vitambaa. Mifumo, vitambaa na mawazo ya quilting yalitumwa nyuma na mbele katika Atlantiki kuweka tamaduni zote mbili up-to-date juu ya kile kilichokuwa kikiendelea katika ulimwengu wa kila mmoja. Jinsi ya kutengeneza kitambaa cha patchwork Patch-working ni mchakato wa kushona vipande vidogo vya kitambaa pamoja. Vipande hivyo vinaweza kukatwa katika maumbo na ukubwa mbalimbali. Wao ni kushona pamoja kwa ujumla kufanya muundo au vitalu vya muundo. Vipande vya kitambaa huunganishwa pamoja ili kutengeneza kitambaa cha juu (safu ya juu ya sandwichi ya kitambaa) na hatimaye kuwa kitambaa. Kwa kweli, kitambaa cha kitambaa kilitengenezwa kwa sababu ya uhitaji wa kuhifadhi joto wakati wa majira ya baridi kali, na kitambaa cha kitambaa kilikuwa kazi ya kawaida zaidi katika majimbo ya kaskazini ambapo sio tu nzuri na ya kufurahisha kufanya, lakini pia ni ya vitendo wakati wa miezi baridi ya majira ya baridi. Matandiko mengi ya patchwork hutengenezwa kutoka kwa vipande vya vifaa na yalichukuliwa kuwa njia nzuri ya kutumia mabaki na vipande vidogo vya kitambaa tofauti na rangi. Kwa pekee, vitambaa hivyo havikuwa na thamani na havingeweza kutumiwa kutengeneza kitu chochote chenye ukubwa unaofaa, lakini vilipokatwa vipande vidogo na kuunganishwa pamoja, vingeweza kutengeneza vitambaa vya ajabu. Angalia sehemu yetu juu ya patchwork quilt mifumo kwa msaada juu ya kufanya yako mwenyewe patchwork quilt. Inasemekana kwamba mtindo huo unafanana na utamaduni wa Marekani wa kujenga nyumba kwa mbao. Ni pia quilt kubwa ya kufanya wakati kitambaa ni mdogo kwa sababu unaweza kutumia vipande vingi vidogo vya vitambaa tofauti na bado kuunda quilt ajabu na muundo.