Threads all over back of flimsy after washing
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I'm not the one to give advice on patchwork, but that is normal. I have never seen quilters use binding or any seam type closing the edge of the fabric. It usually holds up, wash after wash, decade after decade, since there's layers of batting and backing fabric you will not notice. You can always trim the freying thread ends, is it a lot of work?
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Unless a top is filthy, I quilt it before washing. Since you already have the problem, I would recommend trimming all the strings around your white sections so they don’t show through the quilt after quilting. The strings in the dark sections I would leave. Be careful not to pull and strings while trimming in case you completely fray out the seam allowance.
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Unless a top is filthy, I quilt it before washing. Since you already have the problem, I would recommend trimming all the strings around your white sections so they don’t show through the quilt after quilting. The strings in the dark sections I would leave. Be careful not to pull and strings while trimming in case you completely fray out the seam allowance.
OK, I know you're all going to ask, so here's the doltish maneuver: I has some rust spots I wanted to see if I could get out, so I used some CLR bathroom cleaner. It's an acid, what could go wrong, right? Also, I'm sure I didn't rinse it out well enough, and when I pressed one of those spots, which had indeed disappeared, by the way, the was a scorched spot. Uh, oh... And when I scratched the spot, it disintegrated. Yeah, that's definitely gonna leave a mark, right?
Well, you know they say we learn our best lessons from our mistakes. It seems to be working for me...
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I washed it because I got a spot wet, and the purple glue stick got purple again, and it freaked me out, lol. Also, its made from plaid shirts, and there were a few pieces that were a bit dodgy, and i was afraid they'd split at a seam when it was washed, and I wanted to know before I did all the work of quilting it. Also, I did a stupid thing when I removed some spots, and i was afraid there may have been a remaining piece of the white fabric that was still affected by the stupidity which would have made a hole after washing. So, it was mostly to check that the patchwork was in good enough shape to go on to the next step.
OK, I know you're all going to ask, so here's the doltish maneuver: I has some rust spots I wanted to see if I could get out, so I used some CLR bathroom cleaner. It's an acid, what could go wrong, right? Also, I'm sure I didn't rinse it out well enough, and when I pressed one of those spots, which had indeed disappeared, by the way, the was a scorched spot. Uh, oh... And when I scratched the spot, it disintegrated. Yeah, that's definitely gonna leave a mark, right?
Well, you know they say we learn our best lessons from our mistakes. It seems to be working for me...
OK, I know you're all going to ask, so here's the doltish maneuver: I has some rust spots I wanted to see if I could get out, so I used some CLR bathroom cleaner. It's an acid, what could go wrong, right? Also, I'm sure I didn't rinse it out well enough, and when I pressed one of those spots, which had indeed disappeared, by the way, the was a scorched spot. Uh, oh... And when I scratched the spot, it disintegrated. Yeah, that's definitely gonna leave a mark, right?
Well, you know they say we learn our best lessons from our mistakes. It seems to be working for me...
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I'd pick a comfortable chair and trim all those little threads, being very careful to not cut a hole in any of the pieced quilt. I would probably press it first, so everything is laying flat, but not really sure about that.
Edited to add: I am ADD about trimming all those extra threads when just doing piecing, much less, if I had to wash the top before it was quilted. I quilt my own quilts on a longarm and have had to unroll to trim a thread when I could see it through the batting.
Edited to add: I am ADD about trimming all those extra threads when just doing piecing, much less, if I had to wash the top before it was quilted. I quilt my own quilts on a longarm and have had to unroll to trim a thread when I could see it through the batting.
Last edited by Barb in Louisiana; 09-16-2018 at 04:12 PM.
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