Denim and corduory
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one of my best quilts is a patchwork denim/corduroy quilt- it is fabulous and actually started a family tiff---between 3 people who wanted it
i turned the corduroy patches in different directions as i went along so there is lots of texture, various looks.
it is a nice, warm heavy quilt- i used a hobbs 80/20 batt & flannel on the back- l
i made a denim patch work quilt with corduroy (critter) appliques too- that one is pretty great too. the 2 fabrics (play well) together
i turned the corduroy patches in different directions as i went along so there is lots of texture, various looks.
it is a nice, warm heavy quilt- i used a hobbs 80/20 batt & flannel on the back- l
i made a denim patch work quilt with corduroy (critter) appliques too- that one is pretty great too. the 2 fabrics (play well) together
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My experience with denim and corduroy is to either use a half inch seam allowance or serge (overcast) the quarter inch seams. The corduroy especially likes to pull out of the seams and fray. It does add some interesting texture as ckcowl suggested.
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Both fabrics can have more raveling ... So a wider seam allowance or overcasting is a good idea. Denim and corduroy do make for very heavy quilts. I had a heck of a time trying to quilt mine on my regular machine.. I ended up tying it.
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I have used patches of corduroy in a quilt that was otherwise cotton, and it looked pretty cool. The quilting was SITD, so I didn't have to deal with getting across the thick seams, which might have broken my needle. Since I was using a mix of fabric weights (some so light that I had to put fusible on the back to make them less transparent) I couldn't use a heavy needle to quilt. I think a denim and corduroy quilt would look very cool.
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