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Permalink Reply by Running with Scissors on August 26, 2009 at 11:00pm

Linda-I was thinking about doing something along this line...but I haven't fleshed it out completely in my head...so bare with me if I ramble.

I too HATE the way a label can ruin the look of something we spend so much time trying to make look wonderful. SO-I thought of doing something similar to an 'envelope' but inserting it INSIDE the quilt along the edge on the back somewhere. Sort of like putting a "pocket" in the side of a pair of pants?

This way you could make it bigger than a traditional label-like your envelope idea-and you could write the laundering instructions and "made by" info on it with washable, permanent ink on the "inside" of the envelope, insert it in the seam, and then use JUST a button or snap to close the seam. When the closure is undone, you would just reach in and pull the "pocket" inside out-like I would turn out a pocket in my son's jeans to dump the dirt out of them. All the information would be right there, wouldn't get set aside and lost, AND I think it would be a MUCH better way to label quilts turned in for display or judging at quilt shows.

If this doesn't make sense, email me or let me know and I'll try to describe what I'm thinking more clearly. I still haven't worked out how the binding could/would work around such a thing, but I'm sure it I sat down and actually tried it, I'd figure something out.

Am I crazy or does anyone think this would work?

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Permalink Reply by sylviak on January 25, 2009 at 10:40am

I really like the basket idea for piecing! I have used the plastic bags and you have to keep opening and closing them and they slide around on each other! I'm going to look for these.

I've had trouble finding my tools while working, so I made a little thing with pockets. It is about a foot long and 6 inches wide and I put velcro on the back and on the edge of my table. It holds all my small tools. I used some pre-quilted material that I had picked up at a garage sale. It's really handy.

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Permalink Reply by F/quarter on January 26, 2009 at 10:24am

I like keeping my old machine needles.I use them instead of nails,they leave hardly any hole in the wall.

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Permalink Reply by Budsgram on January 27, 2009 at 12:54pm

Wow! I have never heard that one, you are really green and what a great idea

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Permalink Reply by Budsgram on January 27, 2009 at 7:28pm

I use a pounce to mark my quilts. The chalk always seems to get smudged or rubbed off before I get to it to quilt. I solved that by spraying the marked areas with spray starch. It really works on keeping the chalk from smudging.

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Permalink Reply by Nickleye on February 21, 2009 at 2:04pm

This is a fantastic idea.

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Hylton on May 7, 2009 at 4:17pm

Hair spray works too if you run out of spray starch...lol

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Permalink Reply by Arlene Teske on October 18, 2009 at 7:57pm

Do you Spray Starch before or after you pounce with chalk?

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Permalink Reply by Kit Brenner/TX on October 19, 2009 at 11:16am

Before! It holds the chalk in place long enough to get it quilted, then just brush it off with a clean, soft toothbrush. I came up with this idea after being marked off in a competition for not having all the pencil marks off my entry. I even got $25 from American Patchwork & Quilting when I submitted it to them. Hey, that was 10 FQs at the time!
Kit

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Permalink Reply by Lynne on February 2, 2009 at 4:34pm

Removing Pencil Lines This is a method I have used for years, and will always use. Combine 3 ounces water, 1 ounce rubbing alcohol and 2 -3 drops of dishwashing liquid,,, Palmolive or Joy. DO NOT USE DAWN!! Mix them together and using a soft toothbrush, apply to pencil lines. Wash as you normally would wash your quilt. I found a small spray bottle, and use that to store whatever is left over. If you have a large quilt, you will have to make the combination more than once.

I have used the new Fons & Porters pencils, found in CT catalog. They do come with an eraser, but you would sure go thru a lot of erasers if you had to erase a queen size quilt.

Hope this helps with those pencil lines that have been stubborn. Lynne

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Permalink Reply by quiltingmama on March 9, 2009 at 2:17pm

You know, better than pencils are Crayola's Washable (make sure you get washable!) Markers. They are bright and easy to see, have fine tips AND wash out on the first wash with no special effort every time. I have three kiddos who have taught me so much about quilting with their Crayolas!!!! LOL :-)

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Permalink Reply by aberdeenquilter on February 9, 2009 at 3:07pm

Does anyone have any tips on working with fabric like Minke? Any plush-type fabric such as that. I had some in a kit for a baby quilt that was supposed to be used as the outside border and I ended up throwing it out and getting some cotton from my stash instead. It puckered and stretched out like crazy, in spite of using my walking foot and pinning everything. I know there must be a secret to it but I sure haven't figured it out. Any help is appreciated!

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