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莫莉(Bertha
Marion)正在縫製他的牛仔圖案拼布，1978年
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如何製作拼布
因為拼布最大可達10平方英尺，所以需要使用框架，因為假如不使用框架，只想在膝蓋上進行，是相當困難的一件事；框架是由兩組平滑的竿子所組成 (就像相片中所示) 或長長的木條架在四個椅子上；將底布展開，橫放在框架上，然後將填塞物平均地鋪放底布上面，最後再將表布安置在最上層 (有時候，如果表布需依照設計的花色組合、縫製，可使用粉筆在底布上面標示)；使用框架的另一個好處是，可同時多人一起進行縫製作業。
A frame is needed to help finish a quilt because the quilt can get as big as 10 square feet, which would be pretty difficult to handle in your lap. A frame is made of two smooth poles (like the ones you see in this photo) or long bars of wood set on four chairs. The bottom layer is stretched out across the frame, the filling is spread evenly over the bottom layer, and then the top layer is placed in position. (Sometimes, if a design is going to be stitched into the top layer, the pattern is marked with chalk.) The other advantage of a frame is that more than one person can help stitch all the layers together.
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