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Quilting question...
May. 6th, 2009 09:29 amEver since visiting Casa de Sutton last year, and seeing ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ladyat 's craft room, I have wanted to have a go at quilting. I was given some fabric, a book and patterns for Christmas, and a pre-printed cushion kit to practice the actual quilting itself. After finishing the shawl from the Planet Tharg (I had a big cone of navy 3 ply and I wasn't going to waste it, so I made it up!), I decided to start the practice panel last night.
I set it up on my embroidery lap frame, and tried to do the running stitch that the book I was given had recommended. The fabric/wadding/fabric sandwich was just too thick to do a proper running stitch in anything *like* a small size. I was looking at a top stitch size of between 1/2 and 1 inch long. That doesn't seem right, does it?
I ended up doing it with a stab stitch, and it looks fine, but I'm concerned that the book expressly said NOT to stab stitch it.
Can any quilters out there enlighten me? I've mounted it loosely on the embroidery frame, so there *is* some movement to it, but not enough to make the stitches small. Are long/large stitches OK? Is stab stitch OK? I could make the top look OK by backstitching it, but the book definitely didn't mention backstitch, so I'm guessing that's right out.
Help!
ladyat 's craft room, I have wanted to have a go at quilting. I was given some fabric, a book and patterns for Christmas, and a pre-printed cushion kit to practice the actual quilting itself. After finishing the shawl from the Planet Tharg (I had a big cone of navy 3 ply and I wasn't going to waste it, so I made it up!), I decided to start the practice panel last night.I set it up on my embroidery lap frame, and tried to do the running stitch that the book I was given had recommended. The fabric/wadding/fabric sandwich was just too thick to do a proper running stitch in anything *like* a small size. I was looking at a top stitch size of between 1/2 and 1 inch long. That doesn't seem right, does it?
I ended up doing it with a stab stitch, and it looks fine, but I'm concerned that the book expressly said NOT to stab stitch it.
Can any quilters out there enlighten me? I've mounted it loosely on the embroidery frame, so there *is* some movement to it, but not enough to make the stitches small. Are long/large stitches OK? Is stab stitch OK? I could make the top look OK by backstitching it, but the book definitely didn't mention backstitch, so I'm guessing that's right out.
Help!
