And, that's how I've designed the Bottled Rainbows quilt-along. I personally like the idea of making ticker tape blocks one at a time, as an ongoing side project. So, that would be a lot of starting and stopping, but it's a very clever idea! I've also seen larger ticker tape quilts that are made in several sections and then pieced together. She really did quilt them by machine, but she did all the horizontal lines and then went back and did all the vertical lines. In fact here is an amazing example by Snips, Snippets: This works especially well for a small doll quilt, but what about a big quilt? You experienced quilters know that maneuvering all those turns on a large throw or twin sized quilt (like our Bottled Rainbows) would be a HUGE CHALLENGE! Still, it's been done. As you attach the scraps, you are sewing through all layers, thus "quilting" your quilt and creating an echo of your ticker tape layout on the back. So, traditionally, you would make an entire quilt (quilt top, plus batting, plus quilt back, basted) and then sew the scraps onto that quilt. Traditionally, ticker tape quilts are "quilted" at the same time that scraps are attached. ![]() You can see lots of examples of diverse ticker tape quilts here. This puzzle is not usually planned in advance, but rather evolves as you cut and attach scraps. ![]() With ticker tape, scraps are usually placed like a puzzle. Where patchwork involves sewing precisely cut fabrics together (right sides together) to make a larger fabric, ticker-tape involves sewing scraps down on top of a background fabric. ![]() Ticker Tape is a style of quilt-making that uses small scraps.
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