Hand Quilting Question
#14
Good idea... I have scraps I can use. I just found out how much a queen sized wool batt costs, so my 80/20 that I already have might have to be fine!
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Right now I'm hand quilting one and I used Pellon Nature's Touch Cotton Batting and I never realized I shouldn't use something with a scrim. The only problems I am having are when seams come together and have to go one stitch at a time. I find I am just terrible at the stab stitching. I pin basted. I usually glue baste for machine quilting, but didn't want to get to a stiff spot since I need some "give" to the quilt to do the rocking stitch. Glue basting replaces pin basting, but, I am not always careful to smooth out blobs. Sewing machine has no problem with that. Small hand quilting needle might.
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For hand quilting, you really want to either hand baste (using a single strand of lightweight thread and very large stitches) or machine baste with water soluble thread. You can pin-baste, but pins tend to interfere with hooping and, even if you hand quilt without a hoop, pins also tend to catch your hand quilting thread and hang you up as you are working.
Last edited by Prism99; 05-02-2016 at 12:32 PM.
#18
Good points, Prism... I planned to quilt it in my lap without a hoop, messy style. Won't spray baste. I usually pin baste but don't want to deal with the thread hanging up on pins either, so I'll just bite the bullet and lay it out on the floor and thread baste it, old school. I'm sure I'll be glad I did once I start quilting it.
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