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Applique onto already quilted background?
Cheryl has often said that she does this now, as she is not able to do
her own quilting. I am asking this question on the group, rather than e-mailing Cheryl, because I thought others might be interested in 'her' answer - and any other comments that might be generated. I am about to do this myself, because I need the background quilting to be a regular grid (of an unusual type, but a grid nevertheless!). So, I am going to quilt it first and appliqué the centrepiece on afterwards. It is all ready, with its edges turned under. I'm looking for any tips on the doing of it. Thanks very much for any wisdom or light that can be shed in my direction g -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Applique onto already quilted background?
FWIW - here's what I do.
If the overall piece is small I sew all the components together before attaching it to the quilted surface (eg one single flower). If the pieces are bigger (like the tree quilt I have just started) I baste them together and then pin onto the quilt so that when I sew them together I can catch the background fabric and "anchor" it in place. If you add a thin batt at that stage you get some very interesting trapunto-type effects too, but you need to stitch more than just the edge to be sure that the batt doesn't clump up when washed. Just a few lines through the piece should be enough. Large flowers and character figures look particularly good done this way. This is a great way to make one block at a time, and also gives the option of putting a completely different design on the back because the quilting is not "interupted" by the applique design. It also gives the option of changing the placement of applique right up until the whole design can be laid out and checked. I can make lots of flowers and arrange them as I would a vase of real flowers. I started experimenting with this because I could never get a perfect grid around a design ( LOL ) when I was making Rosemary Makhan's Rose Sampler Supreme. http://tinyurl.com/ofkbn This was my first attempt and a bit experimental, and I had my machine stitch set far too short. I now use a longer stitch, esp for gridwork. It looks much nicer. The background fabric for the Tree of Life quilt is 110" wide and has been stipple quilted with no seams. Some of the applique stitching in the centre of such a large piece will be a bit awkward, but I find this method quite fast once you get used to it. And as I prepare all the applique separately, that part of the project will still be very portable. http://tinyurl.com/fkmza The OZ Cats are appliqued onto a piece of prequilted black fabric. What looks like sashings is really just 1/2" strips of appliqued striped fabric used as a frame for each cat. The background to the Mardi Gras quilt is a diamond grid that was also pre-quilted. I am interested in seeing if and how others do this type of work. Good luck Pat - I look forward to hearing what you think of this method. -- Cheryl & the Cats _ _ _ _ _ _ ( Y ) ( Y ) ( Y ) ~ ~ ~ Enness Boofhead Donut Now in hibernation with a wake-up call for Spring! http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Patti" wrote in message ... : Cheryl has often said that she does this now, as she is not able to do : her own quilting. : I am asking this question on the group, rather than e-mailing Cheryl, : because I thought others might be interested in 'her' answer - and any : other comments that might be generated. : : I am about to do this myself, because I need the background quilting to : be a regular grid (of an unusual type, but a grid nevertheless!). So, I : am going to quilt it first and appliqué the centrepiece on afterwards. : It is all ready, with its edges turned under. : I'm looking for any tips on the doing of it. : : Thanks very much for any wisdom or light that can be shed in my : direction g : -- : Best Regards : pat on the hill |
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I had planned to write . . . . . . but rapidly failing
eyesight will catch up with me I'm afraid LOL -- Cheryl & the Cats _ _ _ _ _ _ ( Y ) ( Y ) ( Y ) ~ ~ ~ Enness Boofhead Donut Now in hibernation with a wake-up call for Spring! http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Vikki In WA State" palnpartneratsawdotnet wrote in message news:9rqdnZDJybziXknZnZ2dnUVZ_sKdnZ2d@scnresearch. com... : That looks great. Have you written the book? You know someone will now. ::~} : : -- : Vikki in WA State : : |
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That looks great. Have you written the book? You know someone will now.
:~} -- Vikki in WA State |
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Thanks ever so much, Cheryl.
I have two which will be employing this method. I think it's going to become a favourite of mine - well, I haven't tried it yet, but it seems so sensible. I hate it when I 'bump into' bits of applique, when I start quilting the whole thing after applique g I'll print out your answer - I like to have these things to hand, on paper! .. In message , Cats writes FWIW - here's what I do. If the overall piece is small I sew all the components together before attaching it to the quilted surface (eg one single flower). If the pieces are bigger (like the tree quilt I have just started) I baste them together and then pin onto the quilt so that when I sew them together I can catch the background fabric and "anchor" it in place. If you add a thin batt at that stage you get some very interesting trapunto-type effects too, but you need to stitch more than just the edge to be sure that the batt doesn't clump up when washed. Just a few lines through the piece should be enough. Large flowers and character figures look particularly good done this way. This is a great way to make one block at a time, and also gives the option of putting a completely different design on the back because the quilting is not "interupted" by the applique design. It also gives the option of changing the placement of applique right up until the whole design can be laid out and checked. I can make lots of flowers and arrange them as I would a vase of real flowers. I started experimenting with this because I could never get a perfect grid around a design ( LOL ) when I was making Rosemary Makhan's Rose Sampler Supreme. http://tinyurl.com/ofkbn This was my first attempt and a bit experimental, and I had my machine stitch set far too short. I now use a longer stitch, esp for gridwork. It looks much nicer. The background fabric for the Tree of Life quilt is 110" wide and has been stipple quilted with no seams. Some of the applique stitching in the centre of such a large piece will be a bit awkward, but I find this method quite fast once you get used to it. And as I prepare all the applique separately, that part of the project will still be very portable. http://tinyurl.com/fkmza The OZ Cats are appliqued onto a piece of prequilted black fabric. What looks like sashings is really just 1/2" strips of appliqued striped fabric used as a frame for each cat. The background to the Mardi Gras quilt is a diamond grid that was also pre-quilted. I am interested in seeing if and how others do this type of work. Good luck Pat - I look forward to hearing what you think of this method. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Oh that's sad, Cheryl.
Dictate onto tape, or employ an amanuensis. If you've got enough examples of your work, you won't need terrific eyesight. Or, write a magazine article - shorter term, and then you will have passed on your knowledge. In message , Cats writes I had planned to write . . . . . . but rapidly failing eyesight will catch up with me I'm afraid LOL -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Pat- I do this all the time with my 3D applique, but most of that is
glued down rather than stitched since it usually has many layers, Wonder Under, etc. I tried it with regular applique and had some troubles with stitching the applique across the quilt stitching because there was the small "dent" there. Also, it doesn't always lay as flat as you might like since the stitching over the "dents" tends to misalign the other areas. Best of luck and I tuly hope YMMV! ;-) Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.- where Hoover is getting over his upset tummy from gnawing on a few houseplants. The little rascal! (Yes, he saw our vet and, no, the houseplants weren't poisonous... we puppy-proofed the house before he came home with us) Patti wrote: Cheryl has often said that she does this now, as she is not able to do her own quilting. I am asking this question on the group, rather than e-mailing Cheryl, because I thought others might be interested in 'her' answer - and any other comments that might be generated. I am about to do this myself, because I need the background quilting to be a regular grid (of an unusual type, but a grid nevertheless!). So, I am going to quilt it first and appliqué the centrepiece on afterwards. It is all ready, with its edges turned under. I'm looking for any tips on the doing of it. Thanks very much for any wisdom or light that can be shed in my direction g -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Thanks for this, Leslie.
I will have such a very irregular piece to sew on (well, three, really!), that hopefully most of the pieces will touch the background where the quilting isn't!! I'll watch for it now I know it can be a problem. .. In message .com, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes Pat- I do this all the time with my 3D applique, but most of that is glued down rather than stitched since it usually has many layers, Wonder Under, etc. I tried it with regular applique and had some troubles with stitching the applique across the quilt stitching because there was the small "dent" there. Also, it doesn't always lay as flat as you might like since the stitching over the "dents" tends to misalign the other areas. Best of luck and I tuly hope YMMV! ;-) Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.- where Hoover is getting over his upset tummy from gnawing on a few houseplants. The little rascal! (Yes, he saw our vet and, no, the houseplants weren't poisonous... we puppy-proofed the house before he came home with us) -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message oups.com... Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.- where Hoover is getting over his upset tummy from gnawing on a few houseplants. The little rascal! (Yes, he saw our vet and, no, the houseplants weren't poisonous... we puppy-proofed the house before he came home with us) Yeah, and this heat isn't helping their digestive systems either! Cindy I can't get my 3 to stop eating old black walnuts that litter the back yard! How can that stuff taste good??? |
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Applique onto already quilted background?
Leslie
I used to worry about this before I tried it, but it never seemed to be a problem once I got into it. I wonder what we do that is different. Could it be the iron-on interfacing I use on the back of my applique pieces? I'm not sure what difference that would make but . . . . . . if you add a thin batt for a trapunto effect the problem cannot arise anyway. I don't do much 3D applique (or at least not more 3D than trapunto depth). I had always worried about using this method with an iron-on applique because I thought the quilt lines would be impressed into the applique pieces. Does that happen? I am about to try using buttonhole/blanket stitch applique on prequilted fabric using the iron-on interfacing as a fabric stabiliser and just stitching around the edges. I'm not sure how it will stand up to washing without being "glued" down to the background, but I guess I'll find out LOL. Maybe I could just spot glue the pieces in place before stitching. I am not a big fan of buttonhole/blanket stitch anyway (just personal taste, I think it looks gorgeous done well) so I am doing this test for some of my stitchers who asked about the possibility. -- Cheryl & the Cats _ _ _ _ _ _ ( Y ) ( Y ) ( Y ) ~ ~ ~ Enness Boofhead Donut Now in hibernation with a wake-up call for Spring! http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message oups.com... Pat- I do this all the time with my 3D applique, but most of that is glued down rather than stitched since it usually has many layers, Wonder Under, etc. I tried it with regular applique and had some troubles with stitching the applique across the quilt stitching because there was the small "dent" there. Also, it doesn't always lay as flat as you might like since the stitching over the "dents" tends to misalign the other areas. Best of luck and I tuly hope YMMV! ;-) Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.- where Hoover is getting over his upset tummy from gnawing on a few houseplants. The little rascal! (Yes, he saw our vet and, no, the houseplants weren't poisonous... we puppy-proofed the house before he came home with us) Patti wrote: Cheryl has often said that she does this now, as she is not able to do her own quilting. I am asking this question on the group, rather than e-mailing Cheryl, because I thought others might be interested in 'her' answer - and any other comments that might be generated. I am about to do this myself, because I need the background quilting to be a regular grid (of an unusual type, but a grid nevertheless!). So, I am going to quilt it first and appliqué the centrepiece on afterwards. It is all ready, with its edges turned under. I'm looking for any tips on the doing of it. Thanks very much for any wisdom or light that can be shed in my direction g -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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