Quilting and Thread Suggestions for Fabric Calendar Quilt
12-18-2016, 09:41 PM
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Thanks for posting this. My mother, who recently passed, had saved several of these and I've been looking for ideas to use them. Please be sure to post the quilt once you've finished with quilting and binding.
12-19-2016, 03:59 PM
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So glad that you have the calendars pre-shrunk .... I was thinking in that regard, as Mom never washed her calendar tea towels. They were just for "show" 
. Plus because I have some never used hand-embroidered linen tea towels that I keep thinking about turning into a quilt. Someday, when I find just the right pattern and fabrics to do it.
Great that you plan to have it done for Christmas .... you can tell your Mom you did it on the installment plan!
Good plan to do a practice sandwich. You may find you need to adjust your tension a bit, to avoid "pokies" so that the two different thread colours meet nicely in the midst of the sandwich. To me, a one thread colour back makes for a much showier quilt.
I'll be looking forward to seeing it as a finished quilt.
Good Luck ... you have a lot of work ahead of you to get it done on time!
.........Now quit hanging out on the internet and get quilting!!
. Plus because I have some never used hand-embroidered linen tea towels that I keep thinking about turning into a quilt. Someday, when I find just the right pattern and fabrics to do it.Great that you plan to have it done for Christmas .... you can tell your Mom you did it on the installment plan!
Good plan to do a practice sandwich. You may find you need to adjust your tension a bit, to avoid "pokies" so that the two different thread colours meet nicely in the midst of the sandwich. To me, a one thread colour back makes for a much showier quilt.
I'll be looking forward to seeing it as a finished quilt.
Good Luck ... you have a lot of work ahead of you to get it done on time!
.........Now quit hanging out on the internet and get quilting!!
".....Now quit hanging out on the internet and get quilting!!
"...... have to finish Christmas shopping tonight, then that's my focus!!
12-19-2016, 04:26 PM
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12-19-2016, 04:38 PM
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I would not quilt the calendars densely if I were to do this. Even though the weave is looser then you are used to the fabric is still strong. ( linen)
I would stitch a grid on the calendar sections, squares around the months and do some free motion, detail quilting to highlight the photos, using a cream/ neutral thread.
I would stitch a grid on the calendar sections, squares around the months and do some free motion, detail quilting to highlight the photos, using a cream/ neutral thread.
I like this idea. What a great quilt you have created.
peace
12-20-2016, 04:51 AM
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Sorry I can't be of any help with quilting ideas...I still have a t-shirt quilt pinned and basted with no idea how to quilt it... but I just wanted to add what a neat quilt that is surely to become a keepsake.
12-20-2016, 06:26 AM
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I had a few of these come my way. You know what I did with them? I made kitchen curtains! I placed a heavier fabric on the back...and wallah, they break the light and cold/heat that used to beat onto that window!
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