Bernina Wallpaper Quilt Use?

I found this "wallpaper quilt" at Bernina's USA Site:
http://www.berninausa.com/project_de...1061257 56203

Basically, one cuts the pieces without any seam allowance, spray bastes
them exactly in place (like a jigsaw puzzle) on the already layered
backing and batting, and then feather stitches the pieces together,
which also serves as the quilting. Given the name and the joining
method, I presume that this quilt could only be used as a wall hanging?
That is, it would probably not endure washing?

Thanks,
Bev in TX

You might be able to wash it once or twice, Bev. You would have to be at
least as careful as you would bathing a baby though. I have two Christmas
sweaters that demand extreme caution when I wash them and they are worth it
but I wouldn't like to have much this tricky.
You could make the quilt a wee bit more sturdy by using an iron-on
stabilizer on the backs of your pieces. Polly

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I found this "wallpaper quilt" at Bernina's USA Site:

http://www.berninausa.com/project_de...1061257 56203

Basically, one cuts the pieces without any seam allowance, spray bastes
them exactly in place (like a jigsaw puzzle) on the already layered
backing and batting, and then feather stitches the pieces together,
which also serves as the quilting. Given the name and the joining
method, I presume that this quilt could only be used as a wall hanging?
That is, it would probably not endure washing?

Thanks,
Bev in TX

As stated I would be hesitant to wash this much. However, if you
overlapped the edges a bit (Cut an eighth of an inch larger, overlap
would be a quarter inch) you could do a narrow to medium width satin
stitch and it would be washable. Even if you just butted the edges but
covered with a wide satin stitch it would probably be washable. In fact
I know of one person here in the Valley that does just that with some of
her designs. Came up with the technique pretty much on her own, as a
beginner quilter.
Or if you used fusible on the edges of the patches so they wouldn't
fray out when washing it would work.
It is the fraying that I would be concerned with.
Of course this is the basic technique to use for the fusible bias
stained glass look too. Cover the joins with the bias and stitch it
down on each side.

Pati, in Phx


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I found this "wallpaper quilt" at Bernina's USA Site:
http://www.berninausa.com/project_de...1061257 56203

Basically, one cuts the pieces without any seam allowance, spray bastes
them exactly in place (like a jigsaw puzzle) on the already layered
backing and batting, and then feather stitches the pieces together,
which also serves as the quilting. Given the name and the joining
method, I presume that this quilt could only be used as a wall hanging?
That is, it would probably not endure washing?

Thanks,
Bev in TX

the back wouldn't look too pretty, so yes, WH, tablerunner maybe?

Pati Cook wrote:
As stated I would be hesitant to wash this much. However, if you
overlapped the edges a bit (Cut an eighth of an inch larger, overlap
would be a quarter inch) you could do a narrow to medium width satin
stitch and it would be washable. Even if you just butted the edges but
covered with a wide satin stitch it would probably be washable. In fact
I know of one person here in the Valley that does just that with some of
her designs. Came up with the technique pretty much on her own, as a
beginner quilter.
Or if you used fusible on the edges of the patches so they wouldn't fray
out when washing it would work. It is the fraying that I would be
concerned with.
Of course this is the basic technique to use for the fusible bias
stained glass look too. Cover the joins with the bias and stitch it
down on each side.

Pati, in Phx


wrote:

I found this "wallpaper quilt" at Bernina's USA Site:
http://www.berninausa.com/project_de...1061257 56203


Basically, one cuts the pieces without any seam allowance, spray bastes
them exactly in place (like a jigsaw puzzle) on the already layered
backing and batting, and then feather stitches the pieces together,
which also serves as the quilting. Given the name and the joining
method, I presume that this quilt could only be used as a wall hanging?
That is, it would probably not endure washing?

Thanks,
Bev in TX




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Thanks for verifying that kind of construction would be rather fragile.
I like your idea about the iron on stabilizer.

Bev in TX

Thanks for several more great ideas to make a quilt constructed like
this more durable :-).

Bev in TX