how to hide my shame from the quilt police
#65
Originally Posted by dottiej
OK..I tried to do an art quilt..got excited, got creative, got excited, thought I was Degas and Rembrant all in one..Thought i would enter it in a show..then I was done, I looked at the back..looks like it fell on a sticky floor at a messy thread factory..threads hanging, birds nests all over, scribbling meanders that were suppose to be circles..but are pointy thingys.....In my defense the front is wondeful an egret flying over wetland sunset...what do i do..can I frame it. can I put a false back on it?? can I put big squares or circles on the back with egrets stitched on..?? If anyone sees the back Ill be tossed out of the quilt world and forever shamed. help... Any ideas..Dottie
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http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...t-backing.html
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If it's ever going to need laundering, do the loops need to be stabilized, so the front stitches don't loosen up from all the loops on the back? ...thinking some kind of fusible.
(previous poster's link)
If it's ever going to need laundering, do the loops need to be stabilized, so the front stitches don't loosen up from all the loops on the back? ...thinking some kind of fusible.
#69
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Originally Posted by thequilteddove
I'd remove the current binding, reback & rebind :)
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