machine or hand stitch batting pieces?
06-04-2011, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by running1
Well, I did it!! Thank you to everyone who helped!! I love you all!! I did what you said and overlapped two pieces gently, then used my rotary cutter to cut a line, then zig-zagged it... worked like a charm!!!
You all made it sound easy... gave me the confidence I needed!!
Now to get to the hand-quilting practice...
practice, practice, practice... I think I've heard that here before!
:-D :-D
You all made it sound easy... gave me the confidence I needed!!
Now to get to the hand-quilting practice...
practice, practice, practice... I think I've heard that here before!
:-D :-D
Too late now .... sorry, I forgot to mention this earlier. WAtch that your zigzag isn't too close/tight, or it'll be hard and thick and can somewhat create a ridge ... and make it difficult for you to do your hadnquilting thru. Good Luck!
06-04-2011, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
I machine zig zag. I've used the zig zag to put together enough "scrap" batting into a queen size quilt.
this just worked great!! soooo excited to get started quilting...
06-04-2011, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
Originally Posted by running1
Well, I did it!! Thank you to everyone who helped!! I love you all!! I did what you said and overlapped two pieces gently, then used my rotary cutter to cut a line, then zig-zagged it... worked like a charm!!!
You all made it sound easy... gave me the confidence I needed!!
Now to get to the hand-quilting practice...
practice, practice, practice... I think I've heard that here before!
:-D :-D
You all made it sound easy... gave me the confidence I needed!!
Now to get to the hand-quilting practice...
practice, practice, practice... I think I've heard that here before!
:-D :-D
Too late now .... sorry, I forgot to mention this earlier. WAtch that your zigzag isn't too close/tight, or it'll be hard and thick and can somewhat create a ridge ... and make it difficult for you to do your hadnquilting thru. Good Luck!
Again, thank you everyone for sending info!! I just LOVE this place and all my quilting friends!!!
06-04-2011, 07:21 PM
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I layer two pieces of batting, cut a curvy line through both, then join the matching curves with a fairly loose hand zig-zag stitching. No hard straight lines or packed down grooves that way and the quilting holds everything together perfectly.
06-04-2011, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostrider
I layer two pieces of batting, cut a curvy line through both, then join the matching curves with a fairly loose hand zig-zag stitching. No hard straight lines or packed down grooves that way and the quilting holds everything together perfectly.
... and less likely to be noticed than a straight line join.
06-05-2011, 02:46 AM
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I hand stitch my batting pieces with fairly large stitches(1inch)
and use double thread and stitch in a wavy line.
Stitching with a machine would make the stitches too tight, and
would possibly pull apart when the quilt is used, sat on.
If the batting isn't secured with stitches it can come apart when washed. A quilter told me about a longarm quilter that quilted a large bed size quilt for her and she only lapped the batting pieces together. After several washes and use by her teenage son the batting had separated and she had a gap down the center of the quilt.
and use double thread and stitch in a wavy line.
Stitching with a machine would make the stitches too tight, and
would possibly pull apart when the quilt is used, sat on.
If the batting isn't secured with stitches it can come apart when washed. A quilter told me about a longarm quilter that quilted a large bed size quilt for her and she only lapped the batting pieces together. After several washes and use by her teenage son the batting had separated and she had a gap down the center of the quilt.
06-05-2011, 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Tartan
I use my rotary cutter on the two batting edges to get them perfectly straight. Then I machine zigzag them together. Works great.
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