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Old November 25th 07, 10:56 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Roberta Zollner
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Default blocks from fleece for quilt

I have! It's easy. You can butt fleece pieces together and stitch using a
feather stitch, if you have one, or a 3-stitch zigzag. (Built-in stretch.)
Cut pieces with rotary cutter and ruler to get nice straight edges and
accurate sizes. Do them one at a time for best results. No seam allowance.
Any block design would work, but use something with pieces as big as
possible to minimize your cutting and stitching time. My blocks were 6",
because I could get a lot of 6" setting blocks from my scraps. I cut the
rest into 2", 3" and 4" squares and rectangles, making each as large as
possible, and assembled into 6" random blocks of different colors. I used my
regular cotton thread (variegated to blend a bit), and simply bound the edge
with satin binding to make a lovey blanket.
Roberta in D

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Can anyone tell me if they were successful in cutting squares of all
different fleece fabrics to make a quilt top? I was thinking I could
make some squares 10" and then smaller ones to make a 4-patch and
alternate them. I have been saving fleece for this for ages, but now
that I'm ready to do one...I'm not sure how to proceed. Serging or
sewing? If sewing...what thread, what stitch length, what seam
width? Any suggestions would be wonderful. Also, if anyone has a
photo of one they have done, I would love to see it! TYIA!
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