Tying off a quilt instead of quilting?
02-01-2011, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by newbee3
how far apart are the ties
02-01-2011, 03:33 AM
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Originally Posted by GrandmK
I have one made of Pine. The more you use it the easier it is to use. I use thumb tacks to put the back on. I stretch as much as I can safely stretch. Then I lay the batting on. I use from a company that makes snowmobile suits. It has never bunched up or worn out. then I lay the pieced top and stretch:that. After I tie and take the thumb tacks out it "poof's up" I like a soft poofy warm quilt. 20 below this AM
Don't the thumb tacks leave holes in the material?
02-01-2011, 06:35 AM
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Randa, I see you are in Maynard...I am from Iowa and had to look up "where id Maynard"...found it close to Waverly where I went to college...I should have known......
02-01-2011, 11:01 AM
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No I have never had holes in the material. Maybe I think I stretch it tighter than I actually do!! LOL
This is the link to their site http://okleequilting.com/store/ They USE to be snowmobile store but a lot of quilters use them as you can see. I bought my first snowmobile suit from them 40 years ago and still have it. Don't wear it any more but could if I needed to. I washed it a lot also.
I usually buy the 6.5 oz but one time by mistake got the 8 oz and my husband complained it was to warm!!!!
We threw a piece in the washing machine (like a 12 inch square) with towels and it never changed shape even with no tying or anything to hold it in place. It makes a very cuddly quilt. Some times a few of us get together and order a row or 1/2 row and divide it up!! Hope this helps
GrandmaK, where do you buy your snowmobile batting? This would be perfect for car quilts! And can you give a ballpark price? (Love your quilt and you sure remind me of my gramma at the quilt frame!! Great memories!)
Don't the thumb tacks leave holes in the material?
This is the link to their site http://okleequilting.com/store/ They USE to be snowmobile store but a lot of quilters use them as you can see. I bought my first snowmobile suit from them 40 years ago and still have it. Don't wear it any more but could if I needed to. I washed it a lot also.
I usually buy the 6.5 oz but one time by mistake got the 8 oz and my husband complained it was to warm!!!!
We threw a piece in the washing machine (like a 12 inch square) with towels and it never changed shape even with no tying or anything to hold it in place. It makes a very cuddly quilt. Some times a few of us get together and order a row or 1/2 row and divide it up!! Hope this helps
Originally Posted by Randa
Originally Posted by GrandmK
I have one made of Pine. The more you use it the easier it is to use. I use thumb tacks to put the back on. I stretch as much as I can safely stretch. Then I lay the batting on. I use from a company that makes snowmobile suits. It has never bunched up or worn out. then I lay the pieced top and stretch:that. After I tie and take the thumb tacks out it "poof's up" I like a soft poofy warm quilt. 20 below this AM
Don't the thumb tacks leave holes in the material?
02-01-2011, 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by kathidahl
Randa, I see you are in Maynard...I am from Iowa and had to look up "where id Maynard"...found it close to Waverly where I went to college...I should have known......
02-01-2011, 03:25 PM
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I was born and raised till high school in Mason City. Graduated from Rockford High School and got my Associate Degree as a Parish Worker at Wartburg. I still have family in Mason City..I think my nephew Chris Frenz was on the radio in Fredricksburg before he went to KGLO.
02-01-2011, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by GrandmK
No I have never had holes in the material. Maybe I think I stretch it tighter than I actually do!! LOL
This is the link to their site http://okleequilting.com/store/ They USE to be snowmobile store but a lot of quilters use them as you can see. I bought my first snowmobile suit from them 40 years ago and still have it. Don't wear it any more but could if I needed to. I washed it a lot also.
I usually buy the 6.5 oz but one time by mistake got the 8 oz and my husband complained it was to warm!!!!
We threw a piece in the washing machine (like a 12 inch square) with towels and it never changed shape even with no tying or anything to hold it in place. It makes a very cuddly quilt. Some times a few of us get together and order a row or 1/2 row and divide it up!! Hope this helps
GrandmaK, where do you buy your snowmobile batting? This would be perfect for car quilts! And can you give a ballpark price? (Love your quilt and you sure remind me of my gramma at the quilt frame!! Great memories!)
Don't the thumb tacks leave holes in the material?
This is the link to their site http://okleequilting.com/store/ They USE to be snowmobile store but a lot of quilters use them as you can see. I bought my first snowmobile suit from them 40 years ago and still have it. Don't wear it any more but could if I needed to. I washed it a lot also.
I usually buy the 6.5 oz but one time by mistake got the 8 oz and my husband complained it was to warm!!!!
We threw a piece in the washing machine (like a 12 inch square) with towels and it never changed shape even with no tying or anything to hold it in place. It makes a very cuddly quilt. Some times a few of us get together and order a row or 1/2 row and divide it up!! Hope this helps
Originally Posted by Randa
Originally Posted by GrandmK
I have one made of Pine. The more you use it the easier it is to use. I use thumb tacks to put the back on. I stretch as much as I can safely stretch. Then I lay the batting on. I use from a company that makes snowmobile suits. It has never bunched up or worn out. then I lay the pieced top and stretch:that. After I tie and take the thumb tacks out it "poof's up" I like a soft poofy warm quilt. 20 below this AM
Don't the thumb tacks leave holes in the material?
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