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My
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help you complete all those UFQ's (Unfinished Quilts)
you have tucked away in your closets. Every quilt
is unique and each one is given individual attention to
ensure customer satisfaction.
Custom design, separate border
treatments, block designs, echo quilting, template work,
crosshatching or stitch-in-the-ditch? Talk to
me, and we
will come up with the right design for your quilt!
Following my quilt preparation tips before bringing or
sending your quilt is also very important.
While in my studio, all customer
quilts are kept on hangers, in a closet away from sun
light and in a smoke-free environment.
Please check out the following
services and then
email me or
give me a call at the numbers listed at the bottom of
this page.
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Pantographs & Patterns
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| Pantographs are
preprinted designs that are followed with a laser light
to create a beautiful all over pattern on your quilt.
There are hundreds of patterns to choose from including
floral, leaves, holiday, themes and many, many more.
These designs can be used alone or combined with custom
borders.
We do not sell patterns from
this site. While this page continues to be under
construction please visit one of the pattern suppliers
listed below to see the available patterns.
The following are just a few samples:
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The Pattern Station
"Acanthus" |
Golden Threads
"Arabesque" |
Kingsmen Quilting Supplies
"Celestial Stitches" |
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Custom Freehand Quilting
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Custom Freehand quilting includes
overall meanders and designs done without assistance
from patterns creating a unique and individual design,
including echo quilting, feathers, block motifs and
stitch in the ditch. |
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Heirloom Quilting
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Heirloom quilting consists of highly
detailed quilting, cross hatching and the use of
specialty templates. |
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Trapunto Quilting
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Trapunto is a technique that uses a
high loft batting behind areas of quilting to create a
beautiful dimensional finish. |
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Basting for Hand Quilting
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Basting for hand quilting horizontal
and vertical basting in neutral colored thread to
stabilize quilt for hand quilting. Eliminates the need
to stretch and pin manually. |
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Binding
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Your prepared binding can be sewn on
your quilt while it is being quilted. Hand
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Determine the width you want finished
binding.
For single-fold
binding, cut width of the binding strip 4 times the
desired finished width.
For double-fold
binding, cut width of binding strip 4 times the desired
finished width PLUS ½".
Yardage for straight
grain binding strips: Measure quilt perimeter (length
+ width x 2). Add 20" to this number for corners, seams
and connecting ends. Divide the number by 42" to get
the number of strips you need. Always round UP.
Determine the width
the strips need to be cut. (see above). Multiply the
number of strips needed by the width needed for the
total number of inches of fabric required.
Bias Binding -
Quick Reference Guide to determine the exact size of
square needed for continuous bias binding. To be safe
add a couple of inches extra.
Inches
Needed |
Square Size 2" Strips |
2 ¼" Strips |
2 ½" Strips |
3" Strips |
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150 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
22 |
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200 |
20 |
22 |
23 |
25 |
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250 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
28 |
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300 |
25 |
26 |
28 |
30 |
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350 |
27 |
29 |
30 |
33 |
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400 |
29 |
30 |
32 |
35 |
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450 |
30 |
32 |
34 |
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Label Your
Quilts
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Be sure to label your creations as
they are passed along in the family they are part of
your legacy. It is important to include the following
information:
- Who made the quilt? Use your
full name if married, include your maiden name.
- Was the quilt made for a
special occasion? Wedding, graduation, birthday,
etc.
- Where was it made? List the
city, state, country, etc.
- Did the person who made the
quilt also quilt it? If not, identify the quilter.
- When was it made? List the
year the quilt was finished. It may also be of
interest to list the date the quilt was started.
- Special care instructions -
tell how the quilt should be laundered.
- Add any additional
information that you think may be of interest to the
person who will receive the quilt.
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Making A Quilt Sleeve
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| Cut fabric for sleeve
9 inches wide X the width of your quilt.
Fold the 9" ends under twice and close to
the folded edge. Fold sleeve in half
lengthwise, wrong sides together and press.
This press line will be a guide later.
Open the sleeve and fold edges to the middle
press line, wrong sides together. Press
these new lines firmly. They will be your
hand sewing lines. With wrong
sides together, sew a 1/4" seam.
Press the seam to one side taking care not
to press over the previous pressed
edges. The sleeve will be convex on the
side without the seam. Pin
sleeve along pressed edges to quilt back.
The top of the sleeve should be about 1/2 "
from the top of the quilt. Hand sew, being
careful not to stitch through the quilt
front.
This design assures
the top edge of your quilt will remain
vertical when the hanging bar is inserted.
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If you have any questions,
please email me
or call me at the numbers listed at the bottom of this
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