One Mistake Leads to Another
#51
"No problem, I thought. I’ll just sew and cut the pieces of the window, sashing and frame to fit. Although I’ve read multiple times, that you must know the size of your blocks and sash and cut your borders to the correct size. If you just sew them on, you’ll have extra fabric in your border. It’s a lap quilt, so how bad could it be? Bad enough to cause little tucks during the quilting."
I know this might sound nieve but can you explain this? I alway "sew to length" i guess is how I would describe it. I feel so silly, but it would explain one of my issues
I know this might sound nieve but can you explain this? I alway "sew to length" i guess is how I would describe it. I feel so silly, but it would explain one of my issues
I've always done this and the borders have laid flat and never had problems quilting. When I have multiple borders, I sew the borders together first, then attach to the quilt and mitered the corners. Except when I did a piano key for a baby quilt, Then I attached the sides and then the top and bottom. Still I measured and marked. This is the first time, since the blocks weren't a specific size, I just pinned fabric the the sides and then cut it to length. Did the same for top and bottom. Some how this process (for me) caused a little extra fabric. So where the side met the top there was a bit of a tuck. I did a little extra stitching at the edge of the tuck, making it part of the quilting design, so it would lay flat.
This is probably clear as mud.
My DH likes the idea of making it into a wall hanging. Looks like I'll be making him another quilt. I haven't used flannel before... wonder what type of mistakes would happened if I tried?
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It's a very handsome quilt. I am not sure, but I would guess that by the time the quilt softened, it would be wearing out, so I would not try it. Think of one of those T shirts with a plastic-feeling print on it. I used Bubblejet and printed on my prewashed and ironed fabic and had no surface problem, whereas the stuff I paid to have printed for me came out as you described. Maybe next time.
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