Embroidery suggestions
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here's what my sister, the "Embroidery Queen" (seriously!) would say: yes, just a cheap muslin behind the blocks for hiding any thread tails under the fabric. Also, be sure to cut your blocks a little bigger so that it accounts for the drawing up of the fabric when you embroider. She also does not use a hoop--says she can get smaller stitches that way and I have found that to be true too. Last thought--I do her quilting (almost all her quilts are embroidered) and I treat the blocks like applique--quilt around the design and a tighter fill in the background to make the embroidery really "pop". I often put extra wool or poly bat behind the embroidery blocks to help with that.
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I am just finishing a small quilt for a baby girl. I did 5 squares of applique farm animals and the rest was from a charm pack. I used a tearaway stabilizer on the embroidered applique squares and tore away the excess not around the animals. I did not want to fully stabilize those squares because then their weight would not match the other unembroidered charm squares. I am using a flannel backing, and am doing self-binding (the only thing left to finish). No batting, because she lives in Miami area - hot. I am attaching pictures - hope this helps.
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II use a light weight flannel to line the back of my embroidery fabric and zig-zag around the edges. I usually trim off this right before I sew the blocks together. I’ve done many quilt like this and the remain soft. Another place to look for patterns is online. I’ve found superpages.com is a good source. Just google free coloring pages. You may have to wade through some stuff, but there’s a lot on the computer. Good luck!!
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Embroidery for quilts
I use a light weight flannel to line the back of my embroidery fabric and zig-zag around the edges. I usually trim off this right before I sew the blocks together. I’ve done many quilt like this and the remain soft. Another place to look for patterns is online. I’ve found supercoloring.com is a good source. Just google free coloring pages. You may have to wade through some stuff, but there’s a lot on the computer. Good luck!
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