GFG quilting and binding
#21
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: northern lower Michigan
Posts: 225
My quilt group ties quilts all of the time . We are a very poor group, ,post members live on SS. No one owns a longarm and we can not afford to pay for quilting. It is a lot of fun to get a group together and tie a quilt and have a pot luck. And our quilts a re beautiful.
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#22
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cadiz, KY
Posts: 196
OK - thank you, June. The "badskirt" is exactly what I was looking for. Looks like a lot of work, but that is what I want. Thank you so much for the link.
Now I am wondering about sewbelle52's suggestions. Do you mean that the GFG top only had a backing? How was it attached if there was no quilting? I do not understand, but I sure do want to know more about it. It might be the answer to my problem, but I am not understanding how the top and backing got attached with no quilting. Please try to explain it to me. Thank you so much for your help.
Now I am wondering about sewbelle52's suggestions. Do you mean that the GFG top only had a backing? How was it attached if there was no quilting? I do not understand, but I sure do want to know more about it. It might be the answer to my problem, but I am not understanding how the top and backing got attached with no quilting. Please try to explain it to me. Thank you so much for your help.
#23
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,821
My opinion--quilting should highlight the piecing. You have done so much work creating the quilt top, please let it shine! I'd finish it with hand quilting, even if it means finding a group such as at local churches to do it. The quilting won't "match" but it will follow through with all the hours of creating the GFG. From experience I find that tying really doesn't last well on quilts that are used a lot. The knots work loose and need to be monitored that they don't come out.
#24
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 187
I have made many hex quilts..I have tie one..because to do that takes away all the pattern of the hexs..it isn't hard to quilt them on a machine..on one I made loops in the hex...just like they do when hand quilted..another I meander..another I made up something..it is best not to get a design that shows more than the pattern u have..if u have no pattern ..then not a problem..I have seven of mine on a ladder in the corner of my front room..the one that is tie gets very little comments compare to the other ones..because all u really see is the ties..people always ask .how long did it take to make that..or how many pieces in it..when u tie..u lose that to the tie..because most don't see beyond the tie..but if u do decide to tie..use embroidery thread..I use the whole six strands..it isn't as in your face as say yarn..one baby quilt I made years ago was white background..with little girls..I used all colors ..it turn out darling..so much so that the place I gave it to.put it into a showcase about the donated quilts..it in the end really ur own personal opinion that counts..if u do tie..it will not take long for u to decide if u like it..as for the edges..as said here there are many places to see how different ones are done..I like to put a small two inch border around..then a larger border around that..it sort of makes a frame look..u could do that then put hexs on the border if u wanted..so many ideas..lol..good luck in whatever u decide..
#25
I agree with quilting the quilt and not tying it. You will be much happier with it quilted. You can quilt one quarter of the quilt at a time to break up the large quilt and reduce some of the pushing and pulling. I look forward to seeing it finished. Good Luck on which ever method you decide on.
#27
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
I have just completed a GFG top about 86x98. I was wanting to quilt it myself on my Bernina, but I am thinking it will be too hard and frustrating; I am thinking about tying it. Can anyone tell/help me about tying a GFG quilt? Also I want to add hexagons around all the edges to form the binding to be appliqués to the back. I am unsure how to do this. Do I add the binding hexagons before/after quilting/tying? I would appreciated any help/suggestions. Thanks.
#28
Our mothers and grandmothers use to tie most of their quilts and the gfg is a vintage quilt so I don't see any reason why you could not tie it if you want a nice soft quilt tied is the answer and distance between the ties would be what the instructions on the quilt batt says I have 2 tied quilts that I made over 20 years ago that are still being used and my grandkids like the softness so well they want me to make them a tied one I did use a polyester batt good luck with whatever you decide there are no quilt police it is your quilt
#29
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 395
Yes, I agree. I plan on using this method for the binding. I do know it will be a lot of work, but it does look so good. I still will have to think about the quilting/tying. I am just not real good at any of it, so I am tempted to have it la; but it would not all be done by me.
#30
If you decide you really want to tie your quilt it is not that it is easier it is just a differnt look. I would work so there is a tie in every hexagon and the ties would show on the back so as no to distract from the beautiful pattern you made. When you have that many ties it is referred to as tuffting and will give the back a very unique look. Another thing to know is that the more ties you use the longer your quilt will last.
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