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From: pretnichols
Date: 03-08-2006, 03:10 PM (1 of 4)
Okay, my niece is 10+ and has a had a thermal-weave blanket since she came home from hospital. She is a sweetheart, who was in NICU for 3 months due to being born too soon. Anyway, her "lovey" is in tatters. It looks like a rag to most, but not to her.  She saw my daughter's fleece crazy quilt, and wants me to cut up her lovey & make her one just like it. The problem I have is that the material of her lovey is beyond thin/threadbare. Would it help to double it? Or should I sew it onto a piece of fleece, so that it has the support of another solid piece of material. At most, I can get two 10" pieces of fabric or if I push it about eight 5" pieces. I am assembling rows of multi-color fleece and figure to use this as a piece in it. I'll attach a picture of my DD's and would love suggestions. Thanks ladies! Peggy
So little time, sew much to do........... |
User: pretnichols
Member since: 10-16-2005 Total posts: 342 |
From: pretnichols
Date: 03-08-2006, 03:50 PM (2 of 4)
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Here's a picture of the blanket.....http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/pretnichols/my_photos
Peggy
So little time, sew much to do........... |
User: pretnichols
Member since: 10-16-2005 Total posts: 342 |
From: dmoses
Date: 03-08-2006, 03:54 PM (3 of 4)
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How about if you make the quilt from the fleece, and use the blankie bits to make appliques that can be attached randomly throughout. You can make simple shapes like hearts, flowers, fat letters for her name, etc. That way, you wouldn't have to worry about the difference in weight of the blankie and the fleece. I would interface the appliques, though, or use a fusible web.
Take care,
Donna |
User: dmoses
Member since: 02-22-2002 Total posts: 964 
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From: Bama
Date: 03-16-2006, 05:09 PM (4 of 4)
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A made a quilt for a friend's grandbaby a few months ago using her son's (the new dad's) old baby clothes. Most of them were thin or worn so I made an overall Sam quilt and only used the old baby clothes for "Sam's" clothes and used new fabric for the background squares and sashing. I made templates for each shape and traced it onto the back of the fusible interfacing. I placed a scrap of the clothing right side down on the "bumpy" side of the interfacing and sewed on the line I had traced. Then I cut out each piece, cut a small slit in the interfacing and turned right-side out. The fusible interfacing can then be ironed down to your square to hold it while you applique it. I like this method for quilts that will be washed alot because you won't have fraying edges on the appliques. I think it would work on fleece fabric as long as you used simple shapes, but you probably shouldn't use an iron. Regular interfacing would work for that. |
User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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