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Jmillie 02-19-2013 05:06 AM

Is this a child's size? It is adorable
Jmillie

Jmillie 02-19-2013 05:10 AM

Wonderful tutorial. I have seen these made and almost took a class for it once. Now having access to a tutorial, sure is more tempting.
Jmillie

mountain deb 02-19-2013 04:56 PM

I got my mom hooked on these. She had to pick out smaller sewing projects due to her hands. Quilts just got to be to big for her any more.

ykreeves 01-10-2014 06:39 AM

Has anyone done these jackets using fleece fabric?

Quilted Dogs 01-10-2014 10:28 AM

Sounds like a good idea to use fleece, I would like to try it with a fleece indian print and use sherpa to line it... Yeah I want to try it

SewExtremeSeams 01-10-2014 10:39 AM

Looks great! Thanks.

Kira Adare 01-10-2014 12:31 PM

I made one of these a couple years ago in class and we had so much fun! I made mine out of a dark blue sweatshirt and a variety of snowflake fabrics. We used glue sticks to glue the fabric pieces on the sweatshirt; I had so much fun that I became addicted to glue sticks for quilting LOL I never took a picture of it and unfortunately I left it at a restaurant and it was gone by the time I got back :( The instructions here are are almost exactly how we did ours - so thank you for the GREAT tutorial!!! I look forward to making another one; my office is always freezing cold and another one of these would be perfect.

Katiedid2 01-11-2014 08:36 AM

Like to try this ~ neat idea

PlanoDebbie 01-11-2014 10:23 PM

I happen to find the following video on Youtube this afternoon from Kaye Wood and her guest showing how to make a fractured bargello jacket similar to this tutorial, but a bit more structured. I've never made a bargello quilt, but I loved the way this jacket turned out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9CX8xDNn8w

Regardless of which method you prefer, the guest on this video gave one huge tip. Have your sweatshirt wrong-side out when attaching the fabric. You should sew to the fuzzy side. That puts the nice smooth side of your sweatshirt to the inside. By putting the sweatshirt inside-out, you don't have to worry about the fuzzy inside of your jacket pilling up on you or your clothes.

Granny Snow 09-08-2017 11:21 AM


Originally Posted by UglyCook (Post 1146661)
Ok, I decided on the medium blue thread. I set my zig zag stitch length at 1.0. There will be some fraying so I wanted the stitching to contain it somewhat.

I start by running a straight stitch around the outside edges, there's no need for zigzagging since those edges will be either in the seam or under the binding.

Be careful not to stretch the sweatshirt while you are stitching the pieces on.

I straight stitch along the sides of any pieces on an outside edge that won't show
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Here's what my zig zag stitches look like
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Hello. I have just spent this afternoon sewing patches onto a sweat shirt and I'm not happy with it. I sprayed temporary glue on the patches and stuck them on. However, they kept falling off. Does the tutor in the tutorial stick them on one by one and then sew around them? Her patches look so neat; I wish mine did. Best wishes.


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