Howdy!

Never! Oh, sorry, made me cringe, thinking of large unquilted areas;
I just can't let it happen on my quilts. ;-

Warning about using thinner fabric in 2 spots on your quilt: warning!
You'll be creating 2 weak spots, where the most wear will show up the
quickest. In my experience, anyway.

How about using some fusible batting in those areas? Or a layer of
fusible web? You'll be attaching the top to the batt & backing,
without adding any stitches to the top. Try it on a smaller project
to see if it works.

But, for me, I'd quilt it. Blending the thread color w/ the top fabric will
help those stitches disappear. Your design will be the spotlight, not
the quilting, & your entire quilt will have the same amount of support.

Good luck!

Ragmop/Sandy


On 11/10/11 9:58 AM, in article ,
"shorti" wrote:

I am presently designing a quilt and have a problem,
and since my mother has passed away recently, I need to
ask someone else for help.

The quilt will have two areas that would look best if
they had no visible quilting. I know that large areas without
quilting will have tearing and bunching of the batting. The
two areas would be 1.5 ft. x 1.5 ft., much larger than is
usually acceptable.

The solution I have come up with is to add a very -thin-
fabric on top of the backing and batting in those areas and
quilting those areas with a simple grid-work to stabilize the
batting. Then I will add the top and quilt those areas that
will have visible quilting.

My question is will this work, or is there a better way
to leave large un-quilted areas?

Thanks in advance.

Shorti