So it's one of those days.
01-25-2013, 12:44 PM
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I think I fixed it, but I'm still mad. The front looked the best Iv' ever done. I took out the ends of loops and redid them as best I could. It's the few inches on one edge. It looks OK and if it's on a bed the stitches on one edge aren't really what people see. I put my least perfect quilt blocks there too on every quilt I make. I might have to work on something else for the rest of today since that took half of my day and I'm still mad at it.
01-25-2013, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
I sit in the recliner with a big ole Coke and a chocolate candy bar and my sexy romance book and pout for an hour or so.
Jan in VA
Jan in VA
I had to take out micro stippling ONCE--man, what a pain!
01-26-2013, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Prism99
I found that it helps a *lot* to heavily starch the backing fabric before layering (I use a 1:1 solution of Sta-Flo and water), and to spray baste with 505. Starch stabilizes the fabric, making it harder for it to stretch or bend or fold over on its own. Spray basting makes a continuous connection between the 3 layers (instead of, say, connecting the layers with pins 4 inches apart). These two things have prevented puckers for me.
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01-26-2013, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by majormom
Do you use the starch in a spray bottle or do you immerse the backing into the starch? Is that a dumb question? :-/
You can use starch even if a quilt has already been sandwiched. Lay it on the floor and mist with spray starch (I used the canned spray starch) several times, allowing each starch layer to dry before adding the next (a fan will speed up drying time). The backing won't be as stiff, but this is often enough to stop puckers. You can also spray starch the top to help prevent puckers on the top when machine quilting (especially useful if your quilting lines will be crossing each other, as in crosshatching).
01-27-2013, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by barny
Jan in VA, you are getting a double shot of energy. LOL Pretty soon you'll feel that surge and up and out of the chair you'll go and take out the stitching. Grin! Barny
I wish it for all of you! (Well, the retired part anyway.
)Jan in VA
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