need some advice
04-17-2012, 07:22 AM
#23
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Beautiful! Love the blue..Since they live in San Antonio, I would use awarm and natural cotton batting, not fleece. I live in Texas and it is summer nine months of the year. They would really like a light weight quilt.....just right under the air conditioning. They will love your work.
All over meadering pattern would be great since it is such a large quilt...l.quilt center motif following motif lines, then do stipple around that....
Diana in TX
All over meadering pattern would be great since it is such a large quilt...l.quilt center motif following motif lines, then do stipple around that....
Diana in TX
Last edited by Lady Diana; 04-17-2012 at 07:25 AM.
04-17-2012, 02:24 PM
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Beautiful quilt! I think fleece is warmer than a cotton batting. Plus it can stretch, especially on a large quilt that isn't quilted with straight lines. Another alternative would be to use flannel instead of batting or fleece - BUT be sure to shrink it by prewashing 3 or 4 times.
04-17-2012, 03:35 PM
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Carol....please let me know what you do.....Iam in the process of making a t/shirt quilt for my D/L and she wants the back to be fleece....so I wont be putting any batting in the middle because the fleece will make it heavy enough....Ive not ever tried quilting on fleece.....so when you do decide to quilt a design I so would appreciate it if you let me know how this works....thx ever so much........Trish
04-18-2012, 06:52 AM
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Carol, I've wanted a peacock bedspread since I saw a chenille one hanging on line at a roadside stand. There are so many wonderful quilting ideas tendered here I don't think I could add any better but when I first looked at your beautiful top I thought "India" and embellishment with metallic or silk-like threads and spangles. It's beautiful.
04-18-2012, 07:51 AM
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Carol....please let me know what you do.....Iam in the process of making a t/shirt quilt for my D/L and she wants the back to be fleece....so I wont be putting any batting in the middle because the fleece will make it heavy enough....Ive not ever tried quilting on fleece.....so when you do decide to quilt a design I so would appreciate it if you let me know how this works....thx ever so much........Trish
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