Quilting flannel without batting
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Quilting flannel without batting
Is it a good idea to long arm quilt a flannel blanket (it's flannel front & back) without batting, to make as a receiving/summer baby blanket? I don't want to put another flannel layer as batting but I worry about the puckering of stitches and the tension without that extra layer.
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I have a Handiquilter sit down quilter, not a long arm, but I haven't had any trouble quilting just two layers of flannel. In fact, panels for baby quilts were some of my first practice pieces. Just test your tension before starting on the quilt proper, just like you would any item.Pam
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Is it a good idea to long arm quilt a flannel blanket (it's flannel front & back) without batting, to make as a receiving/summer baby blanket? I don't want to put another flannel layer as batting but I worry about the puckering of stitches and the tension without that extra layer.
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Thanks for this info. Altho I do not have a long or mid arm machine, I do have a queen sized top made of flannelette scraps and have been wondering how to quilt it, since I would like to use it as a light summer blanket. I think I will just back it with well shrunk flannelette (all the fabric that produced the scraps was prewashed and dried)
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