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i find How to Make an American Quilt DVD version and download
Actors: Baldwin Adam,Mulroney Dermot,Arndt Denis,Torn Rip,Drama,Romance,
How do I finish my quilt?
I’m making my aunt a quilt this christmas. It looks lovely so far; I’ve used Cath Kidston fabrics as well as some red and light blue gingham and dark purple stuff! I’ve sewn all of the squares now and it’s really starting to come together! Yay!
I sort of know how to add the wadding (or batting if you’re american). But how do you get the wadding to stay in place inside the quilt? The wadding I bought looks as though you can iron it on, but I’m not taking chances! What do I do?
Are you talking about getting it to stay there permanently, or just while you do the quilting? (Quilting, by the way, isn’t the part where you sew all the squares together. That part is called patchwork. Quilting is the part where you sew through all the layers–patchwork, batting, and bottom layer–to make them stay together.)
If you need to hold it in place temporarily, there are several different ways. You can use a spray-on adhesive designed for quilting. Or you can pin the batting in place. (If you pin it, look in the quilting notions department for special curved safety pins that will let all the layers lie flat together after they’re pinned.) You can also baste the layers together with a needle and thread.
Of course, to keep it in place permanently, you need to quilt it either by hand or machine. You can also tie it in place with bits of yarn every four inches apart or so.
A good quilting book will explain this better than I can, as well as provide lots of pictures and specific details. Check your local quilting shop, bookstore, or library.
Baby boomer rock fan | Dec 10, 2009
All of the quilt battings I know have information on them of how far apart rows of quilting stitches can be. I’m going to guess you’ve got an unfaced cotton batt (which probably needs to be preshrunk — check!) and needs to be quilted or tied every 3" or so.
Here are some other battings: http://quilting.suite101.com/article.cfm /guide_to_quilt_batting
http://www.quilt.com/FAQS/BattingFAQ.htm l
There are a couple of ways to put a quilt together… for quickie quilts, especially small ones, "birthing" is the fast way: http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/ask-alex-bi rthing-a-quilt/index.html — once you get the quilt turned right side out and the opening sewn up, then you can quilt or tie the whole quilt.
The other method is more traditional and better for big quilts… you lay out the backing, put the batting over that, and the quilt top on top of that. Then you baste (with thread, safety pins or spray glue) the three layers together, quilt or tie, then even up the edges and bind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mvhn_Jr4 TQ
kay | Dec 10, 2009
If you go to this site you will be talked through the finishing stage
The quilt top isn’t really a quilt until it’s sandwiched with batting and backing, quilted or tied, and bound around the edges. Use these quiltmaking tutorials to finish the quilt.
http://quilting.about.com/od/finishingst eps/How_to_Finish_a_Quilt.htm
ladybug | Dec 11, 2009
Tim Prince