Different Fabric Types... One Quilt.
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Different Fabric Types... One Quilt.
I've been asked to make a quilt, actually 3 quilts from my grandmother's scarfs. They are mostly slick, rayon type fabrics. I'll be adding a cotton or poly/cotton blend to make enough fabric. The pattern I've chosen is a paper-pieced Pickle Dish. Any suggestions, hints, advice would be greatly appreciated please.
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Starch will be your friend...it will give some body to the thinner, slick fabrics. I like to spray then iron multiple times instead of just 1 coat. I also like glue basting any points that need to line up.
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Or me. I've done extensive garment sewing, a lot with silks and rayons. I actually pieced on garment out of rayon batiks. It was very simple pattern with not matching points or corners. It was still tough. While I love to paper piece, I can't imagine doing it with silky scarf fabrics. You might want to use a fusible stabilizer on them. It will help a little.
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I've been asked to make a quilt, actually 3 quilts from my grandmother's scarfs. They are mostly slick, rayon type fabrics. I'll be adding a cotton or poly/cotton blend to make enough fabric. The pattern I've chosen is a paper-pieced Pickle Dish. Any suggestions, hints, advice would be greatly appreciated please.
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