Simple How-to question....
09-06-2011, 03:34 AM
#21
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Originally Posted by CAS49OR
It sounds like he doesn't want more "stuff". Where is he deployed to? It might be great if you make him the quilt and give it to him on his next visit home. You can send a pic of it and let him know how much you are thinking of him. I think it will be fine no matter where you decide to make the seam.
What a great Mom! And thanks to him -- 4x war area. Dang!
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Location: in hiding :) OOOoohh, I bet I could do that! Thanks for the idea.
You're correct about him loving it no matter what, but I'm still mulling this over. This is his 4th war deployment (my ninth as a mom). He is accustomed to living without, and I'm just not quite sure about the quilt. I *think* he would enjoy having it, but I also don't want to give him extra "stuff" to deal with. I recently asked him what he wanted/needed in the form of comfort items and he said nothing. I asked about sending him a pillow, or sheets. Nope, he is fine without a pillow and he uses his poncho liner as a sheet. Seriously? So...still marinating in this thought of sending a quilt.
What a great Mom! And thanks to him -- 4x war area. Dang!
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Location: in hiding :) OOOoohh, I bet I could do that! Thanks for the idea.
You're correct about him loving it no matter what, but I'm still mulling this over. This is his 4th war deployment (my ninth as a mom). He is accustomed to living without, and I'm just not quite sure about the quilt. I *think* he would enjoy having it, but I also don't want to give him extra "stuff" to deal with. I recently asked him what he wanted/needed in the form of comfort items and he said nothing. I asked about sending him a pillow, or sheets. Nope, he is fine without a pillow and he uses his poncho liner as a sheet. Seriously? So...still marinating in this thought of sending a quilt.
09-06-2011, 04:07 AM
#22
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Hi,
Rather than sewing two pieces of fabric together, there is quilt backing fabric available in wider widths, JoAnns, Walmart, Connecting Threads, Fabric Depot all carry these, or you can use a 100% cotton flat sheet. I find putting a seam down the back makes it bulky and they say never put it down the middle of a quilt but off to the side if you do this.
Rather than sewing two pieces of fabric together, there is quilt backing fabric available in wider widths, JoAnns, Walmart, Connecting Threads, Fabric Depot all carry these, or you can use a 100% cotton flat sheet. I find putting a seam down the back makes it bulky and they say never put it down the middle of a quilt but off to the side if you do this.
09-06-2011, 06:56 AM
#26
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Originally Posted by anitakc
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Originally Posted by nyelphaba
If you want/have to make the seam down the center, I do it all the time. My quilts are good and I gave no problems with a center seam in the backing.
09-06-2011, 08:46 AM
#28
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God bless you and your son(s), daughter(s) for helping keep all of us safe. I read that you sew the two lengths together, vertically, down the sides, put the two seams on top of each other, and then cut down one side.
09-06-2011, 08:56 AM
#29
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The suggestion for using extra wide fabric is great. If you don't mind using a seam then do a fabric search for "Quilts of Valor". All of the primo fabric manufactures came together to do patriotic themed fabric this past year. You could easily piece strips of patriotic fab together for the top and extra-wide fabric for the back. Robert Kauffman has military fabric as well.
If he is absolutely against taking a quilt with him then you could always donate it to the Quilts of Valor in his honor. They give quilts to wounded veterans.
God bless him as he serves and God bless you as you wait for him to come home.
If he is absolutely against taking a quilt with him then you could always donate it to the Quilts of Valor in his honor. They give quilts to wounded veterans.
God bless him as he serves and God bless you as you wait for him to come home.
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