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From: esrun3
Date: 10-03-2006, 11:28 PM (1 of 9)
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quilt for my daughter's baby shower. The top is pieced together and I'm wondering what to do next. Do I leave it just the top and have people sign it or do I go ahead and put it together and quilt it and then have people sign it? Any ideas would be appreciated!
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: Hogmami
Date: 10-04-2006, 07:28 AM (2 of 9)
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I think I would put it together and have them sign it. Remember to heat set the signatures.
Carolyn
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User: Hogmami
Member since: 09-30-2004 Total posts: 800 
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From: Patty22
Date: 10-04-2006, 07:56 AM (3 of 9)
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I LOVE signature quilts and I think your daughter is really going to love this gift. I've seen it done both ways on the quilt.........however, there always seems to be one person that kind of "screws" up the signature (be it no fault of their own or just holding the pigma pen a certain way and the fabric just bleeds out). I would leave the quilt as a top for everyone to sign. This way you can iron freezer paper to the back of the fabric where you want the guests to sign. The freezer paper will eliminate the bleeding pen and stabilize the fabric making it easier to write on. Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: HeyJudee
Date: 10-04-2006, 07:15 PM (4 of 9)
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We did a signature quilt at work for a colleague who was retiring. This is how the person doing that quilt did it. We were given a strip of fabric divided into rectangles (lines and seam allowances drawn on the fabric) and we were asked to sign inside the rectangles. This way if someone screwed up the signature he/she could just move on to another rectangle. Then she cut out all the signatures and assembled them around the quilt blocks TTFN from
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User: HeyJudee
Member since: 01-25-2005 Total posts: 1366 
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From: esrun3
Date: 10-04-2006, 07:15 PM (5 of 9)
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Thanks Ladies! I think I'll leave it just the top and do the freezer paper idea-at least it will be easier to repair if someone really screws it up. Carolyn, thanks for the reminder about heat setting the signatures-I hadn't even thought about that!
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: esrun3
Date: 10-04-2006, 07:17 PM (6 of 9)
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We were given a strip of fabric divided into rectangles (lines and seam allowances drawn on the fabric) and we were asked to sign inside the rectangles. This way if someone screwed up the signature he/she could just move on to another rectangle. Then she cut out all the signatures and assembled them around the quilt blocks Well, that's a good idea too! I do have some I'm mailing out to folks that are out of town but still wanted an invitation or are family out of state. I'm going to use those signatures in the border. Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
From: Patty22
Date: 10-04-2006, 08:34 PM (7 of 9)
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Lyn....if you're mailing out, be VERY specific about the kind of permanent pen you want them to sign with. If you're having them sign at the shower.....be sure to have an extra scrap of fabric they can test the pen on so they will be more confident when they sign the actual quilt. Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: JustSewCrafty
Date: 10-05-2006, 04:21 PM (8 of 9)
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I'm glad I read that! I just bought the multi color set of pigma pens but I didnt know they had to be heat set. Thanks for the tip! Stef May your bobbin always be full-
Stephanie www.chasingthreads.blogspot.com "Sewing is the new black" |
User: JustSewCrafty
Member since: 10-04-2006 Total posts: 168 |
From: esrun3
Date: 10-05-2006, 06:56 PM (9 of 9)
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Patty, thanks for the idea! I was thinking of sending a pen with the scraps-not too many I have to send out so won't be too pricey. But I hadn't thought about test scraps at the shower. Thanks!
Lyn
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User: esrun3
Member since: 12-02-2004 Total posts: 2345 |
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