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Posted by teleflora on October 22, 2006, 2:31 pm
Yeah, I was thinking about stay stitching the edges, I could even serge
them. I wonder if I need some stabilizing for the embroidery? This is not
heavy fabric so it may need something.
Cindy
> You could machine stitch around the edge of each of the blocks, in the
> seam allowance, before tearing off the paper. That would stabilize the
> bias edges.
>
> Julia in MN
>
> teleflora wrote:
>> I think I might need to use some iron-on interfacing or use some wonder
>> under and back the blocks with muslin. The blocks appear to be paper
>> pieced (at least they used paper as a stabilizer) so when I tear that
>> off, I'm going to have some bias edges that I won't want to stretch.
>>
>> I don't fancy tearing paper after I embroider.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>>> I'm not a crazy quilter... but I don't see why you couldn't embellish
>>> the inside of the block seams... then when you join them you'd have
>>> all the block joining seams to embellish.
>>>
>>> Anyways -- who said there were rules for this thing we do?
>>>
>>> Kate in MI
>>> http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>> I bought a grab bag for $20. Got it home and I have about 30 crazy
>>>> quilt blocks! No really fancy fabric, just cotton, but I really like
>>>> them. They are well made and will work terrific as I learn to
>>>> embellish. They are about 12 inches long and about 5 1/2 inches wide.
>>>>
>>>> My friend, who has never crazy quilted in her life informs me that I
>>>> have to sew all the blocks together and then start embellishing. I
>>>> want to be able to take these blocks with me when I'm riding in the car
>>>> and waiting at appointments and work on them. They are the perfect
>>>> portability size.
>>>>
>>>> I also thought that it would be neat to have a workshop and hand these
>>>> blocks out to participants so we could all learn embellishing together.
>>>> Maybe do a donation, fund raising type quilt with them.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think? Can I just start embellishing and THEN sew them
>>>> together?
>>>>
>>>> Cindy
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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