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Old 08-18-2010, 03:52 AM
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I've made a couple of quilts out of corduroy, but I didn't quilt them, I tied them. I think it would be very hard to machine or hand quilt corduroy.
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Old 08-18-2010, 04:11 AM
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I've made quilts using corduroy and mixed it with denim, heavier cottons or upholstery material. It does shrink so washing before you start is necessary. Make your seams a little wider and just use simple patterns. I machine quilted mine as I find ties eventually pull out with heavy use. Sometimes I use fleece on the back with no batting as the quilt is heavy enough. I also had some old pillow ticking that I used on the back of another. These make good camping quilts or quilts to take to a hockey game to sit on the cold bleachers (there's no heat in our arena!). I also use corduroy in the touch and feel fidgit quilts I make for the Alzheimer's patients at our local nursing homes.
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Old 08-18-2010, 04:16 AM
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A lot of good suggestions! I am going to have to try this with corduroy scraps left from making my DDs' clothes.
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Old 08-18-2010, 04:26 AM
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Question about corduroy: I had some corduroy that I bought a really long time ago that had no "wale" at all...in other words, it was just smooth, almost like a velvety texture on top. Does anybody know what that material was called? I backed a quilt with it, and it was just great. It was almost like a real heavy flannel. The fabric was 60" wide, and I would love to get some more, if they still make such a thing.
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i am working on a Phesant quilt for my sister (for her boyfriend) and she sent corduroy with the fabrics to use, she has the center stained glass phesant done and a border around it with 1/2 square triangle blocks with corduroy and flannel; that is as far as she got, then it has set for something like 3 years...she finally decided she will never get it done and brought it to me to finish.
i made a raggy quilt a few years ago that the back was 7" corduroy squares, the front flannels...boy is it ever a heavy quilt! very masculine, warm and has washed up very well.
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you can find a wonderful selection of 100% cotton corduroy fabrics from fabric.com; they have everything from pin-wale (like the smooth corduroy you used) up to heavy wale(12) the great things about using corduroy is i have not had any color run issues or shrinkage. it washes up well and is made to last!


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Question about corduroy: I had some corduroy that I bought a really long time ago that had no "wale" at all...in other words, it was just smooth, almost like a velvety texture on top. Does anybody know what that material was called? I backed a quilt with it, and it was just great. It was almost like a real heavy flannel. The fabric was 60" wide, and I would love to get some more, if they still make such a thing.
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Old 08-18-2010, 04:43 AM
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[quote=ckcowl]you can find a wonderful selection of 100% cotton corduroy fabrics from fabric.com; they have everything from pin-wale (like the smooth corduroy you used) up to heavy wale(12) the great things about using corduroy is i have not had any color run issues or shrinkage. it washes up well and is made to last!


Thanks! I am looking at fabric.com.....They have something called "uncut corduroy". I wonder if this is it, because it sure looks like it. Thank you for the suggestion!
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[quote=quiltbugs]
Originally Posted by ckcowl
you can find a wonderful selection of 100% cotton corduroy fabrics from fabric.com; they have everything from pin-wale (like the smooth corduroy you used) up to heavy wale(12) the great things about using corduroy is i have not had any color run issues or shrinkage. it washes up well and is made to last!


Thanks! I am looking at fabric.com.....They have something called "uncut corduroy". I wonder if this is it, because it sure looks like it. Thank you for the suggestion!
I made clothes with that a loooong time ago, and I think it was called brushed corduroy. It made cute jumpers for my girls when they were little.
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Old 08-18-2010, 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by quiltbugs
Question about corduroy: I had some corduroy that I bought a really long time ago that had no "wale" at all...in other words, it was just smooth, almost like a velvety texture on top. Does anybody know what that material was called? I backed a quilt with it, and it was just great. It was almost like a real heavy flannel. The fabric was 60" wide, and I would love to get some more, if they still make such a thing.
You almost had the name .. its called unwaled corduroy. It is still made and sold in alot of fabric stores.
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Originally Posted by quiltbugs
Question about corduroy: I had some corduroy that I bought a really long time ago that had no "wale" at all...in other words, it was just smooth, almost like a velvety texture on top. Does anybody know what that material was called? I backed a quilt with it, and it was just great. It was almost like a real heavy flannel. The fabric was 60" wide, and I would love to get some more, if they still make such a thing.
Cotton velveteen - I loved that fabric - and it did wash up well.
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