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Old 09-08-2012, 07:26 AM
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Pattycakes
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Default Birthing a quilt.

Originally Posted by BellaBoo View Post
I remember taking a class years ago and the instructor did her quilting just opposite of what most do now. She layered her quilt and turned it, she called it birthing the quilt. She basted the quilt with long running stitches from side to side and top to bottom then diagonal both ways. She then machine quilted the quilt and had no puckers or poofs. She then trimmed off the seam from the turning and added a binding. I'm sure she had a book she wrote, I remember her signing some. I didn't buy one as I was addicted to crochet at the time. LOL
I seen Eleanor Burns do this technique on her Alminac quilt series. In this quilt series she showed two ways of quilting or sandwiching a quilt. It was cool.

http://quiltinaday.com/theater/quilt...almanac13.html

This is the site that showes how they are both done. Hope everyone enjoys

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