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Pat's Stitch and Turn
Found it~! Credited to Pat in Virginia:
I love to stitch and turn (aka 'birth') the quick and easy projects! To prevent the batting from getting: twisted while turning, I have come up with ..... ta da ...... "Pat's Solution!!" Try this: Layer top to batting, right side up. SITD along block/grid lines (or other major areas) and a bit along the border; stitch real close .... within the seam allowance .... to the edge (*this* edging line can be long stitches/basting.) Now place the backing on table, right side up. Layer the basted top on the backing, right sides together. Pin here and there. Stitch the edges, leaving the opening. Remove pins. Turn and be sure to 'poke out' the corners. Smooth it all out .... sometimes I LIGHTLY press. Again, a few pins may be needed ... or not. Now finish the quilting. Generally this is the point where I do the free motion MQ. This method keeps every thing nice and smooth and is WAY LESS complicated than the explanation!! G HTH. kitty in phx -- Remove "s" and "i" in email to respond. http://community.webshots.com/user/kittykatchee |
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I've used that method also, Kitty. It worked really well on placemats that
were being made for Meals On Wheels as part of a Community Service project and also for small baby quilts. The one thing that I had to be really careful of was having the finished quilt top already squared up before I did any of "Pat's Solution". If I didn't it would turn out to be more work to fix it! Dee in LeRoy, NY "KittyG" wrote in message news:J4fIc.1158$Am.819@fed1read07... Found it~! Credited to Pat in Virginia: I love to stitch and turn (aka 'birth') the quick and easy projects! To prevent the batting from getting: twisted while turning, I have come up with ..... ta da ..... "Pat's Solution!!" Try this: Layer top to batting, right side up. SITD along block/grid lines (or other major areas) and a bit along the border; stitch real close .... within the seam allowance .... to the edge (*this* edging line can be long stitches/basting.) Now place the backing on table, right side up. Layer the basted top on the backing, right sides together. Pin here and there. Stitch the edges, leaving the opening. Remove pins. Turn and be sure to 'poke out' the corners. Smooth it all out .... sometimes I LIGHTLY press. Again, a few pins may be needed ... or not. Now finish the quilting. Generally this is the point where I do the free motion MQ. This method keeps every thing nice and smooth and is WAY LESS complicated than the explanation!! G HTH. kitty in phx -- Remove "s" and "i" in email to respond. http://community.webshots.com/user/kittykatchee |
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Oh Dee, I'm laughing only because I have had, in fact, that very problem.
(avoiding a sorry rehash here about blocking quilts). But yes, I think its pretty neat and it has otherwise worked well for me too Worth posting again for those that haven't seen this. kitty in phx -- Remove "s" and "i" in email to respond. http://community.webshots.com/user/kittykatchee "DDM" wrote in message ... I've used that method also, Kitty. It worked really well on placemats that were being made for Meals On Wheels as part of a Community Service project and also for small baby quilts. The one thing that I had to be really careful of was having the finished quilt top already squared up before I did any of "Pat's Solution". If I didn't it would turn out to be more work to fix it! Dee in LeRoy, NY |
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Blush! Blush!
PAT KittyG wrote: Oh Dee, I'm laughing only because I have had, in fact, that very problem. (avoiding a sorry rehash here about blocking quilts). But yes, I think its pretty neat and it has otherwise worked well for me too Worth posting again for those that haven't seen this. kitty in phx |
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Blush away, Pat, but at the time I did the semi-quilting on the top and
batting it was before reading your tip and I thought _I_ had invented that method! g I can hardly wait to see how many other inventors of this method are around! Dee in LeRoy, NY "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message news:r1vIc.3590$hi.1611@lakeread03... Blush! Blush! PAT KittyG wrote: Oh Dee, I'm laughing only because I have had, in fact, that very problem. (avoiding a sorry rehash here about blocking quilts). But yes, I think its pretty neat and it has otherwise worked well for me too Worth posting again for those that haven't seen this. kitty in phx |
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