rickrack
#1
rickrack
I need a strip of separation between my quilt and a border. The best color match I can find is a 1" rickrack. If I wash and dry this will it lose shape? When I sew it on should I follow the waves?
#2
here's a recent discussion http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...k-t197157.html
and a couple of older ones
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...nk-t94563.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...k-t150303.html
i found these through QB search
and a couple of older ones
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...nk-t94563.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...k-t150303.html
i found these through QB search
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I think rickrack looks cute when it's set into edge seams of things like potholders and place mats, so just a scallopy looking edge is left showing. I inherited a sewing box full of rickrack and binding packets and that's what I plan to do with the rickrack, some day! Also for apron trim around pockets and such - I think it gives the apron a cute vintage feel.
#7
I love the look of rickrack...very retro....like using piping....sometimes it is the only thing that works.....
if you have old-old-old rickrack it could be cotton, I would suggest washing, perhaps just in a bathroom sink in
hottest water, I personally prefer to follow the zig zag when sewing so it lays nice and flat....but that is a personal choice, some like the little teeth flapping in the wind......
if you have old-old-old rickrack it could be cotton, I would suggest washing, perhaps just in a bathroom sink in
hottest water, I personally prefer to follow the zig zag when sewing so it lays nice and flat....but that is a personal choice, some like the little teeth flapping in the wind......
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