A WIP No More
12-18-2008, 02:31 PM
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Patrice, that is the cutest kitty quilt, no wonder your friend wants to lock it up, as EVERYONE will want to pinch it :D
I used a micro fleece from Ikea on the first crazy crumb quilt, I used the microtack gun, which held it in place fine, I only stitched in the ditch, which was brave enough for me at the time lol!!
I used a micro fleece from Ikea on the first crazy crumb quilt, I used the microtack gun, which held it in place fine, I only stitched in the ditch, which was brave enough for me at the time lol!!
12-19-2008, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
Originally Posted by jacquemoe
Patrice, that's a beuatiful quilt. I can't believe you were able to quilt with fleece for the backing. I'm scared to death of trying to sew on fleece but I love fleece. It came out wonderful for you. Nice job!
i was more than a bit worried before starting, but i knew if i could make it work it would save hours and hours of tying time. this is what i did:
1. spray basted AND pressed the two sprayed layers with a hot iron to really stick them together well.
2. walking foot
3. set machine to the longest possible stitch length (mostly so it would come out easily if i couldn't make it work. :lol: )
4. i set the machine in the lower right corner of my kitchen table, so i'd have lots of room to the left and back of the machine. i let the machine do all the work feeding the sandwich under the needle. i held my hands under the sandwich to keep it off the machine bed and reduce the "drag" as much as possible. the only work i let my hands do was to keep the sandwich headed in the right direction.
5. i worked from the center out. at each stage, i laid it flat again on the table and pressed again with the hot iron to reinforce the spray basting.
6. the lines are about 2.5: or 3" apart. i did the big "x"s first (through the points of the whole blocks) and then went back to run lines through the points of the quarter-block patches.
i did end up with enough puff on top to make me sweat, but none on the back. once i ran it through the washing machine in cold water, then chucked it into the dryer on delicate, enough of the puff disappeared that i didn't even need to press it. (whew!!! :lol: )
it's only a small lap. i don't know if i'd try it on anything bed-sized. (who am i kidding? i'd try it just to see what would happen. and probably regret the attempt. :lol: :lol: :lol: )
it really is one great-looking quilt! if you'd like to practice on eliminating puffs, i'd be happy to send you my fabric to try out. then you can return it to me for a judgement call. hah!
12-19-2008, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
wait....do you mean that we're not supposed to have puff on the top? news to me!
it really is one great-looking quilt! if you'd like to practice on eliminating puffs, i'd be happy to send you my fabric to try out. then you can return it to me for a judgement call. hah!
it really is one great-looking quilt! if you'd like to practice on eliminating puffs, i'd be happy to send you my fabric to try out. then you can return it to me for a judgement call. hah!
2. nice try. although ... you are welcome to send the fabric anyway. :lol:
12-19-2008, 01:37 PM
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well, since you didn't fall into my trap, let me ask you: did you use batting AND fleece or just the fleece? when i've done baby quilts using fleece, i did not use batting. but now i'm thinking that maybe i should have. what was your take?
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