Newbie need help please
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Newbie need help please
Hi I am just learning how to quilt and have made 5 quilts for Christmas. I am at the stage right now where I am ready to machine quilt. My question is the backs of the quilts are dark and the fronts are light. What colour would you use to quilt it. Can I put the colour for the back in the bottom and the colour for the top on the top? Will that work out?
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Thank you once again.
By the way this site is FANTASTIC. I have learned so much from all of you. I am sure this has been asked before but I have no clue how to search it. lol
Thank you once again.
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Try your own suggestion on a sample piece first to check how your thread tension looks.
Generally for beginning quilters it's easier to put a printed fabric on the back of a quilt so that the print itself will help hide the stitching as you are learning.
Sometimes using a dark backing on a light top will allow the backing to show through the batting to the front, in certain light. There is dark batting useful for altogether dark quilts, that prevents the batting from showing thru, too.
Jan in VA
Generally for beginning quilters it's easier to put a printed fabric on the back of a quilt so that the print itself will help hide the stitching as you are learning.
Sometimes using a dark backing on a light top will allow the backing to show through the batting to the front, in certain light. There is dark batting useful for altogether dark quilts, that prevents the batting from showing thru, too.
Jan in VA
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As already suggested, you can use Two different colors of thread but it is best to test the result on scraps first. If your thread tension is off just a little, you are likely to see dots of the dark thread on the light fabric side. If that happens and you do not like the resulting look, I would opt to go with the color that matches the quilt top for both sides, and just live with the stitching showing on the back of the quilt.
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Try a few sample pieces to see if you can get the threads balanced for FMQing first. You can do straight line quilting with a walking foot instead if you have trouble getting the 2 colours balanced.
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I always get a backing that coordinates with the front of the quilt top. If you are doing stitch in the ditch, you may just be OK. But if you are doing FMQ, the black thread will pop up and show on your light fabrics. That is why I try to make sure both threads are very similar.
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