FMQ Help - not the normal question!
01-10-2019, 03:34 AM
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I would recommend that you remove the stitching before going on to the next step. It will be much harder to take out after you have stitched over some of it with the FMQ. As others have said, what you have done is not STID. Even though I baste with Elmer's school glue I still STID major area because I think it makes a nice finish. I think it takes some experimentation to find your niche for quilting that you are happy with. You are doing yourself a big favor by working on a small project first. Good luck.
01-10-2019, 04:52 AM
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Just a thought....I use wash away thread when I baste my machine embroidery quilt blocks, it’s the last step to stitch and it is a cutting guideline when I trim the blocks. If you use this, you can wash the quilt after quilting and the basting thread will disappear...I just mist the top with a little water and the stitches disappear and I just remove the bobbin thread with ease.
01-10-2019, 05:32 AM
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Washaway thread? Well I have never heard of that! Just googled it LOL I will be buying some asap! Thanks so much!
I will take out the stitches tonight while I am watching the hockey game and then will start again.
Thanks for the tips!
I will take out the stitches tonight while I am watching the hockey game and then will start again.
Thanks for the tips!
01-10-2019, 10:11 AM
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I very seldom do sitd on any quilt. Maybe one quilt out of 50. Especially since it’s a small quilt I wouldn’t worry about doing any since it’s usually done to stabilize- a small quilt shouldn’t need too much stabilizing if it’s basted.
01-10-2019, 07:36 PM
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I just do FMQ on almost all my quilts. On some smaller quilts I just sew same size squares together then I just go across the squares on diagonal corner to corner. I pin baste my quilts, If I have a few small puckers on the back I don't worry about them. I wash and dry all my quilts when finished and the puckering hides them.
01-11-2019, 08:41 AM
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Just curious if your practice quilt is a donation? If you are donating it why rip out the stitches? Just continue your practice. You can also practice the ditching by doing it again, without taking out the old ditch work. Of course that will not eliminate the puckers, etc.
01-11-2019, 09:27 AM
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Good evening!
I'm doing a small irish chain quilt (practicing for the big one) and I'm running into a hiccup ...
Usually, when I am going to do FMQ I do some SITD to keep my fabric in place. However, when I was doing it with this mini-quilt, the seams are so thick that I couldn't go "in the ditch" and it skipped a lot, and it has also bunched up some of my fabric (and it is sprayed down too!)
Here's my question: should I just leave it and do all my quilting, and then when I am done, take out the SITD? I'm planning on doing an FMQ pattern in all of the white squares, and appliqueing some butterflies (from other fabric) in some of them as well. I will also be doing some quilting in the 9-patch squares.
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Thanks so much,
Marion
I'm doing a small irish chain quilt (practicing for the big one) and I'm running into a hiccup ...
Usually, when I am going to do FMQ I do some SITD to keep my fabric in place. However, when I was doing it with this mini-quilt, the seams are so thick that I couldn't go "in the ditch" and it skipped a lot, and it has also bunched up some of my fabric (and it is sprayed down too!)
Here's my question: should I just leave it and do all my quilting, and then when I am done, take out the SITD? I'm planning on doing an FMQ pattern in all of the white squares, and appliqueing some butterflies (from other fabric) in some of them as well. I will also be doing some quilting in the 9-patch squares.
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Thanks so much,
Marion
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