UGH, I can't believe I did this...
03-17-2011, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace
Sorry, I'm having problems visualizing why you don't just pre wash your fabric? I've never heard of anyone washing a top with batting only. I would think it would fall apart every time, not just this once.
03-17-2011, 12:55 PM
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Ok I am going to try expliaining it!
What I do is make the top like any other top, then I baste it like any other quilt top MINUS the backing. Then I quilt it like any other quilt. MINUS the backing. Then once I am done quilting I stitch around the outside of the whole quilt so the edges don't fray in the wash. I throw it in the wash, toss it in the dryer. Pull it out, baste it to the backing and do VERY MINIMAL quilting through all three layers. Just enough to hold them together so the backing doesn't become baggy!
The scrim is a mesh like stuff that holds the warm and natural together. So when I quilt I quilt with it OUT. Well NORMALLY thats how I do it. If you do not do it like that, this is the result!
What I do is make the top like any other top, then I baste it like any other quilt top MINUS the backing. Then I quilt it like any other quilt. MINUS the backing. Then once I am done quilting I stitch around the outside of the whole quilt so the edges don't fray in the wash. I throw it in the wash, toss it in the dryer. Pull it out, baste it to the backing and do VERY MINIMAL quilting through all three layers. Just enough to hold them together so the backing doesn't become baggy!
The scrim is a mesh like stuff that holds the warm and natural together. So when I quilt I quilt with it OUT. Well NORMALLY thats how I do it. If you do not do it like that, this is the result!
this is how it pulls away! Kinda like old quilts look after YEARS of use!
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This is what it is SUPPOSED to look like!
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The scrim that is left behind! Next to the quilt, right where its NOT supposed to be!
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03-17-2011, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
OMG! Did your washer drain plug up, too? Not that starting over on your quilt isn't enough of a problem, but I keep wonder what will happen on your next load of laundry?!?!?!
Anyways, I have moved on to the next! Zach will understand. lol thankfully he doesn't know he is supposed to be getting it. I'll get his done next week!
03-17-2011, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Okay -- I understand WHAT you do now but I don't understand WHY you do it that way. Seems like a lot of work!!!?????
Its really not that bad, had I not hit this snag I would have finished two 48"x60" quilts in two days!
03-17-2011, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Okay -- I understand WHAT you do now but I don't understand WHY you do it that way. Seems like a lot of work!!!?????
Its really not that bad, had I not hit this snag I would have finished two 48"x60" quilts in two days!
03-17-2011, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
Ok I am going to try expliaining it!
What I do is make the top like any other top, then I baste it like any other quilt top MINUS the backing. Then I quilt it like any other quilt. MINUS the backing. Then once I am done quilting I stitch around the outside of the whole quilt so the edges don't fray in the wash. I throw it in the wash, toss it in the dryer. Pull it out, baste it to the backing and do VERY MINIMAL quilting through all three layers. Just enough to hold them together so the backing doesn't become baggy!
The scrim is a mesh like stuff that holds the warm and natural together. So when I quilt I quilt with it OUT. Well NORMALLY thats how I do it. If you do not do it like that, this is the result!
What I do is make the top like any other top, then I baste it like any other quilt top MINUS the backing. Then I quilt it like any other quilt. MINUS the backing. Then once I am done quilting I stitch around the outside of the whole quilt so the edges don't fray in the wash. I throw it in the wash, toss it in the dryer. Pull it out, baste it to the backing and do VERY MINIMAL quilting through all three layers. Just enough to hold them together so the backing doesn't become baggy!
The scrim is a mesh like stuff that holds the warm and natural together. So when I quilt I quilt with it OUT. Well NORMALLY thats how I do it. If you do not do it like that, this is the result!
03-17-2011, 02:30 PM
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i use Heirlooms 80/20 cotton batting. usually fusible. and i'
ve put the batting under the top and fused and quilted it and then added backing and done the binding. then washed!! if i spray basted, i do the top to the batting and turn over and spray the backing to the batting, then quilt.
i think i only have one pkg of batting that mentions scrim. i will watch that one but still, i add backing before washing the quilt.
ve put the batting under the top and fused and quilted it and then added backing and done the binding. then washed!! if i spray basted, i do the top to the batting and turn over and spray the backing to the batting, then quilt.
i think i only have one pkg of batting that mentions scrim. i will watch that one but still, i add backing before washing the quilt.
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