has anyone taken apart a panel?
#1
has anyone taken apart a panel?
I am talking about the pre quilted panels that you just an binding to? I am wanting to make my nephew a Thomas the train quilet for his birthday. I really love the panel but was only able to find ONE on etsy for 24.99 +(shipping). However I found someone locally selling the same panel pre quilted for 8.00. Could I just remove the quilting, use the fabric panel and then the needle holes will heal themselves in the wash? Or am I'm just pipe dreaming?
#2
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sounds ez until you spend time doing it! I considered doing that before, but looking at the thread used & guessing at the tension applied, you may be better off just using it that way!!! don't think it's worth all that trouble -- but good luck~!~~can't you just add binding to the quilted one?
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I did that with a prequilted Raggedy Ann yardage. I removed the stitching so I could hand quilt as I wanted for a lap quilt. Binding as I liked and also outside border. It wasn't that difficult, and I loved the finished project.
#4
Yes I could, however he will be 4 in January. A quit that is 36x44 would not be large enough for him. He has always gotten rather large quilts from me. He's a blanket hog. If all else fails he will get Curious George instead.
#7
For $8 I would take the risk. I read somewhere as a tip to use an electric toothbrush and a little water to take needle holes out of fabric. I haven't tried it but if you could find an inexpensive battery toothbrush it might be worth a try.
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I used the pre-quilted as a center panel, added batting and backing with a wide border and enlarged the size to what I needed. Sort of a quilt-as-you-go procedure. Added sides by sandwiching the batting and back to the back of the pre-quilted panel, placed the top border right sides together and stitched them on. FOlded them out and then did the top and bottom the same way. Loved it!
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It depends on the quilting. If it is that large (kind of chicken wire) patterned quilting done on pre-quilted fabric, then yes I have removed it to use the fabric. The stitches are fairly large and easy to get out. The pre-quilted fabric was the perfect colour for a quilt I was working on so it gave up it's life for a good cause. If it was machine quilted on a domestic sewing machine it will be harder to remove but for $8 bucks, go for it!
#10
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I often have made one panel into a twin sized quilt. These are all charity quilts and were extremely popular!!!
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