Hand Embroidery
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Hand Embroidery
I am going to do a quilt with some hand embroidered blocks. I have done a little embroidery but mostly dish towels or little wall hangings. I have used what is called quilters fleece on the back of a block of a wall hanging to keep the threads and knots from showing on the front and to give the design some definition, but sometimes tiny bits of the fleece come thru to the front with the stitches. What do you recommend I use as a backing for the embroidered blocks since the fabric is white and they will be in a quilt that will be laundered?
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If my white fabric is too thin I will double it up and do two layers but that is rarely necessary. I have found Robert Kaufman Kona solids and Moda Bella solids plenty thick to hide travelling lines on hand embroidery. When I knot off I weave the tail into previous stitches before knotting to hide those. Once layered up with batting and quilted I have had no issues. Here is an example of a quilt I recently finished that had sashiko hand embroidery on white with dark blue thread. This is one layer and none is showing through.