How to keep photos flat when quilting around them?
#1
I have a question. I made 3 photo quilts, but when quilting around the pictures, they poke out like crazy. What do you do to keep the photos laying flat. You don't quilt on top of the photos do you? I tried that and that just didn"t work. Thanks for those who respond. :)
#4
Originally Posted by Dawn Hendrix
I put a border on them .. quilted the borders.. left the picture alone.
BY the way HELLO from Wilson!
BY the way HELLO from Wilson!
I am actually between Pinetops and Wilson. My address is Elm City though. Hello neighbor!! :thumbup:
#5
I am just finishing a photo quilt. Isn't it the quilting that flattens the quilt out? So, by quilting around the photos they will be puffy. but that makes them pop, so I like that! IMHO, what do Iknow?
#6
Originally Posted by hpylady
I have a question. I made 3 photo quilts, but when quilting around the pictures, they poke out like crazy. What do you do to keep the photos laying flat. You don't quilt on top of the photos do you? I tried that and that just didn't work. Thanks for those who respond. :)
#7
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what did you print the pictures on? i've made about 20 memory quilts for people and have not had this problem. so, wondering what they are printed on that is making them misbehave? i have on occassion used the printer fabric sheets but i usually just make my own, with PFD white fabric cut to printer paper size and pressed to freezer paper to go through the printer. no stiffness, and no puffing up where it shouldn't. maybe you could use a fusable to make them lie flat? or a lightweight non-woven interfacing. would like to see pics maybe that would help us help you find a remedy.
Originally Posted by hpylady
I have a question. I made 3 photo quilts, but when quilting around the pictures, they poke out like crazy. What do you do to keep the photos laying flat. You don't quilt on top of the photos do you? I tried that and that just didn"t work. Thanks for those who respond. :)
#8
Originally Posted by Annya
Originally Posted by hpylady
I have a question. I made 3 photo quilts, but when quilting around the pictures, they poke out like crazy. What do you do to keep the photos laying flat. You don't quilt on top of the photos do you? I tried that and that just didn't work. Thanks for those who respond. :)
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I think you are talking about the puffiness like a large appliqué with no quilting? I don't know if any solution but to put a line of quilting in the picture. Kind of like I sometimes pick a line on a large appliqué to stitch on. The problem with stitching on the photo is I believe it might start peeling?
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