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Summer weight quilt question
Hi All,
I made a quilt that I'd hoped would work for summer--used a light, low- loft batting. Unfortunately, here in the Mojave desert, the quilt is still too heavy for summer. (Will work great for winter though.) So I'm thinking of giving a summer weight quilt another shot. Instead of using a batting, I'm considering using a sheet instead. Has anyone tried this? I'd love to hear any other suggestions! Thanks in advance! Michelle in NV |
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Summer weight quilt question
Hey Michelle Your question made me go look in my closet at a quilt my mother made many years ago. She called it her summer quilt. She didn't use any batting at all. Used a sheet for the backing. Now mind you she always bought sheets with the 200 thread count. This is all hand quilted. Her fingers must have hurt badly by the time she finished this full size quilt or they were fingers of steel. I know this quilt to be at least 40 years old. It was made before my DWR and she made that in 1968. Kate T. South Mississippi |
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Summer weight quilt question
There was a period of time here in England (probably elsewhere too?),
when so-called 'patchworks' were made. These were just tops and backing. Obviously the quilting was just functional - to hold the two layers together - and there wasn't a lot of it - not much point, as it wouldn't be clearly seen. But these pieces of work were beautiful. I saw a great many in the home of Lucy Bolton (she was an authoress and quilter not that long ago, as it was her daughter who showed us round the family home - say 60 years?) .. In message . com, desert quilter writes Hi All, I made a quilt that I'd hoped would work for summer--used a light, low- loft batting. Unfortunately, here in the Mojave desert, the quilt is still too heavy for summer. (Will work great for winter though.) So I'm thinking of giving a summer weight quilt another shot. Instead of using a batting, I'm considering using a sheet instead. Has anyone tried this? I'd love to hear any other suggestions! Thanks in advance! Michelle in NV -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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I remember making a quilt using flannel instead of batting for summer use.
It gave enough body for quilting but not weight. -- Bonnie NJ "desert quilter" wrote in message ups.com... Hi All, I made a quilt that I'd hoped would work for summer--used a light, low- loft batting. Unfortunately, here in the Mojave desert, the quilt is still too heavy for summer. (Will work great for winter though.) So I'm thinking of giving a summer weight quilt another shot. Instead of using a batting, I'm considering using a sheet instead. Has anyone tried this? I'd love to hear any other suggestions! Thanks in advance! Michelle in NV |
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Summer weight quilt question
I would definitely go for it, the only thought that occurs is that if
you want to any decorative rather than functional quilting that it would be rather like doing machine embroidery and need a stabiliser. If you needed to do that over the entire quilt that could end up expensive, but if there are just sections you want to pay more attention to, it would probably work out fine you could just iron on some tear away stabiliser under those sections. cheers Anne |
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There would be 2 layers of fabric though.
"Anne Rogers" wrote in message . .. I would definitely go for it, the only thought that occurs is that if you want to any decorative rather than functional quilting that it would be rather like doing machine embroidery and need a stabiliser. If you needed to do that over the entire quilt that could end up expensive, but if there are just sections you want to pay more attention to, it would probably work out fine you could just iron on some tear away stabiliser under those sections. cheers Anne |
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Summer weight quilt question
The summer quilts my Gram made we patchwork or applique top, flannel
sheet for middle and unbleached muslin for backing. Instead of quilting them per se, she would use a decorative embroidery stitch (usually some form of feather stitch) over the seam between each block. Comfy, cozy, not too warm for upstate NY summers. Rose in CA @}--------- Rosanne DOT Morgan AT sbcglobal DOT net Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling, fact, or tact are transmission errors. No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced...... desert quilter wrote: Hi All, I made a quilt that I'd hoped would work for summer--used a light, low- loft batting. Unfortunately, here in the Mojave desert, the quilt is still too heavy for summer. (Will work great for winter though.) So I'm thinking of giving a summer weight quilt another shot. Instead of using a batting, I'm considering using a sheet instead. Has anyone tried this? I'd love to hear any other suggestions! Thanks in advance! Michelle in NV |
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Summer weight quilt question
Just to thank you for the question ) I can see I was going to be asking
it in the not too distant future. I'm piecing a scrappy for the caravan and we go north to Queensland every year so using cotton, wool or poly batting was just going to be way too hot. I like the idea of using flannel as the "batting". That would be a good alternative. Wendy in NSW "desert quilter" wrote in message ups.com... Hi All, I made a quilt that I'd hoped would work for summer--used a light, low- loft batting. Unfortunately, here in the Mojave desert, the quilt is still too heavy for summer. (Will work great for winter though.) So I'm thinking of giving a summer weight quilt another shot. Instead of using a batting, I'm considering using a sheet instead. Has anyone tried this? I'd love to hear any other suggestions! Thanks in advance! Michelle in NV |
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Summer weight quilt question
Just read all of your great replies to my question. I hadn't thought
of either using flannel or just foregoing any batting at all. This is great! I can make the top, see how heavy it is on its own and go either way. I'm kind of partial to the idea of a flannel batting so the quilt will have more body, but don't want to defeat my purpose--a quilted bedspread to use in the summer! Glad to know I have options. Anne, I see your point about using a stabilizer for decorative quilting--but my machine quilting is only about straight lines. ;-) I certainly admire anyone who can do decorative stitching on the sewing machine. If a quilt must have decorative quilting, I do it by hand. However, it takes me forever, so I reserve it for very special occasions. :-) Wendy, it sounds like you have much the same issue that I do. :-) Thanks so much for your help, ladies! Michelle in NV |
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