can u hand quilt minkee

has anyone hand quilted cotton top and no batting using minkee?
Can u use regular cotton binding?
Thanks Gale

Hi Gale:

Yes, you can hand quilt minkee. However, it does stretch during the process, and it stretches a great deal. A friend of mine warned me about it, thank goodness. On her advice I pinned very well in the middle of the quilt (about a foot and a half square), and only a few around the outer parts. When I finished that well pinned square, I repinned a section beside where I had already quilted, and adjusted whatever pins I needed to (that's why I said pin sparingly around the section to be be quilted). I did that over and over again, until it was done. Doing it this way I had no puckers.

It was a square baby quilt and my estimate of stretch was 1 1/2 to 2 inches, so it was worth doing it that way.

Hope this helps.

Aileen

great advice anyone use basting spray on the whole quilt?can you still tape to floor?
Guess I want to know all the tricks before i attempt.
Thanks Gale

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Originally Posted by grma33

great advice anyone use basting spray on the whole quilt?can you still tape to floor?
Guess I want to know all the tricks before i attempt.
Thanks Gale

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Here is a youtube video that shows spray basting minkee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LFTm...eature=related

thanks for the info I will keep that in mind

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Originally Posted by amh

Hi Gale:

Yes, you can hand quilt minkee. However, it does stretch during the process, and it stretches a great deal. A friend of mine warned me about it, thank goodness. On her advice I pinned very well in the middle of the quilt (about a foot and a half square), and only a few around the outer parts. When I finished that well pinned square, I repinned a section beside where I had already quilted, and adjusted whatever pins I needed to (that's why I said pin sparingly around the section to be be quilted). I did that over and over again, until it was done. Doing it this way I had no puckers.

It was a square baby quilt and my estimate of stretch was 1 1/2 to 2 inches, so it was worth doing it that way.

Hope this helps.

Aileen

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