Has anyone any experience (and wisdom/advice) with making a quilt entirely out of velvet? I'm not talking about a crazy quilt (as I was asking about a couple weeks ago) but the entire quilt using nothing but non-stretch synthetic velvets (not crushed - not velveteen - just the real nice/good stuff). Thanks.
I did one but the blocks were not pieced. It is done entirely in 10" whole cloth squares and is more as "comforter" then a quilt. I used high loft poly batting, did stitch in the ditch along the seam lines and brought the backing around the edges to the front as the binding. It's heavy -- very very heavy -- so it's a good thing I didn't use cotton or wool batting! Why for doth thee ask??? CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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Mine too, Mary. It was very, very heavy - and hot. Wasn't any way that anybody was going to sleep beneath it. It was lovely but just 'for show'. Only took about ten years to finally get the fuzzies from cutting and stitching out of the cat's whiskers, the ac filters and Everywhere else. Now. Yes. Doc. Why do you ask? ... not that we are much in the way of encouragement. Polly
Always fancied making a velvet cape, have been collecting different colours for years...let us know how you get on. Would like to have an on point pieced centre at the back and the rest black....
I would have thought that was obvious - 8-) I'm working on one (or three...) It doesn't seem like it'll be THAT heavy - 7 yards of velvet (in as many colors - we went shopping yesterday) only weighs a couple of pounds. Warm is fine - many a time we sit on the couch with 2 or 3 blankets across our laps/legs. Haven't decided on fill yet (or if we'll use any); that's why I'm asking questions of anyone who's done this.
I forgot to mention in the original post, but can anyone suggest/ recommend suppliers/vendors? Can't tell much from websites - most only seem to carry a color or two (unless you go off into crushed velvets, velours, and the other stuff I'm NOT using). Most of what we found locally is high color value (very dark colors) and I'd like to break it up with some medium value colors; we had to put a couple of pieces aside because they were so dark you couldn't differentiate hues in the light in the room the quilt will live in (yup, I think about things like that when in "design mode").
has a color you need. A warning - they're a low budget place. One time they shipped me an order in a Jimmy Dean Sausage box. The box was new and clean but said "refrigerate immediately". I waited for days for my fabric and happened to mention it to my sweetheart. You know how the rest of this story goes. Polly
"Dr. Zachary Smith" wrote, in part > I forgot to mention in the original post, but can anyone suggest/ recommend suppliers/vendors?
as a source for velvet. I think what makes the finished quilt so heavy is all of the velvet PLUS batting PLUS backing. I backed mine with black satin as it was to be used as a VERY decorative bedspread. I wanted to be able to get it on & off the bed quickly and satin is good for that -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^< PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at
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