Minky help please
#1
Minky help please
This is my first time to work with minky. Making baby quilt. Not using batting. Have spray basted and pinned. Am going to use walking foot to stitch in the ditch then will do the motifs. Am I going about this the correct way. Don't want to mess this up as I have a shower to go to in the near future. Picture of quilt follows.
Well, guess picture is not going to happen. Updated my mac and now that the picture catagory has changed I can't get a pic to upload. Sorry
Well, guess picture is not going to happen. Updated my mac and now that the picture catagory has changed I can't get a pic to upload. Sorry
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Have not used in on DSM, but on the long arm you have to be careful because of the stretchiness, to not stretch it--so it's loaded with the stretch going side to side. I would think you could do it fine, but may want to really think about which way you are sewing when doing the SID. Are you planning to do motifs with FMQ? that would probably work ok cause your feed dogs would be down.
#4
Have not used in on DSM, but on the long arm you have to be careful because of the stretchiness, to not stretch it--so it's loaded with the stretch going side to side. I would think you could do it fine, but may want to really think about which way you are sewing when doing the SID. Are you planning to do motifs with FMQ? that would probably work ok cause your feed dogs would be down.
#6
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Nebraska
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If you have spray basted and pinned, you shouldn't have any problem with quilting in the way you have planned. I have used minky as backing for several quilts and have not had any problems. I pin baste only, do use batting, and do free motion quilting on my domestic sewing machine. Do usually using do some SID to stabilize before FMQ, minky or not. Hope you will be able to post pictures of your quilt some time.
#7
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Location: Northern Michigan
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Batting does make a difference but if you are already spray and pin basted guess it's too late for that. Shouldn't have problems, use a nice, new sharp needle, and don't stretch the minkie as you go.
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