Help please~ Have any of you every done a velveteen quilt top?

Hello Quilting friends... I need your advice please. I am thinking about making a crushed velveteen quilt top for my son's

40th BD present (whew...talk about time going by quickly! :O). Have any of you ever quilted on top of crushed velveteen? Any recommendations? SID vs. any pattern? Or should I simply tie it ... instead of put it on my quilt frame (think the ties would be masculine enough & will ties hold up?)? BTW I'm going to do a 1/2 seam allowance when piecing so it doesn't fray w/time & washings. Don't you agree? And does crushed velveteen stretch on a (quilt) frame? What about the pile...could you even see a pattern on that? (I think I will do a test sample on my DSM). Please be honest as I haven't started yet & just wanted to check to see if I'm headed down the wrong path. I want to do something special and classy. I'm sure you understand. Thanks a lot for any help & input you can share ... Lynn snipped-for-privacy@mac.com Tampa, Fl.
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cqlady
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I haven't done it myself, Lynn, but I have seen it used *very* successfully on a quilt that was in a show in February (UK, though). The quilting showed up beautifully; and there was appliqué on top of the velvet. She used quite a lot of silk, and other 'difficult' fabrics. The quilting was elaborate, but not close. Have you thought about washability? . In message , cqlady writes

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Patti

I haven't done velveteen, but I did a quilt for a customer with a faux fur backing. Quilted just fine, and the quilting made a cool sculptured texture on the faux fur.

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Kathy Applebaum

My mum made scrap quilts for all of the children using fake fur scraps (it was the 70s) from all of our winter coats, stuffed animals, robes, slippers, hats, etc. I still have mine. Warning: if you have a quilt with fake fur on it *and* cats, you will always find the two together. I should have named the QIs Velcro and Duct Tape.

-- Jo in Scotland

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Johanna Gibson

You knew it was coming. Here's old Cranky Polly. (Not really feeling cranky, we've had such a nice day.) Please do consider other options. Velveteen is very seasonal; wouldn't be good for spring and summer. Cleaning it would be a challenge - washing might be a disaster and dry cleaning a quilt is not a happy choice. A velveteen quilt would weigh a ton. If your son is turning 40, I'm assuming that you're not physically fit for pro-football spring training and just heaving it around to quilt would be a 'weighty' monster. There are heaps of glorious batiks and silks and many, many cottons that are very special and masculine. Your question was "have we ever?" Yes. I have. Do I recommend it and would I do it again? No. Definitely not. Polly

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Polly Esther

I didn't want to say anything discouraging, but now that Polly has broken the ice, I will add my experience with a log cabin pieced in corduroy, which is similar stuff. Turned out about double bed size or a bit larger. No batting, and it was tied. So heavy nobody was willing to sleep under it. It looked gorgeous, though, deep rich color. Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

I shouldn't think laundering would be a dire issue, so long as you used appropriately compatable batting and backing. Def not a quilt to use shrinky cotton batting on though. Edges fraying, now that would be an issue. Fray chek will only take you so far. I usually use french seams on velvet, same as I do on any madly fraying fabric. That would tend to make the quilting a beast I should think.

On the marking issue, pounce or chalk and a little extra care is the best way I have found. I should think that velveteen would be significantly easier to mark than velvet.

I haven't done a bed quilt but I have done quilted or partially quilted garments of velvet. The last jacket was easy, but then I burned out the pattern on the fabric. (G) Highly recomended if you gotta and it will suit the project! Obviously it wouldn't work so well with hundred percent cotton velveteen. Which brings us around to what kind of velveteen are we talking about here anyway?

At my house quilts are not exactly seasonal. It is just that in the winter you sleep under them, and in the summer you sleep on top of them.

NightMist

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NightMist

Howdy!

Amen. What Polly said. Except for the "have I ever? Yes" part; I haven't, I wouldn't, can't even consider it. Why make quilting so difficult? ;-P

My best friend from high school, an artist w/ fabric and thread, decided several years ago to "try quilting". She fussed, she whined, she bitched & complained, so on a trip to The Really Big Quilt Show in Houston (she lives in Houston I stayed w/ her) I said, "Let's see what you're doing but I don't want to take it over." She had found a packet of half-finished top & fabric squares at a thrift shop, deciding that finishing a half-completed project would be a good way to Begin Quilting. Except that the fabric she bought so cheaply (there's a clue, hon!) was velveteen and polyester knits. ICK! Of course it was hateful to work with, of course she was exhausted hauling that thing around the sewing machine, of course I told her she should be committed if she didn't Stop Now! Wisely she put the whole mess into her next garage sale (altho' I said it's not nice to do that to strangers). Dear Friend went back to making clothes and curtains; she's decided she's not ready to quilt. Enjoy quilting. Use "quilting" cotton. ;-)

R/Sandy - p.s. Dear Friend did enjoy the quilt show, esp. the flashy threads and beads and sparkly fabric

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Sandy Ellison

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glinfoot

Lynn,

If you're looking for something masculine, but elegant with deep colors, try taking a look at Judith Baker Montano's (the crazy quilt maven) fabrics. She worked on a few lines for Kaufman last year that were to die for.

One collection was a line of cotton/silk fabric in a range of solid colors, but the jewel tones were gorgeous - called RADIANCE SATEEN. There was a coordinating collection of 6 colors called BAROQUE - similiar to cutout velvet, with a low nap but the weight just slightly heavier than normal cottons. Drapes beautifully. Plus, I also got some solids in a velvet like fabric, also 100% cotton, but I can't find those listed anywhere. Maybe the quilt shop got some coordinating fabrics for the display from another source.

Both lines are completely washable. (I've washed them all and they retain their elegant shimmer.) I only wish I had a clue how to sew a shirt or jacket - instead of paying Dana Buchman several hundred for a suit, I could have made it for a fraction of the price.

Here are the links to the collection (and then a search on quiltshops.com will lead to shops carrying the fabric).

RADIANCE SATEEN:

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I bought mine last December during a trip to Minneapolis, and then picked up more in FL, so I know they're still around in shops.

Good luck!

-Michele in NYC

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Michele in NYC

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If you really want the velvet texture, maybe look at some of the faux suedes that are around, not as bulky as velveteen. Not sure about the weight issue but I don't think it would be as heavy.

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melinda

IMO the changing color effect could be done well using silk dupion. It can be a pain to work with, because it likes to ravel, but once assembled and quilted it would hold up as well as velveteen. Maybe better. Another option might be to experiment with hand-dyed cotton sateen. Roberta in D

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