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Old 11-07-2012, 07:42 AM
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QuiltingByCourtney
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Originally Posted by Prism99 View Post
I would use any leftover t-shirt fabric to make a practice piece first -- as similar to the quilt as possible with interfaced t-shirt fabric, same batting, black backing. I would want to make sure that I could FMQ and not have white thread dots showing through on the back and/or black dots on the front. Getting a balanced stitch can be done, especially with a batting as thick as WnN, but when you FMQ the balance of the stitching changes back and forth as you sew. Also you want to make sure that your needle can handle the thicknesses.
-Thanks for the advise now my issue is, I have added a 2 3/4" black border/sashing around the perimeter its the same material/color as my backing...I am going to free motion quilt this one but should I or should I not quilt my sashing around the outside? Will it look better if I leave it untouched and just quilt on the t-shirts? hmmm?
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