String quilt-slash-memory quilt
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I've a friend that wants me to make a Q-K size quilt using fabrics from her son's clothes. It will be mixed with quilting cottons, but you know kids clothes...it's tees, onesies, maybe a lil flannel...
Can I do a string quilt with a muslin foundation WITHOUT putting fuseable on the back? Or would I still have to do that? Plan to machine quilt after it's all done....
Can I do a string quilt with a muslin foundation WITHOUT putting fuseable on the back? Or would I still have to do that? Plan to machine quilt after it's all done....
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i don't see why not if it has a muslin foundation. i would just shrink everything first, if possible, so there's as little uneven shrinkage as possible later.
let us see it it's done. it sounds like it will be interesting.
edit: especially shrink the flannels. wash a few times in hotest water.
let us see it it's done. it sounds like it will be interesting.
edit: especially shrink the flannels. wash a few times in hotest water.
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Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
I've a friend that wants me to make a Q-K size quilt using fabrics from her son's clothes. It will be mixed with quilting cottons, but you know kids clothes...it's tees, onesies, maybe a lil flannel...
Can I do a string quilt with a muslin foundation WITHOUT putting fuseable on the back? Or would I still have to do that? Plan to machine quilt after it's all done....
Can I do a string quilt with a muslin foundation WITHOUT putting fuseable on the back? Or would I still have to do that? Plan to machine quilt after it's all done....
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Thanks, ladies!
I did a memory quilt "nap quilt" for her mum last year and did it all in pinwheels. It turned out great, but to find pieces of fabric big enough for pinwheels was tough. And I'm using some of the clothes left over from that.
Joanie...I know for just string quilt I wouldn't need to, but with the addition of stretchy fabrics, I was nervous. Getting the stretchy to lay down on the muslin and get sewn to the "not stretchy" will be difficult...should I expect problems when I quilt? If it's floating like that, without a stabilizer?
I did a memory quilt "nap quilt" for her mum last year and did it all in pinwheels. It turned out great, but to find pieces of fabric big enough for pinwheels was tough. And I'm using some of the clothes left over from that.
Joanie...I know for just string quilt I wouldn't need to, but with the addition of stretchy fabrics, I was nervous. Getting the stretchy to lay down on the muslin and get sewn to the "not stretchy" will be difficult...should I expect problems when I quilt? If it's floating like that, without a stabilizer?
#6
Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
Thanks, ladies!
I did a memory quilt "nap quilt" for her mum last year and did it all in pinwheels. It turned out great, but to find pieces of fabric big enough for pinwheels was tough. And I'm using some of the clothes left over from that.
Joanie...I know for just string quilt I wouldn't need to, but with the addition of stretchy fabrics, I was nervous. Getting the stretchy to lay down on the muslin and get sewn to the "not stretchy" will be difficult...should I expect problems when I quilt? If it's floating like that, without a stabilizer?
I did a memory quilt "nap quilt" for her mum last year and did it all in pinwheels. It turned out great, but to find pieces of fabric big enough for pinwheels was tough. And I'm using some of the clothes left over from that.
Joanie...I know for just string quilt I wouldn't need to, but with the addition of stretchy fabrics, I was nervous. Getting the stretchy to lay down on the muslin and get sewn to the "not stretchy" will be difficult...should I expect problems when I quilt? If it's floating like that, without a stabilizer?
#7
Originally Posted by Joanie2
Originally Posted by Rebecca VLQ
I've a friend that wants me to make a Q-K size quilt using fabrics from her son's clothes. It will be mixed with quilting cottons, but you know kids clothes...it's tees, onesies, maybe a lil flannel...
Can I do a string quilt with a muslin foundation WITHOUT putting fuseable on the back? Or would I still have to do that? Plan to machine quilt after it's all done....
Can I do a string quilt with a muslin foundation WITHOUT putting fuseable on the back? Or would I still have to do that? Plan to machine quilt after it's all done....
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