Quilting With Noodles!?!
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According to WikipediA, a noodle is “a thin strip of unleavened dough that has been rolled, dried and cooked in boiling water.” The noodles to the left have been made and are now hanging out to dry. |
| Now, you may be asking yourself, “What in the world do noodles have to do with quilting and what is a fabric noodle?”. Simply said, a fabric noodle a strip of fabric that is the length of the measurement of the width of the fabric (WOF). In other words, a 2.5″ noodle would be a strip that was 2.5″ wide by the WOF, which usually ranges between 40″ - 44″. | |
| Imagine, if you will, that instead of seeing the standard “noodles” that you cook with, you envision these 2.5″ strips of fabric hanging from the rack shown above. Also try to imagine removing a hand-full of those noodles from that rack and laying them out before you, in a pile; oodles and oodles of noodles, all different colors! And perhaps even different widths. |  |
Collecting and/or stashing fabric noodles is becoming a hot item in the quilting world because there are so many practical uses for these noodles. A few ideas for using noodles in your quilting include:
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Here are some samples of quilts made from fabric noodles (click on each image to see a larger version). The quilts shown to the left were both made by Sheryl, MO. The quilt shown top left was made using the pattern Tile Tango (Atkinson Designs) and the quilt shown bottom left was made using the Topsy Turvy pattern designed by me, with Sheryl throwing in her own special twist to center by adding a nine-patch. The quilt shown on the right, below, was made by Peggy, ID, using the Tessellating Stars pattern, given above. All three (3) of these quilts were made were made from fabric noodles collected on the Quilting Passion Forum. |
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| As you can see, fabric noodles have a wide variety of uses. Begin collecting them today and jump on board the noodle-craze train! | |
| NOTE: This article was to have been published on 04/06/07, but I forgot to upload it! My sincere apologies! | |
| Original article first published by Terry Crawford on Quilting Passion. | |
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April 7th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
No tuna and noodles for THIS quilter.*L*
Gotta love those noodles….the most fun is just picking up a handlful and making a nice surprise design.
April 7th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
I have a stash of noodles, and they are so handy! I’ve used them for binding, for sashing, I even used a couple of noodles for handles of a totebag I just made for a friend. It’s so nice to have them on hand, already cut and ready to use.
April 8th, 2007 at 1:35 am
I have to admit that I use noodles more for bindings than anything else. I love making youth quilts to donate to charities and using different colors/textures of noodles gives the finished quilt such a great finish! It just seems to give the quilt a cheery and bright finish.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Today, I’m using some noodles to create a piano key border for a baby quilt. Having the noodles pre-cut makes it so easy to audition them, to move them around, until I have just the effect I need.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:30 am
Nice site you have!