Friday, April 3, 2009

reverse stitching

Yesterday I quilted half a quilt using straight lines about 3 mm apart. Today I am unpicking them because the batting was too puffy and the backing got more and more tangled. I was trying to save money so used what I had, instead of buying what I needed. Poo

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  1. Definitely poo! We can all relate to that :-)

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  2. You do realise you can probably pull apart that too-thick batting so that you have two pieces each the same size but half the thickness?
    If it's a large piece you might need help of one or two sets of hands to manoeuvre it carefully through the process, taking it slowly and evenly... good luck.

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  3. It wasn't really all that thick, it was lo-loft but needed to be cotton. The lines are so close together that even lo-loft was too thick.

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