Patchwork is more than just sewing!

Sewing with the patchwork technique is one of the most beautiful hobbies for many people. Self-made patchwork bedspreads, tablecloths, cushions, fabric bags or toddler blankets look fantastic. Here, fabric cuts are sewn together in such a way that a mosaic picture is created from the patterns. Many ready-cut fabrics that can be easily combined with each other are available as practical fabric package offered.

Sewing beginners are recommended to practise combining fabrics and the sewing technique with their first patchwork sewing projects, which require simple squares as fabric cuts . Passionate patchworkers love to combine their Fat Quarters (special fabric cuts) or American patchwork fabrics with others and use the various sewing and combination techniques to sew a personalized project and thus create a true work of art. All patchwork fabrics are carefully selected, a drawing of the patchwork pattern presented is sketched in advance, and the entire sewing project is precisely measured and calculated beforehand. With each patchwork sewing session, your own patchworking skills will improve.

With the subsequent quilting the finished patchwork work is given further special highlights. The sewn fabric pattern is lined with a non-woven fabric and joined together with pretty decorative topstitching. The quilting is done either elegantly by hand or with a sewing machine.

Patchwork in the VBS Online store

Do you want to learn how to sew patchwork, are you looking for your new favorite combination fabric or do you need important accessories such as a professional patchwork ruler, a professional rotary cutter or a new quilting frame?

Discover high-quality "American" fabrics with a fabric width of 110 cm from Zweigart, fat quarter fabric bundle from Westfalenstoffe or Gütermann and all the relevant quality tools and patchwork accessories. The typical batting for this sewing hobby is just as important as practical fabric clamps or classic Gütermann sewing thread.

With patchwork, you can sew easily or create professional works of art. The more experience you gain with this hobby, the more you will love this type of sewing and decorating quilting ! It is not without reason that it is one of the most popular handicraft techniques worldwide and is "celebrated" together with friends in patchwork guilds that have existed for years.

Small patchwork dictionary

We have put together a small patchwork dictionary with the most important definitions of this handicraft so that "beginners" can also join in the conversation.

Patchwork is the planned sewing together of different patterned fabric cuts into beautiful fabric mosaics. Patchwork sewing uses fabric cuts in the form of squares, diamonds or triangles.

Patchworking is particularly popular in America. patchwork fabrics traditionally have a fabric width of 1 yard, classic fabrics by the meter printed for patchwork with a width of approx. 110 cm (slightly more than 1 yard) are therefore called American fabrics.

fat quarter these fabrics have been developed from this term. The fabrics specially cut for the patchwork technique are about the size of a quarter of a yard. Specialist shops sell fabric cuts around 50 x 50 cm in size under this name.

This quilting is a classic sewing technique in which patchwork is sewn together with non-woven fabric. The quilting seams are applied by hand or with a sewing machine to create a visually attractive pattern.