Ah but to make a small one and throw it and place an small child on the floor together. Then it becomes a gem with a giggling cherry in the middle. Could see tying it instead of quilting it together. Bright colored yarn tufts at the center of the Xs.
I've noticed that some of the quilts if they're too 'open shall we say' don't look as nice ON a bed. *sighs* People are looking for wall hangings, which isn't wrong but uses a different look.
Are you planning a complicated design? I'm getting the feeling you've been holding out on us and have secret super-mad-quilting-skillz, because ALL these quilts, I look at them and think 'very nice, for someone else to make' ;)
That's exactly how I feel. Someone else to make. And own. Two of the quits my mother has owned (a store bought and a heavily embroidered homemade) came a part in the wash.
I'd think that poorly sewn or hand sewn quilts would be in danger if washed in a machine that has a central spindle (don't know what that's called). A drum washing machine would probably not wear on the quilt. Machine piecing the top would be the most durable.
Now doing a duvet cover with a quilt pattern, I'd want to sew it to a backing sheet as I made it and that I would think would wear very very well.
Did your Mom's quilts come apart at the pieced parts or the quilted layers?
Her new washer is the side loading kind. She washes EVERYTHING, so everything she buys has to be machine washable. The first quilt that fell apart sat unfinished in a garage for a decade. The fabric itself shredded. The store bought one was not sewn together very well. The squares just came apart.
But she's bought several since then and she's asked me about showing her how to make one.
(I have the reputation in my family of being able to do anything I put my mind to. That fact I have a large helping of beginner's luck has not helped me convince them it isn't true.)
For Mother's Day I'm going to fill a binder with how-to's for quilts (most of which I've gotten from following your links. Thanks). Then she'll probably want to spend a week with me, so I can show her how to do it. *sigh*
I love the idea of a quilt thrown over the bed but the reality would be me chasing the cat and dog for jumping on it, shouting at hubby for letting it touch the floor...
They look homely on the wall,but not really done here and I'd be nervous about washing one.
And this is why you make it busy and eschew solid and white colors or keep them to a minimum so they don't show dirt/dust smudges. And you sew them together very well so you can wash them. Some people, I'm told will wash them by hand in the bathtub and then hang them to dry. Front loading washing machine are the best for things like this, they handle larger loads with less strain on the fabric. Sleeping bags are like this too.
Even easier is a duvet cover. Launder those like you would sheets because they don't have the fluffiness to contend with.
Size of your bed is full, queen or king? Do you have a comforter for it? Don't move for the next 50+ years.
Hmm I do have a lot of fabric, one day, one day I shall hack them into bits then sew them all randomly together in a way that'll make you cry!
I've never been sure (and answer this in short words) how you stuff a quilt; do you sew through the stuffing or do you sew your patchwork to a plain sheet and stuff it with a standard duvet. Figure there has to be some method to stop it lumping together.
um double?! Um what's a comforter? definitions vary :) LOL!
Quilts can be filled with fluffy mats of batting or there's a new variety of cotton batting that is like a thick blanket. Depending on the batting used you can get away with tying (kind of like sewing a button on but you use yarn and there's no button) or you can sew through the 3 layers (top, batting and backing) in a running stitch with one back stitch if done by hand or your can machine sew it. Yes there is a special machine for that but you can also do it on a home sewing machine for do it probably from the center and work out to each side. They used to stuff quilts with old blankets. Yes, you sew through all three layers when quilting.
Comforters... think really fluffy like inch to inch and a half or more thick. Some are stuffed with feathers and the stitching tries to keep the feathers somewhat evenly distributed. Otherwise there's the newer fluffy polyester batting which washes and dries nicely but again there's stitching of all the layers together.
Duvet are like a comforter and the cover like it's pillow case/slip is washed and dried like sheets.
See the words make sense but then you put them together and...mind explodes! LOL
Looked at the book he got me *whispers* not the best :o (but the thought was sweet) (I really don't need quilted curtains/aprons or any of their bags) There's a quilted playmat/picnic rug that looks cute but the only one I'm really considering is a pouffe. Big squares of tough material to make a cube, i know technically it's quilting but i'm not convinced it's something that needs a pattern with diagrams? Anyway I relaised one my g.aunts old coats is still lurking in the hallway cupboard (think narnia) she used to use it as a draft excluder ;) Material would be great if on the thick side to make a pouffe - *plots*
Think I know what you mean and nope, used to but I got rid of the old bedding, if I had feathers I'd be a gunky sneeze-a-minute mess! We just have a duvet on the bed, two at the moment because it's cold, I'm don't like layers blankets/sheets make me feel confined.
I've made a rectangular piece 'around the world' quilt with my daughter. The hardest part was attaching the batting and bottom fabric to the pieced top. Have made a biscuit quilt for my sister (the one I *whinces* left a pin in).
If I can figure out how to do it using easy piecing, I should be able to do this... *looks brightly ambitious*
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Date: 2015-01-10 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-10 10:08 pm (UTC)Could see tying it instead of quilting it together. Bright colored yarn tufts at the center of the Xs.
I've noticed that some of the quilts if they're too 'open shall we say' don't look as nice ON a bed. *sighs* People are looking for wall hangings, which isn't wrong but uses a different look.
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Date: 2015-01-11 12:24 am (UTC)I'm getting the feeling you've been holding out on us and have secret super-mad-quilting-skillz, because ALL these quilts, I look at them and think 'very nice, for someone else to make' ;)
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Date: 2015-01-11 02:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-11 08:21 am (UTC)Machine piecing the top would be the most durable.
Now doing a duvet cover with a quilt pattern, I'd want to sew it to a backing sheet as I made it and that I would think would wear very very well.
Did your Mom's quilts come apart at the pieced parts or the quilted layers?
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Date: 2015-01-11 07:09 pm (UTC)But she's bought several since then and she's asked me about showing her how to make one.
(I have the reputation in my family of being able to do anything I put my mind to. That fact I have a large helping of beginner's luck has not helped me convince them it isn't true.)
For Mother's Day I'm going to fill a binder with how-to's for quilts (most of which I've gotten from following your links. Thanks). Then she'll probably want to spend a week with me, so I can show her how to do it. *sigh*
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Date: 2015-01-11 09:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-11 05:04 pm (UTC)They look homely on the wall,but not really done here and I'd be nervous about washing one.
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Date: 2015-01-11 10:37 pm (UTC)Even easier is a duvet cover. Launder those like you would sheets because they don't have the fluffiness to contend with.
Size of your bed is full, queen or king? Do you have a comforter for it?
Don't move for the next 50+ years.
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Date: 2015-01-15 08:46 pm (UTC)I've never been sure (and answer this in short words) how you stuff a quilt; do you sew through the stuffing or do you sew your patchwork to a plain sheet and stuff it with a standard duvet. Figure there has to be some method to stop it lumping together.
um double?!
Um what's a comforter? definitions vary :)
LOL!
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Date: 2015-01-15 11:26 pm (UTC)They used to stuff quilts with old blankets.
Yes, you sew through all three layers when quilting.
Comforters... think really fluffy like inch to inch and a half or more thick. Some are stuffed with feathers and the stitching tries to keep the feathers somewhat evenly distributed. Otherwise there's the newer fluffy polyester batting which washes and dries nicely but again there's stitching of all the layers together.
Duvet are like a comforter and the cover like it's pillow case/slip is washed and dried like sheets.
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Date: 2015-01-16 05:07 pm (UTC)LOL
Looked at the book he got me *whispers* not the best :o (but the thought was sweet)
(I really don't need quilted curtains/aprons or any of their bags)
There's a quilted playmat/picnic rug that looks cute but the only one I'm really considering is a pouffe. Big squares of tough material to make a cube, i know technically it's quilting but i'm not convinced it's something that needs a pattern with diagrams? Anyway I relaised one my g.aunts old coats is still lurking in the hallway cupboard (think narnia) she used to use it as a draft excluder ;) Material would be great if on the thick side to make a pouffe - *plots*
Think I know what you mean and nope, used to but I got rid of the old bedding, if I had feathers I'd be a gunky sneeze-a-minute mess!
We just have a duvet on the bed, two at the moment because it's cold, I'm don't like layers blankets/sheets make me feel confined.
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Date: 2015-01-11 08:14 am (UTC)Have made a biscuit quilt for my sister (the one I *whinces* left a pin in).
If I can figure out how to do it using easy piecing, I should be able to do this... *looks brightly ambitious*
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Date: 2015-01-11 04:59 pm (UTC)around the world is large diamond shapes?
biscuit is (yummy) stripes?
*puts on shades* that's VERY ambitious LOL
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Date: 2015-01-11 10:38 pm (UTC)*grins* cwetches you.
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Date: 2015-01-14 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-15 12:00 am (UTC)Will not giggle.
Will not ... *snicker*