RAG QUILT AS YOU GO QUILT
08-09-2009, 09:22 AM
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This comes from Cut, Sew, Quilt as you go designed by Seri Bignell by Leisure Artsrts
My problem is that I planned to put this in the fair, but it comes out of the dryer so wrinkled and I don't like that. I think though this may be how it is supposed to be. Well here are the pictures and I hope someone know the answer and if it's not supposed to be wrinkled can tell me what to do.
Thanks Jan
My problem is that I planned to put this in the fair, but it comes out of the dryer so wrinkled and I don't like that. I think though this may be how it is supposed to be. Well here are the pictures and I hope someone know the answer and if it's not supposed to be wrinkled can tell me what to do.
Thanks Jan
08-09-2009, 09:53 AM
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I really like it too! You could try what I did with one of my quilts. It just would NOT lay flat, every time I tried to smooth it out, it fought with me. So I took a sheet put it on my carpeted family room floor and then put the quilt on top of that and T-pined it, spraying it with a squirt bottle and kept working with it, smoothing and pinning, until I got it nice and flat and put many T-pins all around and then when it was flat and to my satisfaction I sprayed it even more! I let it try and when I took the pins out it soon learned just who was in control. I'm not sure this will work for you with the batting and quilting but it might be worth a try, I had blocked my quilt like this before I sandwiched it?
Let us know if you try it, I would like to know.
Let us know if you try it, I would like to know.
08-09-2009, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Crissie
I really like it too! You could try what I did with one of my quilts. It just would NOT lay flat, every time I tried to smooth it out, it fought with me. So I took a sheet put it on my carpeted family room floor and then put the quilt on top of that and T-pined it, spraying it with a squirt bottle and kept working with it, smoothing and pinning, until I got it nice and flat and put many T-pins all around and then when it was flat and to my satisfaction I sprayed it even more! I let it try and when I took the pins out it soon learned just who was in control. I'm not sure this will work for you with the batting and quilting but it might be worth a try, I had blocked my quilt like this before I sandwiched it?
Let us know if you try it, I would like to know.
Let us know if you try it, I would like to know.
08-09-2009, 10:48 AM
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I think it is a very pretty quilt, love the colors and design. Is it flannel?
I understand what you are saying though, that you didn't expect it to have wrinkles and you would like to do something about them. Usually wrinkles will form after washing if part of the quilt is not quilted at the same density as the rest of the quilt. It's hard to tell from pictures, but if that's the case then it might be possible to do some additional quilting (to tame the wrinkling) and then wash again. If not - well, it's still a beautiful quilt, just not what you expected.
I understand what you are saying though, that you didn't expect it to have wrinkles and you would like to do something about them. Usually wrinkles will form after washing if part of the quilt is not quilted at the same density as the rest of the quilt. It's hard to tell from pictures, but if that's the case then it might be possible to do some additional quilting (to tame the wrinkling) and then wash again. If not - well, it's still a beautiful quilt, just not what you expected.
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