Lap Quilting
05-30-2011, 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by sinceresissy
By lap quilting do you mean a large piece of material you are quilting or do you mean quilting large squares (20"or so) then sewing those together to make a larger quilt. I have quilted a queen size quilt by using a plastic frame and just hand quilting it. I have also been making a lap quilt by cutting all my pieces 20"(top material, batting, backing) then quilting those. I then sew those squares together on the machine. There is a certain way to sew them so that it comes out smooth. I'm sure there is a tutorial somewhere. I got a book from the library.
05-30-2011, 04:43 PM
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Yes, I just finished a quilt using the 20" square and sewing them together and once you see how to sew the squares together it goes pretty fast. I don't think I can explain it without pictures but I may try. With right sides together I pinned the backing of one square away from seam and sewed the top and batting of that square to just the top of the other square. I had pinned the batting and backing both back on the second square. Unpin the pinned parts and lay sewed pieces so the top is down and backing is up. Then I trimmed the batting so that it laid flat or butted up next to the other batting. The two pieces are laying flat with the backing up. There should be a flap of backing that I can fold under about 1/4 of inch over the other backing piece and slip stitch or top stitch. It is hard to explain but easy once you do it.
05-30-2011, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by sinceresissy
Yes, I just finished a quilt using the 20" square and sewing them together and once you see how to sew the squares together it goes pretty fast. I don't think I can explain it without pictures but I may try. With right sides together I pinned the backing of one square away from seam and sewed the top and batting of that square to just the top of the other square. I had pinned the batting and backing both back on the second square. Unpin the pinned parts and lay sewed pieces so the top is down and backing is up. Then I trimmed the batting so that it laid flat or butted up next to the other batting. The two pieces are laying flat with the backing up. There should be a flap of backing that I can fold under about 1/4 of inch over the other backing piece and slip stitch or top stitch. It is hard to explain but easy once you do it.
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