Working tips for really slippery minky type fabric
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Working tips for really slippery minky type fabric
Several years ago I purchased a pattern and fabric for a quilt I had admired. The fabric is very similar to the Minky fabric but for the life of me I cannot get it to stay aligned, no matter how much I pin it. It can move as much as half an inch. I thought maybe some light weight fusible interfacing may help?
Has as anyone got any suggestions?
thanks
Carol
Has as anyone got any suggestions?
thanks
Carol
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Several years ago I purchased a pattern and fabric for a quilt I had admired. The fabric is very similar to the Minky fabric but for the life of me I cannot get it to stay aligned, no matter how much I pin it. It can move as much as half an inch. I thought maybe some light weight fusible interfacing may help?
Has as anyone got any suggestions?
thanks
Carol
Has as anyone got any suggestions?
thanks
Carol
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I only used Minky on the back of quilts, didn't try to piece with it. It would be very hard to work with. I wonder if a bit of a glue stick along the seam edges with lots of pins before stitching might help?
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Found these tips that might help:
http://sewing.about.com/od/technique...peryfabric.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zugo7ChuPdA
http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/2...th-tissue.html
http://sewingthe60s.blogspot.com/201...wing-with.html
The easiest tip, I think, is to pin to tissue paper (according to that one website, parchment paper works too) and sew with the tissue paper next to the bed of the machine. In other words, you are seaming 3 layers instead of 2 -- your two fabrics plus the paper. You need to rip the paper out afterwards, of course, but for me it was worth the extra effort.
I'm not sure how fusible would act since it does change the characteristics of the fabric. Might be worth fusing a couple of test pieces. You would want to use a featherweight fusible interfacing, I think.
http://sewing.about.com/od/technique...peryfabric.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zugo7ChuPdA
http://www.blogforbettersewing.com/2...th-tissue.html
http://sewingthe60s.blogspot.com/201...wing-with.html
The easiest tip, I think, is to pin to tissue paper (according to that one website, parchment paper works too) and sew with the tissue paper next to the bed of the machine. In other words, you are seaming 3 layers instead of 2 -- your two fabrics plus the paper. You need to rip the paper out afterwards, of course, but for me it was worth the extra effort.
I'm not sure how fusible would act since it does change the characteristics of the fabric. Might be worth fusing a couple of test pieces. You would want to use a featherweight fusible interfacing, I think.
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A walking foot helps a ton! And if you put it with other fabrics (cotton or flannel), put the Minky on the bottom as you feed it through. Minky next to minky is really hard because the naps fight against each other. When I sew 2 minky pieces together, I usually pin every inch or two.
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