How To: Tucked Quilt Fold Tutorial by Julie Hirt

Julie from 627handworks brought us this fun little tutorial on how to fold your quilts. Julie is kind of an amazing quilter. Check out her finished quilts here. Wow! Julie also offers these free paper piecing templates! I am going to have to try some of these!  Alright, here is the tutorial:

Taking a few seconds to do this will keep your quilt folded and prevent it from being all floppy.   As a gift this makes it easier for wrapping or just tying a bow around.  You can even stick a card in the front flap!

On this one the fold is nice because you can see and feel the minky backing.  (In case you’re wondering the awesomely soft voile is from Cucire.)

Lay out your quilt face down

Fold up a little less than a third of your quilt

Fold over again and you should still see about 4″ of backing

Flip it around

Fold the 4″ backing flap up

Flip it around and fold a third of the quilt over

Fold over the other third

Lift that last fold and you will see a little pocket

Shove the other side in there

That’s it!  Super easy and your quilt won’t unfold.

This fold will also work for large quilts, you just need to play with how small you want it to fold up.   I’ll start with the quilt folded in half before following the steps.