polyster quilt
#2
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Would help if you could post a picture. If the batting isn't too thick to fit thru your DSM, you might want to tie it. I never used much polyester batting after the development of cotton batting but you just quilt it the same. The top may shift with the poly batting so make sure you have secured the three layers.
#3
My Mother made a lap quilt using polyesters years ago which I just love & keep in the car.
She did not use batting, but just a backing & used fancy machine stitches between the blocks, which
were just overlapping each other, not seamed, since the polyesters do not ravel.
She did not use batting, but just a backing & used fancy machine stitches between the blocks, which
were just overlapping each other, not seamed, since the polyesters do not ravel.
#4
forgot to mention, i hand baste w thread on 3-4" grids. i learned how to quilt out of books and this is how i learned to baste out of a book by joe cunningham & his partner at the time whose name i can't remember right now.
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#5
My grandmother made several double knit poly quilts, she tied all hers. There was a problem with stretching when she tried to use her machine. I have two of them. I have cut the tie's and replaced the backs and batting. The tops wear like iron. They are heavy and warm.
#6
I have made quilts - years ago from polyester blend fabric, used for clothing back in the day. It does not fade like cotton and wears like iron. Back then I only hand quilted and had very good luck with it. I have bunches and gobs of it and if I live long enough I plan to make more and I will machine quilt them. I am not talking about poly knit fabric, just dress weight.
I mostly use polyester batting and like it better than W&N. Warmth without the weight.
I mostly use polyester batting and like it better than W&N. Warmth without the weight.
#7
My MIL made a quilt out of polyester clothing in the early 70's and it looks as though she made it yesterday. It weighs a TON! When we used it I had to take it to the laundromat to wash it in one of the big machines and I had to hang it over the fence to dry it. Even in the heat of the New Mexico sun it took over a day to dry. She machine quilted it in tiny little stitches and it has held together nicely. It brings back good memories.
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Location: Sonoma County, CA
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That, and as quilts specifically for the homeless! Makes me wonder what ever happened to all of my gran's double-knit pants when she passed away. She would have totally approved of them all being sewn into charity quilts. Can you even buy new double-knit fabric anymore? (I don't sew garments so I never wander into that section!)
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