Help Please! Can I glue a quilt?

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06-12-2011, 09:44 AM

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fivepaws

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How about hand stitching a blind stitch along the seam line?

06-12-2011, 10:02 AM

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Rose_P

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Originally Posted by sewgull

Can you do some hand stitching to catch the seam?

I have used invisible ladder stitch to fix a problem of unmatched points in an otherwise finished top. It's really easier than trying to do it with the machine, even when there's no quilting yet, and there's no worry about stiffness. If you can crease the line you want to sew with an iron and starch, you'll have an easier time putting the stitches right where you want them. (If you have polyester batt, you probably should not iron!) If you are not familiar with ladder stitch, here's a tutorial on this site: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-40083-1.htm

06-12-2011, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by amazon

Try this stitch, I recently used it on seam on a quilt that was coming loose. http://quilttaffy.blogspot.com/2008/...-tutorial.html about 1/8 of the way down, She uses it to sew up stuffed animals, but it worked on my loose seams quite well and it is truly invisible!. Good luck. :D

I just realized this is the same as the ladder stitch I just posted about. It's great for this purpose.

06-12-2011, 10:04 AM

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I would use stitch witchery & than slip stitch it, to make sure it doesn't unravel anymore.

06-12-2011, 10:51 AM

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Ditto the idea for slipstitching. Use the same color thread as fabric and use lots of tiny stitches....and if you need to "baste", rubber cement doesn't wash out and stays soft. It dry cleans out only.

06-12-2011, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by virtualbernie

There are fabric glues that are supposed to stay soft but I would recommend slip stitching it by hand using small stitches making sure you don't pull it to tightly so as not to make it pucker. Beware of other glues because although it may be hard now, when you/or someone else washes the quilt, it may wash out... (I like the stitch witchery idea too)

Ditto! froggyintexas