I have. I have stitched small pictures on counted thread fabric. To stop the fabric fraying, I used a small zig zag stitch around each block before stitching the blocks together.
When I quilted, I chose a pattern that I could interrupt. I stitched to the outside of the cross stitch with about a 1/8" margin and carried on quilting on the other side. The only way I can describe is that the cross stitch looked like an island in the middle of a lake. It really made the cross stitch stand out.
It has survived a lot of tear and wear and is washed in the washing machine on a delicate wash. All the fabrics were washed first, including the cross stitched ones, to ensure there was no colour bleed.
Originally Posted by Robinmg
Has anyone done counted cross stitch squares and incorporated them into a quilt? How do you quilt them? How do they hold up during washing? I have some ideas but don't want to spend all the time cross stitching and quilting only to have the quilt fall apart during washing.