Baby Quilt Advice

That is something else, Sherry. What a fabulous quilt for a baby! I love it. I wouldn't think twice about it. If you are worried about the little faces, I would imagine the kit includes drawings and there are several ways you can transfer the drawings from paper to the minkee. You might need to adjust tension, to get satin stitch (looks as if it is satin stitch) even on the minkee, but that often has to be done. There aren't many animals, so it wouldn't take all that long, even if you had to fiddle with it a bit. . In message , Sherry writes

Sherry, the quilt is adorable and you'll be very proud of it, methinks. Are you mildly skilled at hand embroidery or does you SM do a zigzag? Somehow, you'll have to get the smiles and whiskers and stuff on the animals; probably that's easy enough . . . what I can't figure out (pre-coffee here) is how you go about marking the lines for embroidery on Minkee. Think of Minkee as a very soft, low-pile fur. I'm sure there's a way to draw on it for guides to embroider. The Keepsake folks have a well-respected reputation and they don't sell junk. Yes, my goodness, yes. Go for it; and please do let us know how it goes. Polly

You wouldn't need to draw on the Minkee, Polly (and Sherry!). You could transfer the facial 'expressions' onto freezer paper, stick the FP to the Minkee - temporarily - and quilt round it, then just pull it off again. . In message , Polly Esther writes

You could trace the embroidery lines onto Glad Press 'n Seal. (I use a Pigma pen and let it dry really well before stitching through.) Then just stick it onto the minkee, do your satin stitch embroidery, and tear it away afterwards. No need for more than ordinary zigzag. Do a practice piece first. I'd suggest doing the outline in narrow zigzag. Then tear off the P&S and go over it again with wider zigzag to make a nice dense line. You probably need to reduce the top tension -use the buttonhole setting. I would actually do this right on a square of minkee, (on top of the background fabric so you could do without stabilizer) without cutting the head shape, so it won't stretch. After the first pass with narrow zigzag and removing the P&S, carefully trim away the excess minkee, then cover the raw edge with dense wide zigzag. Roberta in D

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Sherry, you do realize that that is not a complete kit? The only fabric that it says is included is "minkee for the 'pets' ", so you would need to buy the rest of the fabrics. I would suggest buying just the pattern, and do the animals as regular applique, fusible around the outside edges is good, with regular cotton fabrics. The 3-D paws of the animals would not be difficult to do with regular cotton either. You don't need an embroidery machine to do this, but a zig-zag is helpful. You can also hand do the embroidery if you wish.

Looks like a really cute pattern, but the m> I found this baby quilt kit I thought was really cute--it's 3D and

easy way to mark for the embroidery, mark on Press'n'Seal. Use a sharpie and let dry at least overnight. Put onto the minkee, and stitch over the lines. Remove excess P'n'S. You could also use tissue paper to do the same thing. Just have to pin in place.

Pati, > Sherry, the quilt is adorable and you'll be very proud of it, methinks. Are

I'm not sure what I think (which will come as a surprise to no one). Appliqués of Minkee would be a little bit fussy to deal with but oh my, they would be just so sweet to feel. The very first Minkee thing I made was an enormous comfort to a teething little darling. I'm told it made the hurt 'all better'. Polly

If your machine has a satin stitch, you can do this quilt. Satin stitch is just a zigzag stitch with the stitches really close together and most machines can do that. It's a very cute quilt and looks fairly easy to me. Debra in VA See my quilts at

I just finished a minkee quilt for my new baby niece and had no problems sewing it at all. My girlfriend did a minkee blanket and hated every minute of it because of the mess.

Solution: before you bring the minkee into the house, shake the dickens out of it outside. Really shake it hard. Then after you cut it into smaller pieces, go outside and shake again. My front grass had purple minkee litter everywhere, but there was virtually none in the sewing room.

The blanket was confiscated by the new baby's one year old sister. The front side was soft flannel. I want to make an adult sized minkee blankie for myself.

I love your pattern with the 3-D critters. I might just have to get that one myself.

Denise

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Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone! I don't have a blanket- stitch machine; but I'm going to buy a new machine soon. I'm going to to go ahead and order the kit, I think sew up a "practice" quilt using cotton for the animals and do it by hand. See how that goes. Then try one with the Minke after I do get the new machine. I thought it was so cute, really unusual.

Sherry

I have found that a Stabilo "Write-4-All" pen is excellent on Press'n'Seal. It is properly dry in a couple of minutes at most so no waiting over night. Over here in the UK they are marketed as CD/DVD marking pens.

Lizzy

I did this baby quilt last year with minkee fabric and the yellow was soft flannel.

way I drew the ducks on the material was to first attach the flannel to the minkee (minkee fabric back was layered against the flannel front). Then I marked the ducks on the back of the flannel and sewed the outline of the ducks, so the outline would be on the top of the minkee fabric. I then cut out the ducks and then zig-zagged around each duck so there would be no fraying in the minkee fabric. The other posters are correct though-anytime you cut the minkee fabric, shake it outside so all the little bits are not floating in your home!I backed this quilt with a nice fluffy flannel and did not use any batting as the quilt was heavy enough and would be too heavy with batting. Good luck Jennifer-Edmonton Alberta

cute--it's 3D and

flannel.http://keizerbernina.com/Classes/Catalog/Images/class-downy-ducking.jpg> The way I drew the ducks on the material was to first attach the flannel> to the minkee (minkee fabric back was layered against the flannel> front). Then I marked the ducks on the back of the flannel and sewed the> outline of the ducks, so the outline would be on the top of the minkee> fabric. I then cut out the ducks and then zig-zagged around each duck so> there would be no fraying in the minkee fabric. > The other posters are correct though-anytime you cut the minkee fabric,> shake it outside so all the little bits are not floating in your home!> I backed this quilt with a nice fluffy flannel and did not use any> batting as the quilt was heavy enough and would be too heavy with> batting.

Jennifer, that is a *precious* quilt. The pic makes me want to touch it, it looks so soft. (and from your description, I bet it *is*)

Sherry

cute--it's 3D and

flannel.http://keizerbernina.com/Classes/Catalog/Images/class-downy-ducking.jpg> > The way I drew the ducks on the material was to first attach the flannel> > to the minkee (minkee fabric back was layered against the flannel> > front). Then I marked the ducks on the back of the flannel and sewed the> > outline of the ducks, so the outline would be on the top of the minkee> > fabric. I then cut out the ducks and then zig-zagged around each duck so> > there would be no fraying in the minkee fabric. > > The other posters are correct though-anytime you cut the minkee fabric,> > shake it outside so all the little bits are not floating in your home!> > I backed this quilt with a nice fluffy flannel and did not use any> > batting as the quilt was heavy enough and would be too heavy with> > batting.

Thanks! It was very soft. I also filled the ducks with a bit of batting to make them look more 3D. My daughter (11 yr old) was very disappointed when she found out that I was giving it away. She made me promise to give her a minkee quilt someday.

Jennifer -Edmonton, Alberta