Sliver Quilts: 11 Projects Easy Technique for Dynamic Results
By Lisa O'Neill
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Add fresh, striking dimension and texture to traditional or contemporary quilts with Lisa O’Neill’s original “sliver piecing” technique. It’s easier than it looks, so you can make your classic or modern quilt blocks really snap with colorful fabric splinters! Lisa shows you how a folded piece of narrow fabric—the sliver—is inserted into a tuck in the background fabric. Then the raw edges of the sliver are encased in the tuck, while the folded edge of the sliver is revealed on the fabric surface. You’ll learn how to get perfect points or super slim strips without fusing or paper-piecing.
“Sounds complicated, but we are assured by the author that it is easy and has many applications both with traditional blocks and in creating your own innovative pieces. This is an interesting idea with lots of potential, especially for the quilter who enjoys a little freedom of expression.” —Fabrications Quilting for You Magazine
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Sliver Quilts - Lisa O'Neill
Introduction: Just a Sliver, Please!
Dessert, anyone? It would be impolite to refuse. Oh, just a sliver, please!
is a common response. A small sliver of a decadent dessert is often all many of us will allow ourselves—a little sampling to satisfy our curiosity.
Allow me to offer you a sliver—you can have as many of my slivers as you like, calorie and guilt free. I’m talking about fabric slivers—little folds of fabric that I use in my ingenious quilting technique I call Sliver Piecing. Ingenious, because it’s so simple you’ll wonder why quilters didn’t think of this before. Your quilting friends will be impressed because, looking at the end product, it’s difficult to discern just how this Sliver Piecing technique really works.
The Sliver Piecing technique was the result of a quilt challenge—the basic concept was to create a charm-style quilt using each fabric only one time. Not being one to break rules, I decided instead to bend the rules; I wanted to create the illusion that I had repeated a fabric when, in fact, I hadn’t.
Illusion #9 (page 59), a contemporary interpretation of a traditional Nine-Patch quilt, was my challenge entry. At first glance, most quilters assume my blocks are paper pieced. I assure you that no paper was used in the construction of this quilt. Other quilters guess that the slivers are fused. Wrong again. Not a smidge of fusible was used in the creation of this quilt. And, yes, it looks like I’ve repeated a fabric eight times in one block. However, if you were to remove the stitching from each block, you would find one intact piece of background fabric, four slivers of fabric, and one center square!
So, what exactly is Sliver Piecing? A folded piece of narrow fabric—the sliver—is inserted into a tuck in the background fabric. The raw edges of the sliver are encased in the tuck, while the folded edge of the sliver is revealed on the fabric surface. It’s so easy and has many applications. Use it with traditional blocks, or create your own innovative pieces.
Sliver Quilts introduces you to the basic technique and the many applications I have experimented with since creating Illusion #9. There’s even a chapter on how to plan your own Sliver Piecing projects so you can explore the concept and incorporate the technique into your quilting style. Enjoy!
Detail of Illusion #9; full quilt on page 59
Before you get started on a Sliver Quilt, it’s best to understand the basic concepts of the technique. This chapter explains the steps necessary to construct the quilt projects presented in this book.
There are five basic steps to Sliver Piecing:
1. Preparing the background fabric
2. Preparing the sliver
3. Sewing the sliver into the background fabric
4. Anchor appliquéing the sliver into place
5. Trimming the block to size
Step 1: Preparing the Background Fabric
This first step involves creating creases, or folds, in the background fabric to hold the slivers. When creating creases, always fold the background fabric right sides together. A crease will always run the entire width of the background fabric.
Creases can be formed on the straight of grain or they can be off-grain, as long as the diagonal spans the width of the background fabric.
Creating Creases to Receive the Slivers
There are two methods for creating the creases in the background fabric:
Folding the fabric at specific intervals
Marking the fabric with creasing lines using either a template or a ruler
Creating creases using fabric folding is easy. Some of the projects in the book are based on folding the background fabric at specific intervals to create the creases. Once folded, the fabric is then pressed to set the creases.
Fold fabric right sides together to create crease.
Other projects in the book involve the use of templates or specific measurements to mark creasing lines. The fabric is then folded at the creasing marks, right sides together, and pressed to set the creases.
TIP: To use the full-size templates in this book, trace a template onto clear template plastic or heavy paper such as manila cardstock, unless recommended otherwise.
There are two options for marking creasing lines: a fabric marker or pencil, or a hera. There is a distinct difference in the marking process based on which marking method you choose.
Using a Fabric Marker or Pencil
When marking the fabric with a pencil or marker, mark the wrong side of the fabric so the creasing lines are clearly visible when you press the fabric right sides together on the creasing line. I use a standard mechanical pencil to draw creasing lines. Do not use a disappearing marker or chalk—the line will not hold up well.
When using pencil or marker, draw creasing lines on wrong side of fabric.
Using a Hera
A hera is an ingenious little tool used to create lines on fabric. In addition to creating a visible line without the use of ink, it also forms a slight crease at the line, which is exactly what you’re after.
When using a hera, mark the right side of the fabric. The crease formed by the hera is where the background fabric will be folded, right sides together.
Use a ruler or template to establish the location of the creasing line, and then simply run the edge of the hera along the edge of the ruler or template to create the mark and the crease. I like to go over the line a few times to create a strong crease.
When using a hera, mark creasing lines on right side of fabric.
Keep in mind that marks made by a hera are permanent—they will not wash out.
Pressing Creases in Place
Pressing is essential to set the creases. When creating creases in the background fabric, always press the fabric right sides together. If you used a pencil to mark the creasing lines on the wrong side of the fabric, it will be easy to see the mark when pressing the fabric right sides together. If you used a hera for marking the