I need to wash and dry it (that's always scary!) to get out the starch and the Elmer's glue used to secure the binding before sewing it. Then make a label and get it boxed and wrapped for Christmas. I can hardly wait for my son and his fiance to see it!
Your son is going to just explode with joy when he sees this quilt, it is todally amazing.
ReplyDeleteThat is just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHow do you wash your quilts? On gentle? I'd be nervous, too!
I think I will take it to the laundromat and do it in a front loader on gentle. For smaller ones I use my machine on gentle and dry on low.
ReplyDeleteAlways afraid it's going to come apart or the seams will fray! I guess better to know before giving it away. :-)
Sadly, we've been given quilts that came apart at the seams after washing (on gentle) or heavy play by the children. When they were young, they dragged those things everywhere. They looked like they only had 1/4 inch seams. Would 1/2 inch or bigger help this?
ReplyDelete1/4" seams are the standard in quilt making so that alone isn't an issue. It could be the quality of the fabric and it shrank more than a high quality one would. It could be not enough quilting so there was a lot of strain on the seams. Or, it could just be normal wear and tear, washing and using. I have one my grandmother made a LONG time ago and there are a couple of pieces that have come apart. It's just tied with yarn, not quilted.
ReplyDeleteThank you for explaining that, as I was thinking if I ever tried quilting I was going to use 1/2 inch.
ReplyDeleteI like you, are a casual quilter. I thoroughly enjoy it, it's very calming for me. I hope one day to retire and move to the mountains and have a "real" sewing room, set up the way it should be. In any case, this quilt is absolutely stunning; did you design it? I've never seen anything like it. I live the design and the colors you used. Truly a great job. Your son is going to be ecstatic when he opens it.
ReplyDeleteI'm dreaming of retiring with a nice sewing room too, with space for a garden.
ReplyDeleteThe pattern is called French Braid, an old pattern I believe. He and his fiance wanted something in red, white, and black and this is what I came up with.