Eleanor Burns old show
#23
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Direct TV carries Eleanor's show every Wed. afternoon and again sometime after midnight on the RFD channel. Dish carries it also but since I have Direct I don't know the Dish schedule.
The ones that I've watched lately are older ones.
Longarm
The ones that I've watched lately are older ones.
Longarm
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Location: Lansing, MI
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I saw that show too and thought it was different. She quilted the individual quilt blocks on the batting but no backing. Not sure I would ever do this method. Seemed like a lot more work than the techniques I've learned.
#28
the benefit to doing it that way is that you end up with a less "chunky" feel to the finished quilt. the blocks/sections of the top are sewn only to each other, as in the traditional method. the back is all one piece (or pieced) as in the traditional method. it's only the sections of batting inside that end up different. once you trim and join them, the result feels and acts the same as one big piece of batting.
i've done several quilts this way. having the batting "in the way" does make piecing the top a bit more labor intensive but, overall, it's a great time saver.
i still put something underneath the batting, though, so i don't end up with big blobs of lint in my bobbin area. i've used super light-weight muslin; fabric i don't like any more; cut up clothes that are too worn out to donate; old t-shirts; whatever comes to hand. i've also used pages from oversized junk mail flyers and brochures. the paper is so thin it tears away easily when i'm ready for the final stages of assembly.
i've done several quilts this way. having the batting "in the way" does make piecing the top a bit more labor intensive but, overall, it's a great time saver.
i still put something underneath the batting, though, so i don't end up with big blobs of lint in my bobbin area. i've used super light-weight muslin; fabric i don't like any more; cut up clothes that are too worn out to donate; old t-shirts; whatever comes to hand. i've also used pages from oversized junk mail flyers and brochures. the paper is so thin it tears away easily when i'm ready for the final stages of assembly.
#30
Originally Posted by fabric-holic
Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
try www.zeeltv.com - scroll to the middle and you can choose your show!
Half of me thanks you...but the other "busy" half of me doesn't! :thumbup:
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