A friend gave me a stash of lovely corduroy in various colors, weights, and wale widths, wanting me to make her a quilt.

I decided to do a modified log cabin with an 8" center square and 2 sets of 2" strips.

Unfortunately she seems to want it done by machine and I much prefer doing both the piecing and the quilting by hand, as I can get things to match up more easily that way.

I'm wondering if the problem is that I made my strips too narrow (2" wide) for the wider wale ones to stitch right.

Also the tiny wale width strips seem to be stretching as I sew.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I have never tried making a quilt with corduroy. Sure hope someone here can help. I'd like to see a picture when it's done. Sounds very cozy.

Me neither...not til this one, anyway. At this point it's never again either!

Mom:
It sounds as if you may have bitten off more than I would like to chew. Corduroy is a b---- to sew. It ravels unmercifully and will fray and stretch even after they're sewn. I grew up making clothes when corduroy was really in style and hated every stitch I made on it.
If I WERE to make a quilt using corduroy, I'd make a very small one. If at all possible, I'd serge it together and back it with a light weight flannel so I wouldn't need to use a batting. Weight will be a problem in keeping such a quilt together after it's finished. I would never hand stitch this project, let alone hand quilt it.
Good luck to you!
Good luck to you. If you

I have never used corduroy either.

I think the pattern is mismatched with the fabric. I've done sqaures and corduroy and that was hard enough.

Years ago, I made a crazy patch quilt, all different types of corduroy. I zigzagged the edges and then used 1/2" seams, don't know if this will help you...

Are you able to use a fusible backing on the small cord pieces? That seems like it would help to not stretch.

I would also suggest support support support... in the way of serging, machine stitching and extra quilting on the top when you're all done.

GOOD LUCK!

You are going to run into trouble along at least two sides because the ribs won't line up. I'm not sure that a wider piece would help that much. All I can recommend is PIN PIN PIN!

I wish you luck with your quilt . Years ago I bought a pack of precut quilt squares for a patchwork quilt . Not knowing then about quilting :roll: . I sewed thw squares together , no problem . Then I get the bright idea of using corduroy strips for the back [ dumb idea by the way ]. A friend had given me the corduroy strips . Well I got it together and my daughter used it on her bed [ teenager at the time ]. It frayed so much the back all came apart ! I had even zigzagged it , didn't help . Maybe the fusible interfacing might help . But this will be a very heavy quilt ! This is just one of my goofed up experiences :shock: Good luck , Annie