Looking for help for mini mat project
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Looking for help for mini mat project
Hi everybody,
I volunteered to make new mats to go under the mikes used by our condo board. I thought it would give me some quilting practice and replacements are badly needed. They will be about 8" by 8" and I need to make 8. Am I better off quilting one big piece and cutting it down or sandwiching eight little mats? I will bind each one. (More practice!) But won't hand sew the binding.
Thanks in advance,
lots2do
I volunteered to make new mats to go under the mikes used by our condo board. I thought it would give me some quilting practice and replacements are badly needed. They will be about 8" by 8" and I need to make 8. Am I better off quilting one big piece and cutting it down or sandwiching eight little mats? I will bind each one. (More practice!) But won't hand sew the binding.
Thanks in advance,
lots2do
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8 inch doesn't give you much hand room for quilting. I would do 2 - 18 inch sandwich squares. I would mark sandwiches into sections and try different designs in each square. I would then cut them to size and bind them.
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If you made a quilt sandwich that is the size of all eight mats your need and drew the squares on the sandwich it would give you opportunity to quilt something different in each square. Cut them apart with your rotary cutter and you will have straight edges and square corners to bind. If you try to do intricate quilting (practicing FMQ) on eight inch squares you will not be able to keep them square and easy to bind. Generally, when people make pot holders the quilting is very simple-lines or crosshatching. They are most often made a little larger than the finished size and cut down to facilitate binding.
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I think this one nailed it. this is way I would do it. Or do 4 at a time. Less space.
If you made a quilt sandwich that is the size of all eight mats your need and drew the squares on the sandwich it would give you opportunity to quilt something different in each square. Cut them apart with your rotary cutter and you will have straight edges and square corners to bind. If you try to do intricate quilting (practicing FMQ) on eight inch squares you will not be able to keep them square and easy to bind. Generally, when people make pot holders the quilting is very simple-lines or crosshatching. They are most often made a little larger than the finished size and cut down to facilitate binding.
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Hello again!
I've finally made my eight mats. Now I'm ready to bind them. Would you go the regular double binding route or single? I want them to look as nice as possible. I have plenty of binding fabric on hand and don't mind using it up.
Thanks!
I've finally made my eight mats. Now I'm ready to bind them. Would you go the regular double binding route or single? I want them to look as nice as possible. I have plenty of binding fabric on hand and don't mind using it up.
Thanks!
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