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This particular RU-vid channel creator doesn’t believe in responding to anybody’s questions. And she certainly produced a video that wasn’t finished she didn’t even show us the next step. I won’t be subscribing
Are you actually planning to hand quilt thru that press and seal? I can’t imagine that would be very easy, not to mention getting your needle sticky. Why didn’t you just directly mark your quilt top?
I like the transparency of being able to see where the pattern is as I quilt! But I tried this once and there were things I had not counted on. I used a black permanent marker to mark the design on the Press’n’seal, but the marker is not permanent on this plastic product and rubbed off easily as I stitched, staining the white quilt thread. Also, my needle would get ‘gummed’ up from the Press’n’seals sticky side. I suppose I could keep a cotton ball slightly soaked with rubbing alcohol handy to clean the needle now and then. In these examples, with plastic over paper, carefully trace the pattern using a pencil, but don’t use an ink pen, for the same reason as the marker. I use a hard surface for this step. I have also used a tracing-tool-roller-thingy, a sewing technical term meaning, I don’t know the real name, or an unthreaded sewing machine, to ‘perforate’ the paper and plastic showing the pattern then apply it to the quilt! A few thoughts! And thank you for this tutorial gave me lots of ideas!
I have a quilt I started many years ago - an Amish center diamond pattern. The central quilting pattern is that exact feathered wreath in the video. I started hand quilting it in black thread and then put it aside for some years before going back to it. To my dismay, my markings (water soluble marker) had disappeared! This is the perfect solution for me, I think. I can trace my existing quilting to duplicate the portion of the wreath I'm missing, and then trace onto the Press'n Seal. I was visiting my sister and saw her using Press'n Seal in her kitchen - and it dawned on me that this could be used for quilting. Google led me straight to this video and I knew this was the answer!
5 words, Crayola Ultra Clean Washable Marker. I use them to mark my quilts and when you’re done, a toss in the washing machine and it comes right out :-)
Someone in my quilt group said the ink transferred to the thread when it was quilted. I'm wondering if there is a marking pen that wouldn't do that? I want to do this by machine. The best idea I've found so far.
I have bought some fax machine paper as I had read to use this. Go to the op shop and get some sewing paper patterns and you can also use the pattern paper to trace. As the paper is thin it's easy to tear off. That said I actually haven't done it yet. I have lots of doll quilts I've done I would love to try it with
Thank you! How do you straighten the fabric if there *is* a warp or ripple in the fold starting out? Do you smooth it out until there is no warp and allow the uneven excess fall where it wants and then cut, I guess?
This is a great idea!! I'm new to making quilts and was wondering if there was an easier way to do machine stitch the quilting stitches. I think this would work.
This is so awesome! I'm really new to the stitching part of quilting. This looks to make things a LOT easier for me! Thank you for posting this up! I'll be trying this soon!
