A friend gave me a stash of lovely corduroy in various colors, weights, and wale widths, wanting me to make her a quilt.
I decided to do a modified log cabin with an 8" center square and 2 sets of 2" strips. Unfortunately she seems to want it done by machine and I much prefer doing both the piecing and the quilting by hand, as I can get things to match up more easily that way. I'm wondering if the problem is that I made my strips too narrow (2" wide) for the wider wale ones to stitch right. Also the tiny wale width strips seem to be stretching as I sew. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
I have never tried making a quilt with corduroy. Sure hope someone here can help. I'd like to see a picture when it's done. Sounds very cozy.
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Me neither...not til this one, anyway. At this point it's never again either!
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Mom:
It sounds as if you may have bitten off more than I would like to chew. Corduroy is a b---- to sew. It ravels unmercifully and will fray and stretch even after they're sewn. I grew up making clothes when corduroy was really in style and hated every stitch I made on it. If I WERE to make a quilt using corduroy, I'd make a very small one. If at all possible, I'd serge it together and back it with a light weight flannel so I wouldn't need to use a batting. Weight will be a problem in keeping such a quilt together after it's finished. I would never hand stitch this project, let alone hand quilt it. Good luck to you! Good luck to you. If you |
Originally Posted by Marjpf
I have never tried making a quilt with corduroy. Sure hope someone here can help. I'd like to see a picture when it's done. Sounds very cozy.
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I think the pattern is mismatched with the fabric. I've done sqaures and corduroy and that was hard enough.
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Years ago, I made a crazy patch quilt, all different types of corduroy. I zigzagged the edges and then used 1/2" seams, don't know if this will help you...
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Are you able to use a fusible backing on the small cord pieces? That seems like it would help to not stretch.
I would also suggest support support support... in the way of serging, machine stitching and extra quilting on the top when you're all done. GOOD LUCK! |
You are going to run into trouble along at least two sides because the ribs won't line up. I'm not sure that a wider piece would help that much. All I can recommend is PIN PIN PIN!
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I wish you luck with your quilt . Years ago I bought a pack of precut quilt squares for a patchwork quilt . Not knowing then about quilting :roll: . I sewed thw squares together , no problem . Then I get the bright idea of using corduroy strips for the back [ dumb idea by the way ]. A friend had given me the corduroy strips . Well I got it together and my daughter used it on her bed [ teenager at the time ]. It frayed so much the back all came apart ! I had even zigzagged it , didn't help . Maybe the fusible interfacing might help . But this will be a very heavy quilt ! This is just one of my goofed up experiences :shock: Good luck , Annie
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