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Feece as Backing Question (longish)
Hi,
My younger sister was in town briefly and stopped by my place. Of course my dining room table had my huge cutting mat and quilty stuff covering it. She starts asking me questions about quilting. She had just bought a sewing machine and a book and fabric for a quilt. (She is very spontaneous.) I learn that she wants to make a queen sized pinwheel quilt for her first project. Nothing like starting big :) And she tells me that she bought fleece to use as the backing. She said that she did not like the book that she bought- she said she couldn't understand it and that she was returning it. So I gave her a quick pattern for a pinwheel block, explained making HST, and loaned her my copy of A Quilter's Complete Guide by Fons and Porter. I told her if she had any questions to call or email me for help. Well, I was just thinking about her project, and I wonder how people who use fleece as backing finish the edges of their quilts. Do you stitch and turn, birth, or bind? I know how to bind a regular quilt but I have never worked with fleece in a quilt. Any help or methods are welcome. I guess we have another quilter-in-training now. BG Thanks and happy stitching, Julie Richmond, VA |
The one that's on my daybed in my sewing room (not the study, the sewing
room!) is a 3-rail fence done in pastel poly-cotton and backed with white fleece. I birthed this baby and tied her and she is wonderful. So simple yet so cute and very very snuggley. Hmmmm might have to make another one as I've just been given another 2 bags of fabric scraps. Maybe a scrappy fence? Or a scrappy nine-patch? Or maybe I'd best finish Wayne's quilt first. -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals wrote in message .net... Hi, My younger sister was in town briefly and stopped by my place. Of course my dining room table had my huge cutting mat and quilty stuff covering it. She starts asking me questions about quilting. She had just bought a sewing machine and a book and fabric for a quilt. (She is very spontaneous.) I learn that she wants to make a queen sized pinwheel quilt for her first project. Nothing like starting big :) And she tells me that she bought fleece to use as the backing. She said that she did not like the book that she bought- she said she couldn't understand it and that she was returning it. So I gave her a quick pattern for a pinwheel block, explained making HST, and loaned her my copy of A Quilter's Complete Guide by Fons and Porter. I told her if she had any questions to call or email me for help. Well, I was just thinking about her project, and I wonder how people who use fleece as backing finish the edges of their quilts. Do you stitch and turn, birth, or bind? I know how to bind a regular quilt but I have never worked with fleece in a quilt. Any help or methods are welcome. I guess we have another quilter-in-training now. BG Thanks and happy stitching, Julie Richmond, VA |
I've done both with fleece.
In a birthed quilt, I just make a bag and turn it. Clip the corners before you turn. Poke 'em out with a pointing thing (I use the tips of my scissors, but that's dangerous if they are sharp). The other way, I back it, tie it off, and then pull the extra fleece over the front and use it as binding. Merry Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once http://www.stardancerpress.com/MerryStahel/ http://community.webshots.com/user/merrystahel |
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You loaned her your Fons & Porter? Boy, you trust your sister a whole lot
more than I trust any of mine. -- Ruth in Happy Camp wrote in message .net... Hi, My younger sister was in town briefly and stopped by my place. Of course my dining room table had my huge cutting mat and quilty stuff covering it. She starts asking me questions about quilting. She had just bought a sewing machine and a book and fabric for a quilt. (She is very spontaneous.) I learn that she wants to make a queen sized pinwheel quilt for her first project. Nothing like starting big :) And she tells me that she bought fleece to use as the backing. She said that she did not like the book that she bought- she said she couldn't understand it and that she was returning it. So I gave her a quick pattern for a pinwheel block, explained making HST, and loaned her my copy of A Quilter's Complete Guide by Fons and Porter. I told her if she had any questions to call or email me for help. Well, I was just thinking about her project, and I wonder how people who use fleece as backing finish the edges of their quilts. Do you stitch and turn, birth, or bind? I know how to bind a regular quilt but I have never worked with fleece in a quilt. Any help or methods are welcome. I guess we have another quilter-in-training now. BG Thanks and happy stitching, Julie Richmond, VA |
Umm from what I can remember (and remember I was new to the SM when I made
this!) I sorta just sewed to about 1/4" from the end, turned it, kept going, turned and kept going, etc. When it came time to birth I think I clipped away a bit of the excess fabric around the corners but didn't get too fussy.. -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals "Polly Esther" wrote in message hlink.net... Sharon, how did you deal with birthing the corners? Did you round them off a bit and clip lots or what? I like the idea but need the details. Polly Sharon Harper wrote in message u... The one that's on my daybed in my sewing room (not the study, the sewing room!) is a 3-rail fence done in pastel poly-cotton and backed with white fleece. I birthed this baby and tied her and she is wonderful. So simple yet so cute and very very snuggley. Hmmmm might have to make another one as I've just been given another 2 bags of fabric scraps. Maybe a scrappy fence? Or a scrappy nine-patch? Or maybe I'd best finish Wayne's quilt first. -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals wrote in message .net... Hi, My younger sister was in town briefly and stopped by my place. Of course my dining room table had my huge cutting mat and quilty stuff covering it. She starts asking me questions about quilting. She had just bought a sewing machine and a book and fabric for a quilt. (She is very spontaneous.) I learn that she wants to make a queen sized pinwheel quilt for her first project. Nothing like starting big :) And she tells me that she bought fleece to use as the backing. She said that she did not like the book that she bought- she said she couldn't understand it and that she was returning it. So I gave her a quick pattern for a pinwheel block, explained making HST, and loaned her my copy of A Quilter's Complete Guide by Fons and Porter. I told her if she had any questions to call or email me for help. Well, I was just thinking about her project, and I wonder how people who use fleece as backing finish the edges of their quilts. Do you stitch and turn, birth, or bind? I know how to bind a regular quilt but I have never worked with fleece in a quilt. Any help or methods are welcome. I guess we have another quilter-in-training now. BG Thanks and happy stitching, Julie Richmond, VA |
Ooooh sneaky! Thanks for this tip - I'm saving for future reference!!
-- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals "Patti" wrote in message ... Hullo Polly Just my pennyworth in here, too! This is a likely situation for using the old tailoring trick for turning sharp corners: instead of pivoting and simply changing direction at the corner, stop a little before the quarter inch, then turn the quilt half way round (I mean 45 degrees), sew one or two stitches on the diagonal, then turn it again (the other 45) and proceed down the next side. Although this looks as if it will blunt the corner, all it does is allow a little 'space' for all the extra bulk to be turned into. The resulting corner will be beautiful . In article k.net, Polly Esther writes Sharon, how did you deal with birthing the corners? Did you round them off a bit and clip lots or what? I like the idea but need the details. Polly -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
You can bind them in the exact same way you do with a 'regular' quilt.
Fleece is a great backing! -- LN in NH a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts! http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed wrote in message .net... Hi, My younger sister was in town briefly and stopped by my place. Of course my dining room table had my huge cutting mat and quilty stuff covering it. She starts asking me questions about quilting. She had just bought a sewing machine and a book and fabric for a quilt. (She is very spontaneous.) I learn that she wants to make a queen sized pinwheel quilt for her first project. Nothing like starting big :) And she tells me that she bought fleece to use as the backing. She said that she did not like the book that she bought- she said she couldn't understand it and that she was returning it. So I gave her a quick pattern for a pinwheel block, explained making HST, and loaned her my copy of A Quilter's Complete Guide by Fons and Porter. I told her if she had any questions to call or email me for help. Well, I was just thinking about her project, and I wonder how people who use fleece as backing finish the edges of their quilts. Do you stitch and turn, birth, or bind? I know how to bind a regular quilt but I have never worked with fleece in a quilt. Any help or methods are welcome. I guess we have another quilter-in-training now. BG Thanks and happy stitching, Julie Richmond, VA |
wrote in message .net... Well, I was just thinking about her project, and I wonder how people who use fleece as backing finish the edges of their quilts. Do you stitch and turn, birth, or bind? I have lots of customers who use fleece as a backing for kids quilts. Since I won't work on birthed quilts, that means they all do some form of binding, usually an applied binding. Fleece does quilt up very nicely, and other than making sure it doesn't stretch, doesn't pose any special issues IMHO. -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) longarm machine quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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