Help Please! Can I glue a quilt?
06-11-2011, 10:50 PM
#15
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Originally Posted by Candace
A bug applique would hold the best and look the best. Any other way would really look like a patched job, IMO.
I wish you all the best with it. :) :)
06-12-2011, 12:15 AM
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Try this stitch, I recently used it on seam on a quilt that was coming loose. http://quilttaffy.blogspot.com/2008/...-tutorial.html about 1/8 of the way down, She uses it to sew up stuffed animals, but it worked on my loose seams quite well and it is truly invisible!. Good luck. :D
06-12-2011, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CAS49OR
I pieced together a quilt, and noticed a seam is coming apart in the middle of it! I glued it, thinking it was only an inch and now find it's continuing to come apart, about 10" worth.
It will be really hard to take it apart to re-sew it at this point as I've quilted over about 1/2 of the quilt.
I'm wondering, is there a glue that will stay soft and flexible I could use? The part I glued is hard and stiff, and not appropriate for a lap quilt.
Do you have any other ideas? I've thought of sewing over it with invisible thread. I can't really quilt in that spot without ruining the design.
I've thought of a patch of a caterpillar or spiderweb or something.
It's important it looks nice because I am making it for someone else.
It will be really hard to take it apart to re-sew it at this point as I've quilted over about 1/2 of the quilt.
I'm wondering, is there a glue that will stay soft and flexible I could use? The part I glued is hard and stiff, and not appropriate for a lap quilt.
Do you have any other ideas? I've thought of sewing over it with invisible thread. I can't really quilt in that spot without ruining the design.
I've thought of a patch of a caterpillar or spiderweb or something.
It's important it looks nice because I am making it for someone else.
Whatever you do, please let us see the whole quilt when done. It looks darling.
06-12-2011, 02:40 AM
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1 st I would say hand st it. Second I might use steam a seam. You can buy it on a rolllike ribbon. it comes 14 in wide and 1/2 in wide you can put it place then press it... do not use the lite it is to be stitched.
06-12-2011, 03:26 AM
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I like the idea of putting a worm, bug, or other insect on top of the problem to hide and protect it from further damage. Put in some handstitching around the seams before covering up with the applique. You'd be amazed at how many times this kind of cover up is done in quilting. Ask me how I know!
06-12-2011, 03:44 AM
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This has happened to me. I used a very lightweight fusible interfacing inserted under the seam with the fusible side facing the seam and lightly ironed in place, or steam a seam 2 light which adheres to top and bottom. I have also used a decorative top stitch where I think there is a seam weakness.
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