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If you want quite a few different ideas for finishing fleece - check out my
Project Linus chapter website - http://www.linusidaho.org/finishafleeceblanket.htm -- Donna in Idaho Reply to daawra3553 at yahoo dot com "Jacqueline" wrote in message ... I bought this fleece fabric, similar to this http://tinyurl.com/2kebm3 I had planned on making this for my nephew by taking flannel and making a backing for it but my sister says he would rather have it as is with the edges finished, so he can use it as a wall hanging. Yes, I know I live in KY and most Kentuckians are die heart Wildcat fans, but not my nephew, he is crazy on the NC tarheels and has been since he was in about the 8th grade. Anyway what would be the best way to put a finishing edge on this fleece. First it is very stretchy, I have thought of, this is if I knew how but I am sure I can read and learn to do a rolled hem on it and then I have thought about just doing a regular hem since he is going to use it as a wall hanging or we think he will. I know you are experts at this kind of thing and any suggestions are appreciated. I do have the pressure foot for a rolled hem, will just have to learn how to do it. Thank you in advance and I welcome all suggestions but I do need to get started cause his birthday is Feb. 23. Jacqueline in KY Jacqueline in Kentucky, USA http://www.mountain-breeze.com just recipes but will be quilts soon I hope. to reply leave out the nopam in |
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Donna, that's such a terrific site. I've marked it as a favorite so I can
go back and ponder every suggestion. The bunny hem edge is adorable. For Jacqueline, I'm not too sure about using the rolled hem foot on fleece. The fleece may be too bulky. Even if that is possible to feed through, you'd still have to deal with the corners. It would be really hard to square them and even harder to curve the corners without some lettuce-edged wobbles. My goodness, I do hate to be a naysayer but please do go with one of Donna's finishes. Polly "Donna in Idaho" wrote If you want quite a few different ideas for finishing fleece - check out my Project Linus chapter website - http://www.linusidaho.org/finishafleeceblanket.htm -- "Jacqueline" wrote I bought this fleece fabric, similar to this http://tinyurl.com/2kebm3 I had planned on making this for my nephew by taking flannel and making a backing for it but my sister says he would rather have it as is with the edges finished, so he can use it as a wall hanging. Yes, I know I live in KY and most Kentuckians are die heart Wildcat fans, but not my nephew, he is crazy on the NC tarheels and has been since he was in about the 8th grade. Anyway what would be the best way to put a finishing edge on this fleece. First it is very stretchy, I have thought of, this is if I knew how but I am sure I can read and learn to do a rolled hem on it and then I have thought about just doing a regular hem since he is going to use it as a wall hanging or we think he will. I know you are experts at this kind of thing and any suggestions are appreciated. I do have the pressure foot for a rolled hem, will just have to learn how to do it. Thank you in advance and I welcome all suggestions but I do need to get started cause his birthday is Feb. 23. |
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I'm sure just using the pinking shears on it would work just fine. That
would certainly be easy. Fleece won't ravel, so you could just cut the selvedge off and make sure all the edges are straight and square; pinking wouldn't even be necessary. That's all I did for the piece of fleece I use for a yoga blanket. Julia in MN Jacqueline wrote: Polly, I have emailed Donna to see if just cutting it with pinking shears would work. After all he is going to use it for a wall hanging and surely he will out grow it and I hate to put a lot of work in it for that. I really found her site quite useful, but when I read it, well it was about 2 AM and I am not sure I comprehended everything there. I will read it again this afternoon after I get back from the doctor. Just hope the snow is not to where I can't get to the doctor. I am sick of cold, white weather. Although we have not had that much white at one time, just enough to make roads slick and to look ugly not even a pretty snow fall this year. Jacqueline in KY -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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Thank you, m'am! I have more fleece ideas, just wasn't smart enough to have
my camera on hand to take pictures of some wonderful fleece blankets a couple months ago. Every year around Thanksgiving, this lady brings in as many blankets as her son would be old that year. The first time it was 29 - now she's up to 32. I don't know the particulars, I've never seen her. She always drops them off at my chapter assistant's store. But, every year she comes up with new and different great ways of finishing fleece blankets. We always have an ooh and aah show and tell of her blankets at the next Blanket Day after she drops them off. Several of the blankets she made for the last bunch were two layers of fleece. She cut the back about 1 - 1 1/2" bigger around than the front using contrasting colors of fleece. She wavy cut around both the front and the back. Then she sewed the front to the back using a wavy stitch on her machine. Those blankets were very attractive! Sometime she will cut squares of fleece and sew them to the back piece using big rick rack to cover where she butts the edges up together. She definitely is creative. -- Donna in Idaho Reply to daawra3553 at yahoo dot com "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... Donna, that's such a terrific site. I've marked it as a favorite so I can go back and ponder every suggestion. The bunny hem edge is adorable. For Jacqueline, I'm not too sure about using the rolled hem foot on fleece. The fleece may be too bulky. Even if that is possible to feed through, you'd still have to deal with the corners. It would be really hard to square them and even harder to curve the corners without some lettuce-edged wobbles. My goodness, I do hate to be a naysayer but please do go with one of Donna's finishes. Polly |
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Not Polly, but yes just pinking will work fine. So will just cutting
straight. Pati, in Phx Jacqueline wrote: Polly, I have emailed Donna to see if just cutting it with pinking shears would work. After all he is going to use it for a wall hanging and surely he will out grow it and I hate to put a lot of work in it for that. I really found her site quite useful, but when I read it, well it was about 2 AM and I am not sure I comprehended everything there. I will read it again this afternoon after I get back from the doctor. Just hope the snow is not to where I can't get to the doctor. I am sick of cold, white weather. Although we have not had that much white at one time, just enough to make roads slick and to look ugly not even a pretty snow fall this year. Jacqueline in KY |
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