thimblebug6000

What a neat quilt! Glad you persevered, he's going to enjoy that quilt & so's his family.

weezie

Thank you, Ducky! When I first heard of Joshua's poor health and decided to do a quilt for him, Animals in Pajamas was one of the sets I put on my Wish List as a possible choice for the quilt; another possible choice was the little set of animals all dressed in rain gear and playing in the rain ... I can't remember right off-hand what that set is called. I wanted designs to delight him, hopefully for quite a few years. I finally decided on the patchwork because I had previously bought several of those for no particular reason except that they are so cute.

allisonirons

wow that's gorgeous!!! I loooooove the pillow!

MaxineB

The colors are so vivid-he'll love the eye candy! I have a question. Will the embroidery go through the washer & dryer? I was thinking of something for my adult son, but it would get washed & dried a few times a year...at least! Maxine

weezie

Hi Maxine. This is only my opinion: I think the designs will hold up as well as any other part of the quilt over time and through repeated washing/drying.

To get the color mix I need, I often use both rayon and polyester threads in a design and cannot tell the difference between them. I read from other machine embroiderers that polyester has more endurance if there is to be a lot of future washing and drying. I wash a quilt in cold water, gentle cycle, just air fluff in the dryer, then hang it on the clothesline that I have strung across one end of my basement laundry room. To give plain sweatshirts a little pizzazz, I have sewn designs on them and I just wash them with the rest of the laundry (warm wash, cold rinse). To save wear and tear on our shirts and pants (and because I hate ironing clothes), I only semi-dry before I put them on hangers to finish drying on the above mentioned clothesline. I've had no problems so far with any designs being laundered.

MaxineB

Thanks for the info. I want to do more with my embroidery machine & now I'll try some projects. Thanks again! :lol: Maxine

Debbie1

The quilt and pillow are so cute! It doesn't look dimpled, it looks fluffy! I love them both!

jljack

Very cute...despite the "many rude things" slung at it!! :-)

weezie

Thanks for the compliment. No rude things were said to the quilt. They were said to the sewing machine and sewing machine deserved each and every rude remark!

Jeaanne

Hi There,

Small world! My step daughter's sister has a dog names Weezer. NO DOWN PUT intended. I had never heard that word before

Blessings
Jeanne