Crazy quilt question
#12
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I usually put a sheet of interfacing on the back of my project before I start hand embroidery - just baste it around the outside edges. Then I have the option of using a hoop or not. If making a pillow I always sew batting behind the embroidery - it makes for a nicer finish
#13
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I would hand embroider, sandwich and then SID also
#14
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Do you want texture in the embroidery? If so, quilting through thin batting and cheese cloth layered in a hoop will work if you are hand embroidering it. I would hand stabilize it before hand, and them have fun. If you want the embroidery to be the prime focus and only textured by stitching, then I would just do it through the pieced square since it is reinforced by the interfacing. For machine embroidery, follow someone else’s advice, since I have no clue.
#15
Since the pieces were pieced onto a fabric square, my grandmother did not use batting. She attached the backing and embroidered the pieces. That is also how I have done it. Makes a light weight cover.
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