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Old 12-15-2010, 02:54 PM
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What is pillowcasing? Never heard that before. Marge
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Old 12-15-2010, 03:08 PM
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My sad story has a happy ending, in a way. When I first started hand-quilting I made a wedding quilt for my niece and hand-quilting with a hoop, no pins, no basting spray, just started in the center. Anyway I had a hugh leftover pouf of backing left at one edge, so in my feeble brain I thought I'd just make a pleat so it would look as though it was meant to be like that. Now, years later, my niece asked if I could do some repair on her quilt. The 'leftover' fabric was perfectly aged with the rest of the quilt, I was able to fix my mistake & make repairs with "vintage" fabric.
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Old 12-15-2010, 04:26 PM
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Hmmmm.....Never "pillowcase" a quilt....it never looks as good (or lays as flat) as making a quilt with a binding!
(I don't care what anyone says) :roll:
If I were you I would take all the stitching out & don't do it pillowcase style....you won't be happy with it otherwise.
SORRY!! :cry:
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Old 12-15-2010, 07:10 PM
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I never heard of "pillow casing" a quilt. I understand the process after reading the messages but I have never tried it.
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Old 12-15-2010, 07:17 PM
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I am so glad you girls asked about "pillowcasing". I have done it but had no idea that is what they called it.
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Old 12-15-2010, 07:24 PM
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I've never pillowcased or birthed a quilt before, but after hearing of some problems, I don't think I will finish a quilt this way, not sure what time it would save since you are quilting it anyway.
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Old 12-15-2010, 08:52 PM
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I would also like know what it means to 'pillowcase a quilt'
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Old 12-15-2010, 09:04 PM
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I also am not fond of "pillowcaseing" a quilt. just too chancy to have a mess. but, if you do, you definitely need an even-feed foot. lots of pins ! thin batting. after I sew the edges & turn the quilt, sew opening shut, --I like to stitch-in-the-ditch about 3/4" away all the way around. even-feed foot necessary ! also need to in again. it then looks like there is a binding all around.
this method makes the quilting harder too because you can get puckers at the end with too much fabric---and you have nowhere to go with it.
Definitely do not cut off any fabric. if you squared the quilt when you started, that fabric belongs somewhere !
But best of all---use this method only for smaller quilts. it wastes more time than it saves.
In my humble opinion.
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Old 12-15-2010, 09:33 PM
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Check out Sharon Schambers Network, she had something about that, but maybe it was just for a single block not sure. I'll bet if anyone can tell you how to do it, she can, you might call or email her and ask.
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Old 12-15-2010, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by duckydo
To pillowcase a quilt that means to put right sides of the top and backing together with the batting in between then sew around all the edges leaving a opening for turning right side out. Then quilt.
Ducky, I love your Avatar, do you have a larger pic. of that. It is so pretty, what is the pattern. I am getting to really love a black background.I have a pattern I want to do after this Christmas rush and it will have a black background. I have been so antsy to do it I can hardly stand it. But I've been good, I am finishing my brothers quilt for Christmas, putting binding on tonight and tomorrow. I've worked on this thing since the first of Oct. It is a reversible, so it's like I'm making two instead of one with what I'm doing.
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