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Posted by MaleQuilter on July 29, 2007, 9:23 pm
I am thinking about doing a quilt with redwork embroidery blocks,
sashing, a narrow and wider border. As a new quilter I have the
advantage of not knowing much about what I'm trying to do. So I have
several questions.
1. Is redwork normally done on pure white or off white fabric?
2. Are the rework blocks quilted? If so, what type of quilting to
avoid messing up the design?
3. If the blocks are not quilted, what type of batting is needed?
Thanks for any help or suggestions.
Jerry in North Alabama
http://community.webshots.com/user/MaleQuilter
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Posted by Julia in MN on July 29, 2007, 10:55 pm
I haven't done any redwork myself, but my mother did a lot of
redwork-style embroidery of blocks for baby quilts. (I call it
"redwork-style" because she used lots of different colors.) I made quite
a few quilts from those blocks. Most of them were simple, with the
blocks separated by sashing, but I did do one more elaborate one; there
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are pictures at <http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/Quilts2005.html>.
She usually used white background, but did some on light blue or light
yellow. Of course, these were not traditional redwork, so that probably
isn't helpful information for you.
I don't know what is done traditionally, but I will tell you what I did.
I did not quilt in the blocks on the first few that I made; I did use a
poly batting and they seemed to be okay. I just quilted in the ditch
around the blocks, which were approximately 7.5" square. Later on, I did
stitch next to the embroidery around the main figure in the block using
thread that matched the background. The quilting didn't really show
much, but did add some texture to the block. I also hand-quilted two of
them; on those I quilted a grid in the background of the block outside
of the design.
Whether or not you should quilt in the block will be determined in part
by the size of the block and the type of batting that you select.
Batting is generally labeled with the maximum distance between quilting
lines. If you are not going to quilt inside the blocks, that distance
should be at least as great as the size of your blocks.
Julia in MN
MaleQuilter wrote:
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> I am thinking about doing a quilt with redwork embroidery blocks,
> sashing, a narrow and wider border. As a new quilter I have the
> advantage of not knowing much about what I'm trying to do. So I have
> several questions.
>
> 1. Is redwork normally done on pure white or off white fabric?
>
> 2. Are the rework blocks quilted? If so, what type of quilting to
> avoid messing up the design?
>
> 3. If the blocks are not quilted, what type of batting is needed?
>
> Thanks for any help or suggestions.
>
> Jerry in North Alabama
> http://community.webshots.com/user/MaleQuilter
>
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Posted by Patti on July 30, 2007, 3:22 am
Sounds like a good plan, Jerry.
Your question 1 reminded me: I did a tiny piece of a redwork quilt, to
be included with others in a row by row quilt. I thought white would
make it stand out too much, so as I had some incredibly pale grey, I
thought I'd use that. Well, it just looks 'dirty'. I wish now that I
had used the white.
But, I don't know about the traditional way of doing it, I'm afraid. I
always assumed it was white, but I don't actually *know.
.
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>I am thinking about doing a quilt with redwork embroidery blocks,
>sashing, a narrow and wider border. As a new quilter I have the
>advantage of not knowing much about what I'm trying to do. So I have
>several questions.
>1. Is redwork normally done on pure white or off white fabric?
>2. Are the rework blocks quilted? If so, what type of quilting to
>avoid messing up the design?
>3. If the blocks are not quilted, what type of batting is needed?
>Thanks for any help or suggestions.
>Jerry in North Alabama
>http://community.webshots.com/user/MaleQuilter
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by Butterflywings on July 30, 2007, 11:02 am
Have only seen the Traditional done with white backgrounds. Makes for a very
nice contrast which is what you are after....you are showing off your fine
stitches.
from my understanding "Redwork" means using the same ONE color throughout
the entire design. when other colors are introduced it becomes embroidery'.
redwork can be done with blue (sometimes called "Bluework") or green (would
that be called "Greenwork?") Patterns use one stitch only.....outline
stitch. I'm not sure if the 'daisy stitch' changes the title to this work or
not. Haven't been able to embroider in ages so I gave my books away.
Butterfly (Sometimes the memory isn't so hot)
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> Sounds like a good plan, Jerry.
> Your question 1 reminded me: I did a tiny piece of a redwork quilt, to be
> included with others in a row by row quilt. I thought white would make it
> stand out too much, so as I had some incredibly pale grey, I thought I'd
> use that. Well, it just looks 'dirty'. I wish now that I had used the
> white.
> But, I don't know about the traditional way of doing it, I'm afraid. I
> always assumed it was white, but I don't actually *know.
> .
>>I am thinking about doing a quilt with redwork embroidery blocks,
>>sashing, a narrow and wider border. As a new quilter I have the
>>advantage of not knowing much about what I'm trying to do. So I have
>>several questions.
>>1. Is redwork normally done on pure white or off white fabric?
>>2. Are the rework blocks quilted? If so, what type of quilting to
>>avoid messing up the design?
>>3. If the blocks are not quilted, what type of batting is needed?
>>Thanks for any help or suggestions.
>>Jerry in North Alabama
>>http://community.webshots.com/user/MaleQuilter
> --
> Best Regards
> pat on the hill
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Posted by Val on July 30, 2007, 8:29 pm
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> Have only seen the Traditional done with white backgrounds. Makes for a
> very nice contrast which is what you are after....you are showing off your
> fine stitches.
> from my understanding "Redwork" means using the same ONE color throughout
> the entire design. when other colors are introduced it becomes
> embroidery'. redwork can be done with blue (sometimes called "Bluework")
> or green (would that be called "Greenwork?") Patterns use one stitch
> only.....outline stitch. I'm not sure if the 'daisy stitch' changes the
> title to this work or not. Haven't been able to embroider in ages so I
> gave my books away.
> Butterfly (Sometimes the memory isn't so hot)
Here's more history and explanations than anyone could ever want to know
about redwork http://www.prettyimpressivestuff.com/redwork.htm . I found
it interesting but I have a lot of time on my hands and also do a lot of
hand embroidery ;) One of my PAPs (Projects a Percolatin') is a redwork lap
quilt with each square being a different watering can design.
Val
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