No matter who you are or how long you’ve been quilting… we all have questions. On or around the 10th of each month, Michigan Quilts! will have a question and answer session called
“ASK.”
You post a question in the comment section… Other people will chime in and respond.
Your questions might be about fabric: “How many yards do I need to buy for a backing for a queen size quilt?”
They might be about thread: “I’m hand quilting and don’t know what kind of thread to use that won’t tangle.”
They might be about batting: “What kind of batting is easiest for hand quilting? For machine quilting?”
They might be about needles: “What needles do you use for applique?”
The possibilities are endless!
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What do you all think of the Accuquilt system? I'm thinking of getting one soon, but wanted to hear from other quilters who have one… Thanks!
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AccuQuilt… Is that the dye cut system? or the one using rotary cutter with guides? All the names on these systems sound the same to me.
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As to how many yards to buy for a queen size quilt. I always buy three yards for an outer border and cut them length wise… The lenght / selvage gives you more stable borders less likely to waiver… You can get about 9-10″ width border out of that yardage. Left overs go into my scrap bin.
Depending on the “print of the fabric” I buy gets me enough for 480 inches around a large quilt. Lately I have been doing blended floating boarders that “leak” into each other, so I tend to buy more border fabrics to play with on my quilt.
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