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Crazy quilt "filler" question
I'm just making my first crazy quilt and I want it to be one of those things
you can throw over you in the summer for a nap in the A/C and I want to keep in nice and light and *thin*. Can I just put a back on it since the crazy quilting is built up on cotton and/or muslin blocks in the first place thus giving the whole thing three layers? Would it cause any problem with durability if there were no batting/filler in it? Would it still stand up to free motion quilting okay? Any suggesions/war stories welcome. Giselle (still in love with no pattern piecing |
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I would say go for it. My only concern would be could you feel the seams
through the back. Some people don't care but I can't handle feeling a seam through the backing. I'm not meaning actually feeling for it more when your using it would a seam irate you if you felt it. Other than that your logic is fine. Joanna Volfie, Owner, GizzMutt Stables wrote: I'm just making my first crazy quilt and I want it to be one of those things you can throw over you in the summer for a nap in the A/C and I want to keep in nice and light and *thin*. Can I just put a back on it since the crazy quilting is built up on cotton and/or muslin blocks in the first place thus giving the whole thing three layers? Would it cause any problem with durability if there were no batting/filler in it? Would it still stand up to free motion quilting okay? Any suggesions/war stories welcome. Giselle (still in love with no pattern piecing -- Remove Quilt to reply |
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Volfie, Owner, GizzMutt Stables wrote:
I'm just making my first crazy quilt and I want it to be one of those things you can throw over you in the summer for a nap in the A/C and I want to keep in nice and light and *thin*. Can I just put a back on it since the crazy quilting is built up on cotton and/or muslin blocks in the first place thus giving the whole thing three layers? Would it cause any problem with durability if there were no batting/filler in it? Would it still stand up to free motion quilting okay? Any suggesions/war stories welcome. My Meme's Victorian crazy quilt was without batting and true quilting. It was all done on a sheet, with another sheet behind it. My mum made a bedspread for her bed- it was a lovely pieced quilt without any batting, and she quilted it anyway so the pieced layer and backing would stay together. If that's the way you want to make a quilt, go for it. Repeat after me: "There are no Quilt Police. No one will come to your home and take your sewing machine, quilts, and supplies away if you do it 'wrong.' So do what makes you happy." -georg |
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"georg" wrote in message ... [..] If that's the way you want to make a quilt, go for it. Repeat after me: "There are no Quilt Police. No one will come to your home and take your sewing machine, quilts, and supplies away if you do it 'wrong.' So do what makes you happy." Oh, trust me, I don't worry about the quilt police. I worry about trashing the quilt the first time I use it/wash it/fold it/look at it too hard/etc. I hate doing all that work for nuthin'. Giselle (in other words, I want the quilt to last long than the cursing that would insue if it fell apart prematurely) |
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Volfie, Owner, GizzMutt Stables wrote:
"georg" wrote in message ... [..] If that's the way you want to make a quilt, go for it. Repeat after me: "There are no Quilt Police. No one will come to your home and take your sewing machine, quilts, and supplies away if you do it 'wrong.' So do what makes you happy." Oh, trust me, I don't worry about the quilt police. I worry about trashing the quilt the first time I use it/wash it/fold it/look at it too hard/etc. I hate doing all that work for nuthin'. Giselle (in other words, I want the quilt to last long than the cursing that would insue if it fell apart prematurely) Mum still uses hers 15 years later. Meme's still graces her bed, even though no one sleeps in it any more (that one was 130ish years old). It'll wear like any quilt. -georg |
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I made a crazy by using muslin as a filling and a silk backing. Tied it
together instead of quilting. Did buy an antique crazy at an auction where it was made of wool and was hand quilted! -- Rita http://ritasquilts.com "Volfie, Owner, GizzMutt Stables" wrote in message ... I'm just making my first crazy quilt and I want it to be one of those things you can throw over you in the summer for a nap in the A/C and I want to keep in nice and light and *thin*. Can I just put a back on it since the crazy quilting is built up on cotton and/or muslin blocks in the first place thus giving the whole thing three layers? Would it cause any problem with durability if there were no batting/filler in it? Would it still stand up to free motion quilting okay? Any suggesions/war stories welcome. Giselle (still in love with no pattern piecing |
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Sure! Crazies traditionally used no batting, and they were tied. Too tough
to hand quilt all those seams, which were hand embroidered anyway. But of course you could machine quilt, no problem! It's a great way to add extra texture, and it's sturdier than tying. Roberta in D "Volfie, Owner, GizzMutt Stables" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... I'm just making my first crazy quilt and I want it to be one of those things you can throw over you in the summer for a nap in the A/C and I want to keep in nice and light and *thin*. Can I just put a back on it since the crazy quilting is built up on cotton and/or muslin blocks in the first place thus giving the whole thing three layers? Would it cause any problem with durability if there were no batting/filler in it? Would it still stand up to free motion quilting okay? Any suggesions/war stories welcome. Giselle (still in love with no pattern piecing |
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