Wholecloth quilters wanted. What kind if place do I live in????

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03-25-2013, 09:13 AM

#31

CorgiNole

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Holice - I followed the link someone gave to your designs and they are fabulous.

I think designing these would be a fun challenge. Perhaps sometime later I'll give it a whirl.

I'm also seeing a difference in terminology in this thread - when I hear wholecloth quilt - I envision a single piece of fabric, solid color with exquisitely detailed quilting. I don't think of the "cheater" cloth (not meaning cheater in a derogatory term) that looks like a pieced quilt and can be quilted.

Cheers, K

03-25-2013, 11:03 AM

#32

Janie67

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Holis Turnbow has a web site and sells whole cloth preprinted quilts in all sizes. He used to come to our quilt shows and has a nice product.

03-27-2013, 05:45 PM

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catmcclure

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Originally Posted by familyfun

I called 3 LQS. And none of them knew what a whole cloth quilt was.
How strange... I was wondering if anyone locally sold a preprinted top. Guess I am gonna have to order on line. Any website suggestions from those of you who have done them?

Christianlane has beautifully printed wholecloth quilts.

03-27-2013, 07:33 PM

#34

mooshie

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I don't want to derail this thread, but I'm wondering if someone can clear up for me what exactly a whole-cloth quilt entails. I've seen them b-4, but never knew how they were done. Do you draw your design on and then quilt the design and wash out your lines? What about the ones that are colored exactly where the quilting is? Are those colored after being quilted?
I'm loving all the links!

03-27-2013, 08:51 PM

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janedee

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Sandi Lush is the name you are possibly thinking of

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Originally Posted by DOTTYMO

Try barabara Chainey, she does love doing whole cloth quilts. Also try welsh quilts as some of their designs are for whole cloth and also sandie forgot surname.

03-27-2013, 08:58 PM

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janedee

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Sandi Lush sells some beautiful patterns for wholecloths, that is her speciality, you have to trace the pattern on, but for me that is a part of the process I love doing

03-28-2013, 04:44 AM

#37

familyfun

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I did order the preprinted WelshBeauty. Have not received yet but once I tackle this project I already see another in my future.
Thank you to everyone for the advice and replys
Janedee.
These Sandi Lush designs are Beautiful... thanks for the tip

04-01-2013, 01:02 PM

#38

Dvora

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Holice Turnbow created some nice wholecloth quilts in different sizes for Benartex. I haven't seen them in LQS, but then the Middle East is quilt deprivation territory! I think quiltingstencils.com, christianlane.com and amazon.com have them.

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04-01-2013, 01:38 PM

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mpspeedy2

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The greatest advantage of handquilting on wholecloth or preprinted fabric is that there are no seams to sew through. It makes handquilting easier and faster. It is a great way to practice and gives you instant results.

04-01-2013, 02:07 PM

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dkabasketlady

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Get in touch with board member "borntohandquilt" . She does AMAZING wholecloth quilts and lives in Germany.
I'm a hand quilter and doing a wholecloth quilt is on my bucket list, but I'll have to wait until I'm better at hand quilting.