Puckers?? How do you prevent them??
#11
Here is a confession of what caused my puckers. A group of us ladies were starting a quilting group. We had no clue what we were doing and they put me in charge.UGHHHHHH so I researched and read and found thins to start with. Most of us worked and we met at night and truthfully, I'm not worth spit after 4PM. So, we decided to do reat bit quilt. To save time, we folded the material and cut strips. Let me tell you, those strips were as crooked as a dog's hind leg. For sure. We almost had chevrons and zig zags. So, make sure you fabric is steamed flat befoe cutting. This is my contribution......sorry if it sounds lame, but I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box.
Blessings,
Ruth
Blessings,
Ruth
#12
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Location: South East Idaho
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I hear that spray basting is a good technique to use. I think that if you find a solid surface, tape your backing down taunt to your solid surface, lightly spray your batting down, and then lightly spray your top in place... pin and sew.
I am a "long-arm-er" but I have learned this technique and have been successful with it in the past. Good luck!
I am a "long-arm-er" but I have learned this technique and have been successful with it in the past. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by CajunQuilter2
No matter how hard I try I keep getting puckers on the backside of my quilts when I quilt them. It there a magic solution I have yet to find?? Please help!!!!
Here's my method for heavily starching backing fabric (for machine quilting). Mix a 1:1 solution of Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch and water. "Paint" the solution on the fabric with a large wall-painting brush until fabric is saturated. Throw fabric in dryer. Iron with steam. The fabric comes out with about the stiffness of a piece of thin cardstock.
I use the same method when cutting bias strips.
Works great for me!
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I stretch the backing nice and taut and then I tape it down with blue painter's tape. I smooth the batting (warm and natural) down over the backing. Then I lay the top down and I pat it from tbe center outward to get a nice, smooth sandwich. Generally, I pin about hand=width apart. My last quilt did not have a single pucker and I did SID in both directions.
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Originally Posted by mrspete
Here is a confession of what caused my puckers. A group of us ladies were starting a quilting group. We had no clue what we were doing and they put me in charge.UGHHHHHH so I researched and read and found thins to start with. Most of us worked and we met at night and truthfully, I'm not worth spit after 4PM. So, we decided to do reat bit quilt. To save time, we folded the material and cut strips. Let me tell you, those strips were as crooked as a dog's hind leg. For sure. We almost had chevrons and zig zags. So, make sure you fabric is steamed flat befoe cutting. This is my contribution......sorry if it sounds lame, but I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box.
Blessings,
Ruth
Blessings,
Ruth
#19
Originally Posted by Prism99
Originally Posted by CajunQuilter2
No matter how hard I try I keep getting puckers on the backside of my quilts when I quilt them. It there a magic solution I have yet to find?? Please help!!!!
Here's my method for heavily starching backing fabric (for machine quilting). Mix a 1:1 solution of Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch and water. "Paint" the solution on the fabric with a large wall-painting brush until fabric is saturated. Throw fabric in dryer. Iron with steam. The fabric comes out with about the stiffness of a piece of thin cardstock.
I use the same method when cutting bias strips.
Works great for me!
#20
Originally Posted by CajunQuilter2
No matter how hard I try I keep getting puckers on the backside of my quilts when I quilt them. It there a magic solution I have yet to find?? Please help!!!!
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