I have taken a couple of photos of the stitching on my customer quilt but haven't loaded them onto the computer yet. I will do that tomorrow.
In the meantime, I have a question about something that I have never seen addressed. When you are doing the hand stitching on your binding, how far apart are the stitches? Do you think 1/4 of an inch is too far? I was wondering this as I have been doing this queen sized quilt border stitch by stitch.
Another thought: I used unbleached cotton batting for this project. I will never, ever use it again. It is dreadful to work with. The batting shreds, sticks to everything and pokes through with the stitches. A friend said she had the same problem. She also said that she had told me but, of course, I don't remember. I had bought a good quality batt-Hobbs Tuscany so I would hate to see what a cheaper brand would be like.
It sounds as though we might get a nasty snow storm this weekend. Hubby got our smaller generator working so if we have an outage, we will still have some lights and a radio.
Blessings,
When I am hand stitching the binding I try to get my stitches closer than 1/4", more like 1/8". Those stitches have always been a way of helping me keep and improve my applique stitches which I also try to keep 1/8" or less apart.
ReplyDeleteHobbs Tuscany 100% unbleached cotton does not needle punched nor does it have scrim and will migrate terribly and also requires the quilting lines to be a lot closer together to keep it from clumping after laundering.
Hobbs Tuscany 100% bleached cotton is needle punched and it a little easier to work with when placed right side up for quilting, although I have still had some bearding showing up on dark colored fabrics when I have used it for hand quilting.