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The Emporia => Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside => Current Projects => Topic started by: Diane on June 22, 2021, 18:56:16 PM
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Back to the dark side for me :ninja: I feel more comfortable over here :laughing:
I dug out the pineapple blocks that i started a while back and have made a couple more over the last few days. This afternoon i added some sashing to part of the blocks, not sure how big a lap quilt should be so i'll give it a measure up in the morning but i think i'll need another three blocks. I've done 12 blocks so far.
My next project will be an applique wall hanging to go above my bed, theme yet to be decided.
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What a beautiful block, good colours too.
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Not a quilter, but those blocks are lovely. I love your colour choices. :loveit:
Jessie
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They are gorgeous. I love pineapple blocks. 0_0
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Thankyou @Acorn @Lilian @b15erk
I need to get some batting tomorrow, any suggestions on what weight i should use?
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I think weight only applies to polyester wadding (batting if you are American), 2oz, 4oz, 6oz? Depends how thick and squidgy you want it to be
AFAIK cotton and 80/20 cotton/poly only comes in one thickness. Much nicer for anything that you will snuggle into, athough 100% polyester wadding is ligher weight.
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Those are lovely colours. Looking forward to seeing the finished quilt.
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I use 80/20 widely available in several sizes
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Thankyou ladies, I will pop out and get some this morning
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Picked up some wadding this morning and also some cotton backing fabric.
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Made good progress these last two days, have now put all the blocks together and now i need to add another white sashing around the outside before i decide on my border.
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Looks great :loveit: the colours are great together with the white
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Thanks @Celia I'm really enjoying the quilting, can just get lost in it which is good for me
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@Diane , that is beautiful!
Jessie
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Help needed please :) Do i sandwich the quilt first and then add the border? Also i want the border to have some wadding in it so i gather i need to leave an excess of about an inch or so of the wadding when i trim it :faints:
I'm not going to go any further today incase i mess it up, i will wait until some lovely quilt expert comes along :laughing:
Another question, do i do my fmq before i add the border :thinking:
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First add your border.
Then add wadding a good couple of inches overlapping all around.
Then add your backing, same size as your wadding.
The pin/baste all three layers every 3 or 4 inches. Start in the centre, and spiral the pins out from there.
Then do your FMQ as required, removing pins as necessary to achieve this.
Then trim and square all layers.
Then add your binding.
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Exactly what Fajita said :) the only difference I make is...I spray baste with 505, and just pin the corners
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Thank you @fajita @Lowena
So I gather the border is completely separate to the binding
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Yes. The binding is added to coverall three layers.
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Yes,totally. The binding is the grand finale :D
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Thanks for helping @Lowena @fajita
Will continue with the quilt tomorrow when DH has gone out for the day.
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I spray and pin! It's looking really lovely, and the white border is going to bring it together beautifully.
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Thankyou @Acorn
I’m going to add a white border but I’m not sure what colour binding would go with it
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@Diane finish the top, layer and quilt it and then look at it. It will tell you what colour to use for binding (probably something you haven't got :rolleyes:).
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@Deafoldbat Thanks, I'm sure that will be the case, it would be most unfortunate if i had to go to the fabric shop to get some more fabric :laughing:
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It is terrible when that happens... :laughing:
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I now have the white sashing on all around and it's been ironed, layered and pinned, my what a workout that was. I had to pin it on the floor as the table wasn't big enough, god knows what it's like pinning a king size quilt :faints:
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A King size quilt is a nightmare to sandwich @Diane that's what it is :devil:
I either do it on the stripped bed or use the pool noodle method :)
Yours is looking good
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Well i'm all ready to do my free motion quilting and it's a bit daunting :faints: Now i know i need to start in the middle but do i just meander or would you follow the lines :thinking:
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Can't help you with this at all I'm afraid @Diane . I can't get on with a walking foot and so I always hand quilt. I also prefer the look that hand quilting gives a quilt. I do big stitch quilting with Perle cotton number 8
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Can't help you with this at all I'm afraid @Diane . I can't get on with a walking foot and so I always hand quilt. I also prefer the look that hand quilting gives a quilt. I do big stitch quilting with Perle cotton number 8
Hand quilt :faints: Respect to you @Lowena i never thought of hand quilting :thinking: I need to investigate.
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I’m going to chicken out and stitch in the ditch, it’s my first quilt and I don’t want to ruin it :ninja:
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Well that didn't go very well :rolleyes: I've got a proper stitch in the ditch foot and although the blade was exactly in the ditch it certainly wasn't stitching in it :faints: ended up unpicking what i'd done and decided that i would just FMQ, it's not perfect, some stitches are longer than others in places but hey it's my first quilt and you've got to start somewhere. It's not like its for someone else 0_0.
The throat on my machine isn't that big, DH asked if they did machines with larger throats :laughing: oh yes i said (new machine excuse lurking round the corner :laughing:) and it was difficult manoeuvering it around, how on earth do you do big quilts :faints: I've stopped now as the light is going, will restart tomorrow and see if i can improve my method, not sure if it's better pushing the quilt backwards or forwards :thinking:
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Actually @Diane it was me not Iminei who hand quilts.
Sitd is notoriously difficult to do so don't beat yourself up about it
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As @Lowena says, stitch in the ditch is incredibly difficult. Echo quilting - where you quilt a certain distance from the seams - is much easier, especially if you have a quilting guide that fits into your foot.
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I've only done a small amount of fmq but found it easiest to restrict myself to one area at a time ( one block perhaps). That way I knew where I needed to go and didn't get myself trapped or lose my way.
I found that the big stitches happen when you stop and then start off again because you get a bit of a jerk. I get round this by doing a slow stitch or two on the spot where I stopped then it's easier to take off smoothly.
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@Ploshkin I'm doing the same, working my through the blocks, it is difficult to see where you've been but i'll get better at it, just need more practice. I have plenty of bigger stitches on my quilt and it does like you say tend to happen when i stop, i'll do what you suggested and slow right down when i come to a halt.
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I have one more row of blocks to quilt then that's done, i gather i then trim it and add the border which i've yet to make and that will be tomorrow's job. Now for the border, should it be a certain width? When i machine sew it to the wrong side do i use a 1/4" seam allowance or do i seam it wider? apologies for all the questions but i'm groping in the dark here :laughing:
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then trim it and add the border
@Diane Do you mean add the binding? Borders form part of the quilt top, binding covers the raw edges of the layered and quilted top.
Binding width is a contentious subject, you will get as many 'this is the only way' instructions as there are ways to bind.
Speaking personally - some one will be along to disagree soon - I trim the top so that there is approx ½ inch of backing and wadding showing past the edge of the top. I cut 1½ inch strips of binding fabric, joining them on the diagonal - this will reduce lumps when you turn the binding over the raw edges. Sew (machine) the binding to the quilt top, right sides together, through all 3 layers, ¼ inch in from the raw edge of the top. Fold over the binding, turning it's raw edge under a ¼ inch and hand stitch it down to the backing.You roll the excess wadding backing into the binding. This gives a plump, filled edge.
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@Deafoldbat yes I mean the binding, thanks for the info on a different way to do it, I did wonder about not trimming it right the way back and I like the sound of having plump binding. I’ll get my binding made tomorrow and then I’ll have a play.
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Well the sun is out down here on the coast, so i set up my sewing machine and thought i'd get the quilting done, happily meandering away down the quilt, came to the last bit and when i turned it over i had accidentally caught the overhanging backing fabric back in on itself, i've had to sit here and unpick all what i've done all the way down the long side and part the way along the short side. Why didn't i check? i'd obviously done it whilst turning the quilt round :rant: Another error i won't be repeating. If i can get this sorted out today then i can get on to the binding tomorrow.
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Well i've sorted out the problems i had yesterday and retraced my meandering stitching. This morning i started to make all my own binding from some of the fabric that i used to make the blocks, i held it up to the quilt but it just wasn't grabbing me so i've just gone for something completely different and dark and i think it works. I've stitched all the binding together and i've just finished pinning it on to the top of the quilt, this afternoon i'll start sewing the final bit by hand. I have really enjoyed doing this lap quilt despite the rookie errors and i can't wait to start another.
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Good for you @Diane ! Look forward to seeing pictures!
Jessie
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Sat here all afternoon finishing the binding off by hand, I love hand sewing, forgot how relaxing it is.
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That is so pretty, @Diane :toast:
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Thankyou @b15erk @fajita
I've really enjoyed doing this, need to perfect my corners so i'm going to do a test piece before the next one so i can get it much neater. Now for my next project :thinking: i fancy doing another one as a wall hanging but using applique.
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That is really lovely. :thumbsup:
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Thankyou @Acorn
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Your quilt is lovely, I really wish I could get into quilting :loveit: :loveit: but I just can’t so back to the light side for me.
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That is a really attractive quilt. Well done. As a non quilter I bow to your patience and eye for colour :thumbsup:
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Thankyou @realale that means a lot.
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That quilt looks lovely - and the dark blue binding was definitely a good choice.
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That is really pretty! Well done you - another design for my list of musts!!!
Lx
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Good binding choice, it gives the quilt a nice frame. Your quilting looks good too. Altogether a lovely quilt. You do realise that there is now no return from the dark side :devil:
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Good binding choice, it gives the quilt a nice frame. Your quilting looks good too. Altogether a lovely quilt. You do realise that there is now no return from the dark side :devil:
@Ploshkin I've now realised after doing this first quilt that I'm a darkside girl at heart, you lot have tempted me back :devil:
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@Diane, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. You did an amazing job on this quilt.
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Thankyou @Ann I did enjoy doing it, you just sort of get lost in it