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quilter's dream dream puff batting question
Hello everyone
First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia |
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quilter's dream dream puff batting question
I made a quilt with that method about 10 years ago, Claudia. It looks nice,
has held up well, is rather heavy and (!) it is an absolute beast when it's time to make the bed. The blocks want to pouf and roll, and each one has to be sort of pounded into submission. We've moved it to the guest room where it doesn't have to be tamed so often. Polly "claudia" wrote Hello everyone First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia |
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quilter's dream dream puff batting question
On Jan 4, 7:49*am, claudia wrote:
Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia I have used this batting on a biggy quilt and when It was finished it was soooooo heavy..not a summer quilt. Not sure if the batting comes in different weights or not though. Lyn |
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quilter's dream dream puff batting question
So you'd end up with a double layer of batting? Or have I lost track
somewhere... If you are very careful and determined, it is possible (and maybe easier) to sew a vertical row of blocks. Cut a strip of batting to match and sandwich to the middle of your backing. Quilt. Do another row, place right sides together over the 1st, with batting. Stitch the seam. Trim most of the batting out of the seam allowance to cut the bulk. Press open. Quilt. Keep going until it's all done. (Last time I did this, I didn't catch the batting in the seam, only the top, and just butted the next strip of batting to the previous one with a little hand stitching. then made sure to quilt across the seam.) Or look up "quilt as you go" and see what appears! More than one way to do this. Roberta in D On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 05:49:27 -0800 (PST), claudia wrote: Hello everyone First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia |
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I've never used Dream Puff batting -- don't even know what it is -- but
2 layers of batting sounds like a heavy quilt unless the batting is really like, more like Thermore batting. Take a look at how I did one quilt in sections. It may give you some ideas on how to quilt yours. Another way: Years ago, probably before I really knew what I was doing, I machine quilted a quilt a block at a time. I layered the block with squares of batting and backing, and quilted it. Then I joined them with sashing strips, batting, and backing. I stacked a sashing backing, a quilted block, a sashing strip, and a sashing batting, and stitched the seam. I flipped them open and sewed the sashing & sashing batting to the next block, leaving the backing free. Then I turned under the edge of the sashing backing and hand stitched it over the seam. Repeat with blocks to make strips of blocks the length of the quilt. Then repeat with the strips of blocks and long strips of sashing. It was quite a bit of hand sewing to sew the backing down, but it worked. If I remember correctly, I trimmed a lot of the batting away from the seams. Julia in MN claudia wrote: Hello everyone First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia -- ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- |
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Great idea Claudia. Although I do agree that two layers of puff might
be a bit much. Could you use regular Dream Poly for the back batting? Request is the thinnest loft poly. I've done something similar and like it much better than the usual quilt as you go methods. claudia wrote: Hello everyone First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia -- Regards, anthony (to reply privately, replace live dot com with bigfoot dot com) |
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Hi Anthony
Yep, you get it! Request loft for the back batting instead of dream puff sounds great. I was thinking dream puff because it is supposed to be very light weight. Yes, I have tried other quilt as you go methods but have yet to find the one that I really like. The problem for me is that I end up with a quilt whose back is all "straggly" with a zillion seams that I have to then hide by hand. This way I would not. But I don't want a really heavy quilt either: the amount of fabric used to make a quilt of this size is already considerably weight so the batting has to be light. But I like fluffy! I made a log cabin quilt using the dream cotton supreme batting and the quilt as you go, sewing finished and quilted bloks together. That left me with a zillion seams to cover on the back, and the strips are always just that little bit too short to do the job comfortably. And the quilt is HEAVY!!!! I like cotton batts so maybe a request weight cotton batt for the back batting and the dream puff for the individual squares. I'll let you know how this works out! Claudia On 4 ene, 17:57, anthony wrote: Great idea Claudia. *Although I do agree that two layers of puff might be a bit much. Could you use regular Dream Poly for the back batting? Request is the thinnest loft poly. *I've done something similar and like it much better than the usual quilt as you go methods. claudia wrote: Hello everyone First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia -- Regards, anthony (to reply privately, replace live dot com with bigfoot dot com)- Ocultar texto de la cita - - Mostrar texto de la cita - |
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quilter's dream dream puff batting question
My first sampler quilt was done square by square. We had to leave extra
batting beyond the block measurement so we could add sashing, thus reducing the number of seams when we put the thing together. Behind the batting was a fine calico (British or Muslin US) that we quilted through. Then at the end the made up quilt was backed by normal backing fabric (mine was a sheet) and then this was tied or stitched though the whole 4 layers. I found that the joins in the battings didn't seem to be very noticable, much to my surprise. I think this is the Georgia Bonesteel's method, more or less? but my instructions came from mt LQS. Don't know about that batting - sorry, but wouldn't 3 layers be very heavy. Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin claudia wrote: Hello everyone First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia |
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quilter's dream dream puff batting question
Good luck on that, Claudia! I have never tried the "Quilt as you go" method
but have purchased Sandra Millett's book as I intend to try it in the future. I bet you could borrow a copy from the local library and see if your method is similar to hers, and if her method might suggest shortcuts or perhaps less weight. Please keep us posted on your progress, I for one am eager to hear how it goes! And of course a picture of the finished quilt will be much appreciated! -- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty "claudia" wrote in message ... Hello everyone First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia |
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I think you're onto something here. The poly won't shrink, cotton will.
Even with a controlled shrink, my first backs looked baggy between the quilting grid. I eventually solved that by preshrinking my 80/20 cotton batt. Extra work, although definitely worth it. But the poly might stay flat without preshrinking. Plus you don't have to worry so much about the distance between quilting stitches. As a die-hard batting snob, I never thought I'd hear myself saying this, but poly will probably work great. Thanks for the tip. I'm trying it on the next large project. anthony in Clearwater claudia wrote: Hi Anthony Yep, you get it! Request loft for the back batting instead of dream puff sounds great. I was thinking dream puff because it is supposed to be very light weight. Yes, I have tried other quilt as you go methods but have yet to find the one that I really like. The problem for me is that I end up with a quilt whose back is all "straggly" with a zillion seams that I have to then hide by hand. This way I would not. But I don't want a really heavy quilt either: the amount of fabric used to make a quilt of this size is already considerably weight so the batting has to be light. But I like fluffy! I made a log cabin quilt using the dream cotton supreme batting and the quilt as you go, sewing finished and quilted bloks together. That left me with a zillion seams to cover on the back, and the strips are always just that little bit too short to do the job comfortably. And the quilt is HEAVY!!!! I like cotton batts so maybe a request weight cotton batt for the back batting and the dream puff for the individual squares. I'll let you know how this works out! Claudia On 4 ene, 17:57, anthony wrote: Great idea Claudia. Although I do agree that two layers of puff might be a bit much. Could you use regular Dream Poly for the back batting? Request is the thinnest loft poly. I've done something similar and like it much better than the usual quilt as you go methods. claudia wrote: Hello everyone First off, happy new year to everyone. Hope all your wishes come true and you find new dreams. I am now working on yet another sampler quilt, having finally finished the flying geese quilt for DD2 (note to self; get a picture of that posted!). This sampler quilt will be a biggie (as are all quilts for my bed - duh!). And I will NOT wrestle this thing under the machine to quilt it. And hand quilting is no really an option I don't think. So, I've been thinking. I have a piece of dream puff batting that I'd like to try on this quilt. I would like to cut the batting into squares, more or less the size of the finished block, and then quilt each block separately. Then sew all the blockst together (haven't quite decided on/figured out the right technique), and then add another layer of the batting and the backing in one piece and then just quilt through the square joining lines to hold the second piece in place. That way the backing would still be in one piece and the additional layer of batting will help hide the seams and irregularities caused by sewing the blocks together. Does this make any sense at all??? Anyway, does anyone have any experience with this batting? I like the idea of the dream puff because of weight.... All thoughts are welcome. Claudia -- Regards, anthony (to reply privately, replace live dot com with bigfoot dot com)- Ocultar texto de la cita - - Mostrar texto de la cita - -- Regards, anthony (to reply privately, replace live dot com with bigfoot dot com) |
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