weighted textured quilt
10-17-2017, 12:02 PM
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I don't know the proper way to do it, but I added the weight by using extra sheets for lining instead of using batting for the layers. This quilt has 2 cotton sheets plus one flannel sheet between the pieced top and the fleece backing.
To make it easier on me, I did the outline quilting of the top to the two cotton sheets, making sure I secured around each block to help keep some of those fabrics from fraying, such as the flannel, cords and denim. I used a fancy stitch that did a zigzag to either side of center to help hold those edges. I hope that will make it washable on gentle cycle.
After quilting the top 3 layers, I then layered all 5 and quilted them together using a much sparser pattern that just holds all the layers together in enough places that it holds together as a unit, sort of like a tic-tac-toe pattern across the whole thing, and around the edges. Then I added the binding.
I have heard of some people using some kind of bead to add weight but I don't know about how that works. I think that a classroom for special needs would welcome a donation of weighted quilts as a guild project. I know my daughter is a special ed teacher and has one in her classroom, as well as I spy matching game quilts.
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