Have you ever
taken on a quilt project and wondered why?
I recently finished a quilt and want to share my struggles with it. The hand pieced top of questionable fabric was
donated to my church group. Even with
its mismatched seams and problem areas, I wanted to use it at least part of it. I separated about ¼ of it for a smaller
quilt. I added borders and thought it
was looking fair until I started pressing it for quilting. I realized that areas would not lay flat. I bought a medium loft polyester batting to
help fill the areas fullness. I
sandwiched a layer of then cotton batting with the poly. I started the quilting by stitching in the
ditch the borders I had added. Next I
free-motion quilted in medium meandering.
I had a few problems that I hope will not be noticeable. There were a few small tucks in the piecing
which I just quilted over. I had to be
careful in meandering not to add more tucks as I quilted around the
fullness. A couple of times my hopping
foot got in a seam between loose stitches.
Luckily I was able to get it out and move on. I kept telling myself that this quilt would
be useful and okay. It is finished but could still benefit from blocking. I don’t think I will try to use the other ¾ of the
top.
From your description, you did a great job! I hate to quilt things like this but yo did a good job on it as it looks good. Have you washed it yet? I think that will help. Meandering in the center is the only way to go on one like this.
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