Practice the burn test to identify fabric fiber content, distinguishing cotton from poly-cotton blends and polyester satin, by observing end-burn, ash, and cooling.

Cut six-inch cotton squares and lay them out in a seven-by-nine patchwork, then sew by hand or machine, with borders and rows planned.

Master hand piecing for patchwork quilts by marking accurate quarter-inch seams with pencils, aligning right sides, and sewing small, single-thread stitches with all-cotton thread.

Practice machine piecing a patchwork quilt by using a quarter inch seam, placing right sides together, aligning with a guided presser foot, and pinning for accuracy.

Learn to sew patchwork rows by aligning right sides in order, stitching quarter-inch seams with a machine or hand, using row markers, and ironing seams for a throw-size quilt.

Join the rows by pressing seams in alternating directions, pinning precisely, and sewing a quarter-inch seam to lock the rows together, whether by machine or hand.

Add borders to a quilt by measuring top and bottom first, then join side borders. Pin, sew a quarter-inch seam, and press for a precise edge.

Sandwich the backing, batting, and quilt top, then smooth and pin corners for a neat, ready to tack quilt.

Learn to hand-tie a small patchwork quilt using yarn, from taping the backing and pinning the layers to marking and tying each block with a center-out, square-knot finish.

Learn quick machine tacking for patchwork quilts using decorative stitches or zigzag, center-aligned blocks with short stitches, then finish with border stitching close to the edge.

Select a binding color that frames the quilt, cut two and a half inch strips, and sew the binding with a quarter inch seam, finishing with neat miters.

Learn to bind a quilt by machine with precise preparation, baste the three layers, trim to match the top, and apply a double binding with 45-degree joins and neat miters.

Learn to prepare a t-shirt quilt block for patchwork quilts by hand or machine, centering the emblem with a 12.5-inch ruler, rough-cutting, applying interfacing, and trimming to a 12.5-inch square.