I wish my Grandma was here to help!
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This is my first post on anything. I'm new to quilting, but not sewing. My son is leaving for college and I've been saving all of his sports t-shirts since he was 5. I'm making his Journey quilt. I backed every shirt on Pellon 906F and there is a 1 & 1/2 inch sashing around the shirts. It's all sewn together and ready for quilting. I have a new quilting machine and I've been practicing on a mock quilt. I've got the meander stitch down pretty good. I was originally going to meander just the shirts and do something different in the sashing, but I meandered across the sashing (on the mock quilt) and it looks nice also. So if I decide to do the entire quilt in meander, do I still stitch the ditch along the sashing first or do I forgo that whole ditch part? Will it be stable if I don't stitch the ditch? I'm so confused and my brain hurts from reading the entire internet and not finding an answer. Any input would be fantastic!!
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Don't know, but am interested to learn the answer. If it wasn't a T-shirt quilt, I'd guess you could forgo the sitd if you meander the sashing. But maybe the T-shirt quilts need extra fortification?
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I just don't know. The t-shirts are pretty stable. I just don't want to make another mock quilt. It's a pain to put the pellon on and sew the whole thing together for practice. I just don't want to mess up his quilt.
#7
Don't make it too hard by over thinking. If your using good quality materials and you feel comfortable with your meander...Go for It and send it on its merry way. =) I'm sure your son knows where to bring it IF it has an issue later on. =)
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Originally Posted by Stasia
This is my first post on anything. I'm new to quilting, but not sewing. My son is leaving for college and I've been saving all of his sports t-shirts since he was 5. I'm making his Journey quilt. I backed every shirt on Pellon 906F and there is a 1 & 1/2 inch sashing around the shirts. It's all sewn together and ready for quilting. I have a new quilting machine and I've been practicing on a mock quilt. I've got the meander stitch down pretty good. I was originally going to meander just the shirts and do something different in the sashing, but I meandered across the sashing (on the mock quilt) and it looks nice also. So if I decide to do the entire quilt in meander, do I still stitch the ditch along the sashing first or do I forgo that whole ditch part? Will it be stable if I don't stitch the ditch? I'm so confused and my brain hurts from reading the entire internet and not finding an answer. Any input would be fantastic!!
Good luck and remember to share pictures!
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