The quilt from hell is done!
11-29-2008, 09:02 PM
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I;m sorry to hear about your troubles...
several years ago as a new quilter, I used a batting and a fleece for a backing...
I didn't do anything fancy for the quilting and it is one of my favorite feeling quilts...
currently I am tring to use a fleece for a backing again,,,but remember...again nothing fancy...up and down, top to bottom...then round the bindings...
wish me luck.
K
several years ago as a new quilter, I used a batting and a fleece for a backing...
I didn't do anything fancy for the quilting and it is one of my favorite feeling quilts...
currently I am tring to use a fleece for a backing again,,,but remember...again nothing fancy...up and down, top to bottom...then round the bindings...
wish me luck.
K
11-30-2008, 10:34 AM
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I use fleece for baby quilt backings. I just "tack" the quilt, rather than fully quilt it together. Prevents stretching. I also do it like an envelope and turn it right side out. No binding issues.
11-30-2008, 10:03 PM
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Hello everyone I'm new to the forum, but I just had to chuckle and make a small comment when I saw the title of this thread. The quilt looks wonderful! I would have never thought to use fleece as a backing though. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who dubs troublsome projects the quilts from hell! I started on one in January of this year that I don't think I will EVER tackle again. I might use some of the elements, but not make the entire quilt again. I hope to be done by Christmas as it is suppose to be a gift for my in laws, but we'll see. Happy quilting everyone!
12-01-2008, 08:41 AM
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Hmmm - I've made several 2 layer lap-sized quilts with fleece backing instead of 3-layer quilts with regular batting, but it does require a lot more preparation and organization than a regular quilt because of the weight.
I pin the daylights out of it and machine quilt using my Pfaff's built in walking foot. Maybe the lap quilt size makes a difference, - 60inches maximum (the width of the fleece) by 50 inches up to 70 inches - helps.
The pins are no more than a closed fist apart. I don't do any fancy quilting, and I quilt at least every 4 inches to hold the thing together. I machine sew straight lines ONLY on these quilts. I do all the vertical lines first, and then the horizontal lines. I've used both 'thin' fleece and 'heavy' fleece. I just finished a heavy fleece one last week, and it turned out beautifully. I prefer thin fleece, but I had the heavier fleece in the house, and I didn't feel like shopping. . .
I don't wrestle with all that weight. I back my sewing table into a corner, so the weight of the quilt is not falling off the table in back of the sewing machine. I set up a card table beside my sewing table and an ironing board next to me to keep the weight of the quilt from dragging on the needle --- and ME.
I should have taken a picture while I was doing this., but I never think to do that, and I don't know how to upload it anyway. When I'm at my table arrrangement , I'm almost surrounded by the table, card table and ironing board almost like a 'dot' in the middle of a C. I hope that gives you the 'picture.'
I pin the daylights out of it and machine quilt using my Pfaff's built in walking foot. Maybe the lap quilt size makes a difference, - 60inches maximum (the width of the fleece) by 50 inches up to 70 inches - helps.
The pins are no more than a closed fist apart. I don't do any fancy quilting, and I quilt at least every 4 inches to hold the thing together. I machine sew straight lines ONLY on these quilts. I do all the vertical lines first, and then the horizontal lines. I've used both 'thin' fleece and 'heavy' fleece. I just finished a heavy fleece one last week, and it turned out beautifully. I prefer thin fleece, but I had the heavier fleece in the house, and I didn't feel like shopping. . .
I don't wrestle with all that weight. I back my sewing table into a corner, so the weight of the quilt is not falling off the table in back of the sewing machine. I set up a card table beside my sewing table and an ironing board next to me to keep the weight of the quilt from dragging on the needle --- and ME.
I should have taken a picture while I was doing this., but I never think to do that, and I don't know how to upload it anyway. When I'm at my table arrrangement , I'm almost surrounded by the table, card table and ironing board almost like a 'dot' in the middle of a C. I hope that gives you the 'picture.'
12-01-2008, 08:47 AM
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WOW, thanks for the tip. I was thinking of backing my daughter's quilt (in the planning stages) with fleece. Regardless, it is a very pretty quilt and you should be proud. (and YOU didn't even realize you would be getting a workout.....LOL)
12-01-2008, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sandpat
Beaver Creek, you must learn that you can't just mention something here on the board and then NOT show us a pic!!!! :shock: We want to see your quilt from hell!!! I bet its just a beauty! BTW, welcome to the board.
BTW... the quilt is the Bible Quilt from the Rosemary Makan book. I've dubbed it the Bible quilt from hell. I will probably go to hell for calling it that though. LOL
Shelly
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