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Hire someone to finish my quilt?

Hi. I'm new to quilting... all self-taught, so I'm not very good with the terminology yet. Please forgive me it I'm not saying what I want correctly.

Anyway... I've been working on a simple quilt. Just blocks that I've put together with my machine. I like how it turned out. Nice colors and pattern. However, now, I'm ready to put the batting and backing on. I had been planning on tying it with yarn. However, I've realized that my cat will chew on the ties. So, I'd rather have it quilted. But, that is a bit more than I wanted to do.

A friend of mine said that I could pay someone to machine quilt it. Does anyone know of people who do this?

Thanks!

Reply to
kalee_cline
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You can usually locate people who will machine-quilt for pay by looking in your local newspaper or simply asking at a fabric store. Also, ask around with your friends. Various church groups are sometimes available, too.

Reply to
Mary

You might want to "tie" quilt it on your SM. Set the SM on zig zag and the length on the shortest length available. Barbara in SC

Reply to
Bobbie Sews More

That is a great idea, thanks! And, I'm sure, much less expensive than it would be to get someone to quilt it.

However, I was wondering... Is there a difference in lifespans for quilts that are quilted vs tied? I ask because I have an old quilt of my mom's that was tied with yarn. It is starting to fall apart. I was wondering if quilts that are tied might have more stress on the tie in the washing machine? Would a tied quilt that is tied more closely together hold up in the wash better? If so, what is considered a good spacing for ties?

Thanks again!

Reply to
kalee_cline

I was going to suggest the method Barbara suggested. Close 'quilting' does protect the quilt a bit - but old is old and one or other of the components of a quilt is going to 'die of old age' at some stage. I wouldn't stress about its old age before its even born >g< If your fabric squares are, say, 4 or 5 inches, a 'fastening' of zig-zag stitches at each corner and one in the centre would be fine. When you have your batting, the packaging will contain a guideline as to how far apart to quilt that particular batting. Perhaps you could use that as a guide to your tying intervals. . In message , "kalee snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com" writes

Reply to
Patti

You are absolutely correct: the closer the ties (or the quilting), the more durable. How big are your squares? If you want to tie on the machine as someone suggested, you could also stitch through buttons for added interest. The buttons spread out the strain on the fabric too. But of course they are not the best thing if it's exposed to young children. Usually the first thing to die on a quilt is the binding. Easily replaced! If something else dies before that, IMO it's a construction flaw, so don't do it the same way next time. Roberta in D, with a large tin of odd buttons that occasionally nags me

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Roberta Zollner

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