Top with white background problem
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I use a lot of tone on tone for backings. I like them and they do tend to be easy to work with.
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Watson, I don't spray baste, but I do use Elmer's glue.
I've pretty much decided that the batting will be enough. I really can't see the backing fabric through even one thin layer of batting and the top with it lying on the table, so it will be fine.
I do have a king size cream colored flannel sheet that I use on our bed in the winter - I'm trying to decide if I want to sacrifice that, instead of another layer of batting or muslin, to make it warmer.
I've pretty much decided that the batting will be enough. I really can't see the backing fabric through even one thin layer of batting and the top with it lying on the table, so it will be fine.
I do have a king size cream colored flannel sheet that I use on our bed in the winter - I'm trying to decide if I want to sacrifice that, instead of another layer of batting or muslin, to make it warmer.
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I always use white batting with a quilt with a lot of white for this reason. If you're still bothered by the batting or backing showing through the top I would invest in an inexpensive white sheet to quilt between the flimsy and batting.
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Yes, my batting is white, but it's thin.
I should have the top done in the next couple of days, so once I have both the top and the backing done, I'll sandwich them with one layer of batting and see how it looks. If I'm not happy with it, I'll decide if I want to add another layer of batting, or a layer of muslin.
So thanks to all the suggestions, that's the game plan. 😊
I should have the top done in the next couple of days, so once I have both the top and the backing done, I'll sandwich them with one layer of batting and see how it looks. If I'm not happy with it, I'll decide if I want to add another layer of batting, or a layer of muslin.
So thanks to all the suggestions, that's the game plan. 😊
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Okay, so I have this weird confession.
I actually adore white fabric in quilts. I think that was started by my grandmother, all of her quilts had white backgrounds, no doubt from using up sheets, but I'm almost positive that's where my love affair with it started. She did an Irish Chain in white and blues that was just incredible and I always promised myself that someday, I would make an Irish Chain with white and blue.
Skip ahead to the here and now, I've yet to make any quilt with white, I am actually terrified of it. That is just from the fact that white gets dirty and stains easy and the show-through seam allowances. I know there are ways around those issues, but suffice it to say, when it came time to design my sister's quilt, I had zero intentions of using white and I love white on the DWRs.
The funny thing is, I plan to make my older sister a lap quilt, an Irish Chain, in white and blue, I can't get away from white when I think about Irish Chains, though I have seen some real stunners in natural and ivory. So, white is in my future, I've accepted my fate, lol.
I actually adore white fabric in quilts. I think that was started by my grandmother, all of her quilts had white backgrounds, no doubt from using up sheets, but I'm almost positive that's where my love affair with it started. She did an Irish Chain in white and blues that was just incredible and I always promised myself that someday, I would make an Irish Chain with white and blue.
Skip ahead to the here and now, I've yet to make any quilt with white, I am actually terrified of it. That is just from the fact that white gets dirty and stains easy and the show-through seam allowances. I know there are ways around those issues, but suffice it to say, when it came time to design my sister's quilt, I had zero intentions of using white and I love white on the DWRs.
The funny thing is, I plan to make my older sister a lap quilt, an Irish Chain, in white and blue, I can't get away from white when I think about Irish Chains, though I have seen some real stunners in natural and ivory. So, white is in my future, I've accepted my fate, lol.
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Julia, it's the WOW background in the top that's the problem, not the backing fabric. But now that you mention it, my Kaffe quilt with the white backing has no show-through either. That never occurred to me.
SewBizGirl, you may have a point. I'll try that and see how it looks.
This is the pattern : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJaPo9oKkEY&app=desktop
BTW Julia, it looks like we're neighbors! I was just in Waterford the other day, visiting The Little Quilt Shop. Cute little store!
SewBizGirl, you may have a point. I'll try that and see how it looks.
This is the pattern : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJaPo9oKkEY&app=desktop
BTW Julia, it looks like we're neighbors! I was just in Waterford the other day, visiting The Little Quilt Shop. Cute little store!
She said to stay on the seam side when you sew where the seams intersect. Does she mean Seam allowance? I would like to try the pattern and can use tips on how not to loose the points.
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I really like this pattern and I want to make another, much larger one at some point, only with the corner pieces sewn on in some of the different ways that she mentions.
I have a few yards of fabric that has what looks like newspaper clippings all over it and I'd like to use that for the background, with scrappy black and white fabrics for the colored blocks.
Ideas...ideas...ideas... 😁