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From: Barbara555
Date: 08-27-2005, 11:40 AM (1 of 6)
| Hoping for some help. I'm making a bedspread out of brocade drapes - not heavy. I bought some medium batting for it and now I don't know how to put it on. I'm going to use a sheet to make the lining. Do I have to sew the batting every so many inches? Or will just the two seams where I put the drapes together and the hemline do the job? Maybe I've taken on more than I should have. Thanks for any help. |
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Member since: 08-27-2005 Total posts: 2 |
From: JackieW
Date: 08-27-2005, 11:51 AM (2 of 6)
| Hmmm, you can try to make it like a duvet cover over the present bedspread? |
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Member since: 08-25-2005 Total posts: 10 |
From: woodywoodpecker
Date: 08-27-2005, 12:29 PM (3 of 6)
| I personally would attatch the batting, as I would be afraid it would bunch up when I washed it. If you are using a sheet as a linning anyway I would attatch to that, or did you mean the sheet was going to be the backing? |
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From: Barbara555
Date: 08-27-2005, 12:41 PM (4 of 6)
| Thanks for responding. I was going to use the sheet as liner because the brocade is so slippery. Do you think I could sew the batting to the sheet in a number of places and then sew the sheet to the brocade? Then maybe top-sew at the seams where I connected the drapes? |
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Member since: 08-27-2005 Total posts: 2 |
From: paroper
Date: 08-27-2005, 07:39 PM (5 of 6)
|
There is batting that has an adhesive on it so that you can heat set it to your fabric. Since I think you already have the fabric and the batting, why not use some 505 spray adhesive (won't gum up your needle) and spay it on you fabrics before you lay them on the batting. That should help keep them together. This won't last through much more than one laundry so don't depend upon it to keep things together long-term. It sure helps when you are assembling things though. I use it with fleece and a lot of other "stuff". If you plan to lightly quilt the top, hold the top, bottom and batting together with safety pins to make sure that you don't have any extra shift (although the 505 will help with that). If it were me I would attach the batting in the seams of the top and side. As far as the lining is concern, at the very least (if I didn't quilt the whole thing) I would stitch in the ditch down the seams of the spread (assuming that it will have two seams (one down each side) to help keep the whole thing together.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
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From: woodywoodpecker
Date: 08-28-2005, 12:32 AM (6 of 6)
| Barbara555,I would think that that would work. Please keep us updated on how everything turns out for you. |
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Member since: 11-07-2003 Total posts: 242 |
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