HI,
I am new here, but not necessarily new to quilting. I am about to put my next quilt in the frame and am wondering if anyone has ever used blanket stitches to quilt all the way through a quilt, not just embelish a crazy quilt. And, If you think it might work, would you use floss or quilting thread.

thanks,
Kerrie

i quilted my wool quilt with blanket stiches- i used perle cotton.
if you like the look of course you can- and you can also use what ever thread fits your project...be it embroidery floss- silk thread- wool thread===regular quilting thread- it is your choice.

Welcome from Washington. :D Good luck on your project. It sounds like a great idea. :thumbup:

Hello, welcome from Oklahoma!

Hello and welcome from the Arkansas Ozarks.
Happy quilting.

Hello Kerrie, welcome from northern California!

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!

Welcome from very hot hot Arizona. Please post a picture when it's done.

Welcome from North Carolina.

Welcome, waving from central Indiana, USA

Welcome from Maryland! Very cool idea, and you can do ANYTHING you want with your quilt. I think my hands would fall off but I can't wait to see yours!

Hello and welcome from Maryland.

Welcome aboard

Hello and welcome from Minnesota!

Hello and welcome from Central Florida!!!!

Good luck with your project, it sounds great.


sandy14

Waving from Australia!

Hello, and welcome from Michigan!

Welcome from Michigan.:)

Hi, RedJo and welcome!

Welcome from the foothills of Northern California.

interesting idea -- would love to see results

Welcome!

I love blanket stitching and usually use it on 30's fabrics so they look like my grandma's quilts (she used only black)....but if I were going to use it for quilting, embroidery floss might not hold up too well and quilting thread sounds too fine...I like the suggestion of perle cotton. I'd probably use a contrasting color (or colors) to show off the stitching.

Hi and welcome from NE Ohio.

greetings from Colorado-
never tried the blanket stitch idea, but if you do share pictures if you can :-D

Hello from Stagecoach, NV and welcome to this wonderful board. Post a pic. of of your quilt when finished please.

Hello and welcome from Houston, Texas.

Welcome from North Texas! Sounds interesting. Hope you post pictures when finished.

welcome from michigan I would use pearl cotton too!

Hello from Western Mountain Maryland !! :-D

Please show pictures when you are done ! :-D

Hi and welcome from New York.

Welcome from Ireland

Hello! Welcome from Texas!

Welcome from Phoenix Arizonia

Hi from Arizona. Welcome to the Board.

Welcome to a great group! I love the way our quilting communtiy shares. I too do quilting with perle cotton due to bad eye sight. I love the many different ways you can use perle cotton. Currently I am working on BOM "By Wisdom a House is Built" by Indygo Junction. A friend said it was more expensive to use PC than embroidery floss, but I am not so sure about that. I am just enjoying myself now that I have found larger folk style items to work on.
From sunny SW WA state.

Hi Welcome from Idaho...Blanket Stitch should work in any type of thread (another hand quilter here)

Welcome from Oklahoma!

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D

I have, but you may want to try it on a scrap, so you can see what the back side looks like first :wink:

Welcome from Minnesota and Happy quilting :)