Making a quilt with lame' fabric
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Making a quilt with lame' fabric
Has anyone used gold lame' fabric in a quilt? I just ran across a pattern in a 2006 issue of Quilter's Newsletter that would be perfect for a granddaughter that loves bling. The lame' would be the 1-1/2" centers of stars in 6" blocks, so that's not much. The article recommends using a lightweight fusible woven interfacing that's recommended for use with silk, which makes sense. I think the rest of the quilt will be jewel-tone batiks. I'm wondering about washing the quilt with that kind of fabric in it.
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It depends on the fabric. I had some quilting gold lame fabric years ago and although it was a pain to sew ( needed a very sharp needle so the threads wouldn't pull) it has held up as well as the cotton fabric surrounding it.
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i have used it in wallhangings & decorater pillows. too expensive for me to use in bed quilts. i fuse it to lightweight woven interfacing following directions carefully. all were gifts, but sounds like they've held up well over the years. lamé is woven metal & (????) threads. ravels insanely but with care as to what i was doing or intended i had no problems. i used ball point or all purpose needles & regular sewing thread and had no issues w cut fabric threads. my ex dil had terrible time with it in costumes for the grand hildren. called me ..i told her about the fusing thing i did, and to slow down with her sewing. she called back & said that everything went easily and she wished she had called me sooner, before she had spent several hours fighting with the 'stuff'.
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i have used it in wallhangings & decorater pillows. too expensive for me to use in bed quilts. i fuse it to lightweight woven interfacing following directions carefully. all were gifts, but sounds like they've held up well over the years. lamé is woven metal & (????) threads. ravels insanely but with care as to what i was doing or intended i had no problems. i used ball point or all purpose needles & regular sewing thread and had no issues w cut fabric threads. my ex dil had terrible time with it in costumes for the grand hildren. called me ..i told her about the fusing thing i did, and to slow down with her sewing. she called back & said that everything went easily and she wished she had called me sooner, before she had spent several hours fighting with the 'stuff'.
#9
take a piece of your lame and try ironing a bit of interfacing to it. use a teflon pressing sheet or something over it. if that works, cut our your squares and sew them in. anything to help it stay firm and stop the edges shredding. good luck.
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Fons & Porter just had a show where the guest explained his technique for using different fabrics. In the quilt shown, he used lame and denim. In the same quilt. He used a fusible stabilizer on the lame. They did not mention the brand, just watch the temperature of the iron and don't iron on the lame side.
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