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Saturday, October 8, 2022

Quilt Shot 150~ Alex's Memory Quilt

 

This quilt used pieces from 4 of 6 of Alex's grandmother's garments.
A loose knit sweater and a cashmere sweater were included in the bag.
It was felt they wouldn't wear well and shrink considerably
 in a quilt that would be washed often
so they weren't used.
This was the first memory quilt I made with
 knits, sweat shirt and corduroy all in one quilt.
I typically make them from cotton type garments.
My old machine couldn't have stitched these 
without stretching or skipping stitches.
My new Janome M7 worked like a dream.
No iron on interfacing was used.

  A simple square pattern was decided upon
to attempt putting together different kinds of stretch fabrics
Remembering the old fashion technique of using cardboard templates,
one was made to decide how to efficiently use the fabrics.



Didn't know what pattern would be used.
At the least would be a random pattern.
Would you believe there were exactly enough squares to make this pattern?
I only had to make a change on the top row,
but the difference doesn't show?
After the top was sewn together,
a blanket was laid on the right side,
trimmed down to the size of the top and pinned all around edge.



Pins were turned for sewing.
After stitching a 5/8 seam all around except for the opening,
the quilt was turned inside out.
Eleanor Burns of the PBS "Quilt in a Day"
was the first place I saw
 this method and called this part of the process
"Birthing the Quilt"
because big quilts pulled through a small opening
makes one think that's what's happening.
 
 
At the "hand wide" opening that was left unstitched,
the edge was turned under 5/8 inch
since this was the width of the seam
all around the quilt.

 
The Janome "Acu Feed" system 
(which I consider an advanced walking foot)
top stitched this bulky 4 layer seam 
like buttar!

The edge road along this part of the foot.

 
I made a Tshirt quilt using this "Birthing Quilt" method
and like this quilt, I felt I didn't even need to even tie the quilt. 
It actually stays together very well.
Something about the knit fabric
and the top stitching that
 keeps it all in place.






 

4 comments:

  1. Joy, the love and time put into creating this piece is so appreciated. THANK YOU for the lovely memory blanket. We will cherish in our family forever!

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  2. Thanks for sharing your technique. Haven’t birthed a quilt. Very interesting

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  3. Well done! Memory quilts are the best ones in my estimation.

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  4. What a wonderful way to keep those memories.

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