quilt stretcher
07-30-2010, 04:52 PM
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I was in my local thrift store today and they had this wooden contraption over by the fabrics and it was labeled quilt stretcher. I assume that it is a quilting frame. Are these used only for hand quilting?
07-30-2010, 05:31 PM
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Yes. I made one out of 2x4s and clamps. It can be used to pin-baste a quilt to get it ready for machine quilting. Other than that, it can be used to thread-baste a quilt for hand quilting in a hoop, or you can simply hand quilt on the stretcher frame (assuming you have enough room for it).
Found this thread that relates and has a photo:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-55940-1.htm
Found this thread that relates and has a photo:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-55940-1.htm
07-30-2010, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Prism99
Yes. I made one out of 2x4s and clamps. It can be used to pin-baste a quilt to get it ready for machine quilting. Other than that, it can be used to thread-baste a quilt for hand quilting in a hoop, or you can simply hand quilt on the stretcher frame (assuming you have enough room for it).
Found this thread that relates and has a photo:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-55940-1.htm
Found this thread that relates and has a photo:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-55940-1.htm
07-31-2010, 12:44 AM
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Be careful! I was at a garage sale one day and they had a "quilt stretcher" that had hundreds of tiny nails protruding from it. The man tried to tell me that it had been used to dry quilts on. I told him that the only reason he thought that was because he'd never used one--that it was really a CURTAIN STRETCHER and had been used to dry sheers on. I told him that I hated helping mom put the sheers on one of those things because she always got upset when I got blood on her freshly washed curtains.
07-31-2010, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by raptureready
Be careful! I was at a garage sale one day and they had a "quilt stretcher" that had hundreds of tiny nails protruding from it. The man tried to tell me that it had been used to dry quilts on. I told him that the only reason he thought that was because he'd never used one--that it was really a CURTAIN STRETCHER and had been used to dry sheers on. I told him that I hated helping mom put the sheers on one of those things because she always got upset when I got blood on her freshly washed curtains.
07-31-2010, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by raptureready
Be careful! I was at a garage sale one day and they had a "quilt stretcher" that had hundreds of tiny nails protruding from it. The man tried to tell me that it had been used to dry quilts on. I told him that the only reason he thought that was because he'd never used one--that it was really a CURTAIN STRETCHER and had been used to dry sheers on. I told him that I hated helping mom put the sheers on one of those things because she always got upset when I got blood on her freshly washed curtains.
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07-31-2010, 02:46 AM
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I got suckered into buying one several years ago with the same story!
I had just started quilting and had never seen a hand quilting frame!
Have sen several at estate auctions and the auctioneers call them quilt frames too!
gets them a sale!
I had just started quilting and had never seen a hand quilting frame!
Have sen several at estate auctions and the auctioneers call them quilt frames too!
gets them a sale!
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