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catotn
Farmgirl in Training
32 Posts
Sara
Dover
TN
USA
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 Posted - Jun 01 2016 : 09:16:36 AM
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I have made a large quilt for my sister. I have finish the top, have the padding and backing. I need help with the quilting part. I have bit off more then I can chew. I dont have a big enough sewing machine to machine quilt it and I dont have a frame to hand quilt it. Please help. This is for my sister new home.
Sara Bell
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7546 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7546 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2016 : 10:03:39 AM
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Perhaps you can find a long-arm quilter who can do it for you. Or sometimes senior centers have a group of ladies who hand quilt the quilts. Maybe this will help?
Or check for a quilt guild in your area and contact them. Often they have long-arm quilters who will do it for a small charge.
Farmgirl hugs,
Farmgirl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015
Linda O
Lone Oak, TX
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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HealingTouch
True Blue Farmgirl
3448 Posts
Darlene
Kunkletown
Pa
USA
3448 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2016 : 9:17:50 PM
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In my area some churches do quilting for people. Good luck.
Be Blessed and Be a Blessing,
Darlene
Sister 1922
God first, everything else after!
When Satan's knocking at your door, just say "Jesus will you get that for me?"
When it gets to hard to stand, Kneel!
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sherone_13
True Blue Farmgirl
2460 Posts
Sherone
Evanston
WY
USA
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Marilyn Hartman Sullivan
True Blue Farmgirl
1138 Posts
Marilyn
Oxford
PA
USA
1138 Posts |
Posted - Jun 02 2016 : 11:56:30 AM
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While it is much easier to do nice hand-quilting with a frame, it can be done without, it you take plenty of time to baste the quilt sandwich (top, batting, binding) together -- lots and lots of pins, so that the sandwich doesn't shift while you are quilting, and you take your time and start quilting from the center and work your way to the outside edges. You could also do what we used to call a "tied quilt," where you just tack the layers of the sandwich together every 4 to 6 inches with heavy floss or crochet cotton -- just make a knot close to the surface of the quilt and leave the tails a couple of inches long. Makes the whole thing a little "puffier," but it can be a nice country-looking finish.
If it's an heirloom kind of piece, then hand-quilting is nice, but it is time consuming, for sure. It is really just running stitches taken through all the layers of the quilt to hold it together and keep it from shifting, and our great-great-grandmothers did it riding in a swaying wagon, so it's not brain surgery, but it does take time.
If the quilt is going to be used, then I would for sure find a local machine quilter! The finished quilt will hold up better during use and washing. GOOD LUCK!
Farmgirl #6318
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Farmgirlquilting
True Blue Farmgirl
79 Posts
Angie
Ft Meade
FL
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Posted - Jun 11 2016 : 7:01:11 PM
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I do long arm quilting. Email me if you need help.
Angie Gordon
#6966 FGOTM June 2016
farmgirlquilting@gmail.com |
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