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09-16-2011, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by angiecub

You do beautiful work. Is it true that it's easier to hand quilt with polyester batting than it is with cotton?

I would say it depends a lot of the quality of the batting and the fabric as well. Some poly battings are very easy to hand quilt through like the one I have used here - Tuscany Polyester. But I have also tried others and it was hard. I like the Hobbs 80/20 and it's wonderful for hand quilting, also the Tuscany and Legacy 100% cotton - but I don't like Cottons with a scrim like Warm & Natural. But of course, like many other things, it's a matter of personal choice.

09-16-2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LeslieFrost

Can you tell us something about the edge treatment? It does not look like there is a binding there.

Thanks!

You're right, this is the "Knife Edge", a very traditional way of closing the quilt from UK, especially Wales.

When all the quilting is done all three layers are cut down to one length (I cut to 1 inch width measured from the last row of quilting stitches). In the next step the batting is cut with scissors for 1 more cm or almost 1/2 inch. The backing fabric is now folded around the batting to the inside, the top fabric is also folded to the inside to the same length. Then a line of simple running sitches are sewn very near the folded line and closes the quilt.

I think it fits perfectly for that kind of quilts!