Quilted Stockings: Advice Needed
10-18-2014, 10:33 AM
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Quilted Stockings: Advice Needed
These are the stocking fronts I made yesterday.
I really like them, but now I'm stumped. I'm not sure if I should quilt them with batting or just leave them as is and assemble them like a regular stocking. I'm afraid quilting them together with a batting will make them too bulky, but I like the idea of completeing the quilted look.
Any advice/opinion would be greatly appreciated.
I really like them, but now I'm stumped. I'm not sure if I should quilt them with batting or just leave them as is and assemble them like a regular stocking. I'm afraid quilting them together with a batting will make them too bulky, but I like the idea of completeing the quilted look.
Any advice/opinion would be greatly appreciated.
10-18-2014, 10:37 AM
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I would probably use a very thin batting, such as Mountain Mist Quilt-Lite, and a very thin muslin that has been preshrunk for the lining. Quilting would make the stockings more stable so they can be hand washed later on without coming out mis-shapen.
10-18-2014, 10:41 AM
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If you want to quilt them, I would put batt and backing on the front decorative stocking and quilt it. I would then do the same to the stocking back. I would bind the tops of both quilted stocking halves while they were separate.
I would then stitch the quilted stocking front to the quilted stocking back just like they would be positioned when finished(right sides out) After stitching around the outside, I would trim the rough edges to 1/4 and using bias binding, bind all around the outside edge for a decorative binding/piping look. The end of the binding could be folded over for the hanging loop on the corners as well.
I would then stitch the quilted stocking front to the quilted stocking back just like they would be positioned when finished(right sides out) After stitching around the outside, I would trim the rough edges to 1/4 and using bias binding, bind all around the outside edge for a decorative binding/piping look. The end of the binding could be folded over for the hanging loop on the corners as well.
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10-18-2014, 10:56 AM
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Really cute!
I quilted mine too. Not too bulky at all, and added needed structure. I used warm and natural and, like quilt1950, I used fleece in the back (it stretches, more presents!!!) I didn't turn mine, I bound them. If you do use binding, remember to cut it on the bias to go around the curves.
I quilted mine too. Not too bulky at all, and added needed structure. I used warm and natural and, like quilt1950, I used fleece in the back (it stretches, more presents!!!) I didn't turn mine, I bound them. If you do use binding, remember to cut it on the bias to go around the curves.
10-18-2014, 01:45 PM
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Well, here's the link to my stockings, but it was before I bound them. Let me look around and see if I have a photo of the completed item!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t236883.html
Ok found one, sorry it's so blurry.:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...s-t236883.html
Ok found one, sorry it's so blurry.:
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