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Old 02-09-2011, 08:15 PM
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Prism99
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If you want to quilt it, here are my recommendations for making it easy.

Heavily starch the backing fabric before layering. (I use a 1:1 solution of Sta-Flo liquid laundry starch and water painted on with a large wallpainting brush. Toss fabric in dryer and iron with steam.) Starching will prevent puckers. Also spray starch the top before layering.

Spray baste the layers together using 505.

Easiest way to machine quilt is with a walking foot. My sister is doing this for the first time, and we choose a decorative stitch that she is using to go over all of the seams (it's a tumbler quilt). You can also do straight lines with a walking foot, or gently curving lines. These can be just lines, or you can turn them into cross-hatching.

Spray baste a sandwich to practice on.

Thread makes a difference too. At the moment my preference is 50 wt Aurifil variegated.
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