Utility Quilting
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Utility Quilting
I've just recently learned of utility quilting, and am intrigued by it. Have any of you done it, and if so, what did you use in the way of threads and needles?
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The only thing I know is that it is the way some women quilted years ago when they were making a true utility quilt. They hand quilted it, but not in the teeny stitches we like to achieve. Apparently, the stitches were about 1/4" apart, and they were not quilted with a fine thread, but something larger. There is a book called Utility Stitching, and it apparently has been out of print for quite some time. You can find them, but they are $$$$expensive$$$$! So, I'm trying to find out more. Guess this will be educational for several of us!
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That sounds the same as "Big Stitch" quilting. Basically all it means is using a larger needle, larger thread (such as a fine crochet thread), and making the stitches larger -- about 1/4" long and that distance apart.
Is this the book you mean?
http://www.amazon.com/Utility-Quilti...dp/1935726145/
Is this the book you mean?
http://www.amazon.com/Utility-Quilti...dp/1935726145/
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The only thing I know is that it is the way some women quilted years ago when they were making a true utility quilt. They hand quilted it, but not in the teeny stitches we like to achieve. Apparently, the stitches were about 1/4" apart, and they were not quilted with a fine thread, but something larger. There is a book called Utility Stitching, and it apparently has been out of print for quite some time. You can find them, but they are $$$$expensive$$$$! So, I'm trying to find out more. Guess this will be educational for several of us!
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That sounds the same as "Big Stitch" quilting. Basically all it means is using a larger needle, larger thread (such as a fine crochet thread), and making the stitches larger -- about 1/4" long and that distance apart.
Is this the book you mean?
http://www.amazon.com/Utility-Quilti...dp/1935726145/
Is this the book you mean?
http://www.amazon.com/Utility-Quilti...dp/1935726145/
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