Rose_P |
02-12-2018 09:54 AM |
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I missed this thread when it went around last month, but since I just recently made two quilts like this, I thought I'd post some pictures so people who haven't tried it can decide whether they like the way it looks. The first 2 pictures are the front and back of a couch throw for our living room, made because I wanted to experiment with the fleece. Winter days are usually warmer here in the Dallas area, so a lighter weight quilt is good for daytime use. This is a no-pill fleece from Joann's, and it doesn't have a lot of stretch. I used basting spray and did most of the quilting with a single run machine embroidery design, using no stabilizer. I did walking foot wavy lines in the outer border because that's easier than trying to hoop in that area. The front is a panel that includes the black border, where I used decorative stitches from the machine. Then I wanted to define the "patches" so straight-lined stitched around them, which kind of messes up the design on the back, but it's not worrying me much. I did a normal binding with quilting cotton.
The second project I did using fleece for the back was for a friend in warm climate who was diagnosed with breast cancer recently. I'm showing the only picture I have of the back to illustrate that if you use fleece with a busy pattern, the quilting will not show up as much. Finally, there's a bit of the front showing the embroidery machine quilting and the machine decorative stitch I used in the borders. In all the pictures, these have been machine washed and dried one time. I didn't measure, but I assume there's somewhat less shrinkage than with my usual Warm and Natural, but still enough to give the front a "quilty" look. Using fleece seems okay to me for lightweight quilts that are meant to be used. I restrict the size to the width of the fleece, though others have said piecing it does not cause problems.
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