briskgo

I am ready to sandwich a quit with a panel called Monster trucks

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D5o_QjVMeT...ruck+quilt.JPG

can I cut an image of the monsters out of batting spray baste sandwich as usual back batting front, and would it give it more of a stuffed toy look when I echo or outline around it?


thanks for your patience with a beginner

Geraldine

tessagin

You can do what you want. your quilt. Or you could quilt a little more dense around the monsters. could also just use a little more loft.

briskgo

thanks what is more loft?

bearisgray

The middle (batting) is fluffier and is thicker.

Like a fresh marshmallow compared to a piece of flatbread.

ckcowl

Loft is the thickness of the batting. Battings come in very thin ( low loft) to very high lofts and everything in between. The batting packaging tells you the loft of your batting. Such as (loft= 3/8").
As for your question, sure you can ( pad) areas, with layers of batting to make those areas puffy after quilting.
Things to keep in mind-- when you cut the pieces make sure they are big enough to be caught in the stitching ( if you just spray baste them & stitch around the shape without actually stitching the batting down it will shift/ ball up when laundered. ) also use a batting that does not require dense quilting-- warm & natural allows up to 10" between stitching lines- might be a good choice, some battings need to be quilted every 2" - if you used one of those you would also need to stitch inside your (shapes) if they are larger than 2". There are some nice high loft polyester battings used in tied quilts & comforters that allow a good distance between lines & are very puffy (1"-2"). They could also be a choice.

cjsews

You can put a piece of batting behind the monster stitch around it and trim close to stitching. Then layer With batting and backing as usual

Tartan

Yes indeedy! What you are doing is trapunto. Sharon Schamber has a you tube video I believe in doing this? I like to use water soluble thread since it washes when the quilt is done but matching your thread to the background works too. I lay my batt behind what I want trapuntoed, stitch all around the outline, flip the top over and carefully trim away the excess batt. I then sandwich my quilt as usual and then stitch around the outline again to quilt the quilt.

briskgo

thanks so much like read the instructions on the package, well that's just to simple. thank you for an in depth reply so helpful

Jingle

Your quilt, your way.

briskgo

ok it layered spray based and pinned. Now do I go back over the original outline quilting?