Thread: Which to you prefer? the 'flat look' or the 'crinkly look'?

Flat girl turned crinkly because everyone just loved the crinkly feel and you know what? They are right. It feels so good.It is fine with me if you like flat and un-crinkly too.

I agree that it depends on the quilt. I love the look of a "well loved" quilt, but wall hangings and items I do for others, they are "flat", as in not being washed. I prewash my fabrics and if I want that loved look...I add a layer of Warm and White cotton/poly batting...it shrinks just enough to give that "well loved" look.

Originally Posted by bearisgray

Another question that will probably get people 'on one side of the fence or the other'

Do you prefer your finished item to be 'flat'?

or

Do you like your finished item to 'crinkle'?


I will answer first -

I positively, absolutely, final answer - prefer 'the flat look' -

If you want to add 'why' you prefer one look or the other - - -

I prefer 'flat' because that implies that everything has been shrunk before cutting - and the finished item will still be the approximately the same shape and size that it was before it's washed again.

I love a soft crinkled quilt to wrap up in. Which is the main reason I make quilts.

I never wash fabric and rarely use colors that will bleed. That said, I prefer the crinkled look. It give the quilt dimension, particularly after I have hand quilted it, and there isn't the dense quilting that goes on with machine quilting. I am not a big fan of a lot of quilting on anything. The crinkled look gives it character. 'nuff said.

I Love crinkly. Enough said.

Crinkly all the way! I didn't know that homemade quilts came any other way. I can't wait to wash and dry the finished project so it looks like a quilt!

It doesn't matter to me...it depends on the quilt, as I think the crinkly look makes it look vintage.....