Poufing quilt top!

Good grief Polly, I think you treated it too well and the spoiled thing is acting out now. That's about all I can figure. I'm embarrassed to tell you how I put quilt sandwiches together. I iron the back (usually) and put it on the carpet downstairs and then unroll the batting, spray sticky stuff and stick that down, then spray sticky stuff and stick the top on the batting, spreading and smoothing and swearing and begging and finally just rolling the whole thing up, carrying to the sewing room and sticking it the sewing machine. I can't do any of the quilting things you described. So I torture the quilt with pretty thread until the layers scream for mercy and flatten. If I see anything that doesn't look right, top or bottom, it gets a quickly stitched on applique.

Seriously, you did everything right and then some .... and you want this quilt to be perfect because your heart is, as always, in the right place. Is it possible that you're seeing poofs because you're worried it won't be good enough (and how could ANYTHING be good enough for our young people who have been so brave and been hurt so badly?) for the young man or woman who will receive it? Maybe it just needs to be finished and tossed into a good hot washing machine and then a dryer. My guess is that your problem quilt is better than anything some of us would consider perfect.

Hugs, Sunny

I was a bit afraid to come in the sewing room this morning; thought maybe that rascal had continued to swell but it seems to be about the same. Had to laugh about your stitching on an appliqué. If I encounter a marshmallow puff that can't be conquered, I just might slip in a fine French knot. I can do that. And thank you for your kind words. Yes. This quilt needs to be special. Polly

"onetexsun" Good grief Polly, I think you treated it too well and the spoiled

It really is looking great, Roberta. I 'm just so puzzled about why it's such a struggle. It's like trying to put a girdle on an 800 pound gorilla. Polly

"Roberta" Only thing that comes to mind is maybe slightly wonky thread tension.

I'm going to quote a very wise member of RCTQ

"Situation Normal, Steven. A hug block that you could do blindfolded 3 miles uphill both ways always takes 2 hours longer when it's for a hug. Some blocks aren't very important; hug blocks are. I think it's putting in the love."

I'm guessing you put a lot of love in this quilt, Polly, so much so, that it is 'poufing' through. Don't worry, it will alll be there when your soldier gets their quilt.

You are right on about the applique but it is called a "goof-a- lator" ! Used all the time by every manufacturing business. :) lyn

Polly, my own opinion (and worth every bit of what you're paying for it! ;) ) is that this quilt is so proud of its destination and purpose that it simply cannot help puffing up!

Aha! I might have known. I clicked to see who was signing 'L' and wouldn't you just know it was a Lisa? We have both a SIL and also a DIL named Lisa. Both of them quote me; as often as not, it's something I wish I hadn't said. One day I'll learn. LOL. Polly

"L" I'm going to quote a very wise member of RCTQ

Now that's something I'd like to see Gen

I was trying to stuff more Project Linus quilts into one big plastic bag than would fit. I told my 15 year old granddaughter it was like trying to put on a girdle. She gave me a funny look, I said I'll bet you don't know what a girdle is, do you? She said "Nope!"

Donna in SW Idaho

Please don't! . In message , Polly Esther writes

Howdy!

The secret is to get a girdle for a 1000-lb gorilla; then it just slips right on.

Poufing quilt top: I dunno'. Is that a problem?

R/Sandy - w/ the floor installers here for the 3rd day; I'm feeding them pizza for lunch...

Oh my goodness, I didn't realize you were 'doing' floors. (Which, of course, is right easy if someone else is doing it.) The burden is to get everything put back in its place . . . and remembering where that is afterwards. Let me warn you that everything you removed will not fit back where it once was. Polly

"Sandy Ellison" Howdy! The secret is to get a girdle for a 1000-lb gorilla; then it just slips right on.

Is it even all-over pouffing? If you don't tell anyone perhaps they'll think it looks like what you INTENDED to do all along??? :)

A marshmallow quilt sounds kind of neat, IMHO.

Allison

Polly Esther wrote:

That sounds wonderful, Sandy! When we were looking for a house here, we really didn't want a family room/den just for the two of us, but I'd have considered one to act as my "studio" if all of the ones we saw hadn't been more or less a part of the kitchen. Still, I'm lucky that I do have a room, even if it's "only" a very small bedroom that's been turned into my quilting/computer room. Mine, all mine!

Speaking of flooring...DD and i installed new flooring in the kitchen yesterday. Took us 6 1/2 hours. yep, really! we used those peel and stick tiles. we had a blast figuring out the pattern. i bought 9 boxes of a "wood" tiles in a log-cabin type pattern. Really came out nice. we even moved the fridge and stove by ourselves! i even have 3 boxes left over to return to Lowe's!

Today, however, i am as sore as they come! my knees aren't what they used to be, that's for sure.

Now i have to paint the walls, cupboards and shelves. and make the valance for the window. DD told me she is boycotting a valance, but i already bought the fabric ;)

As for your "marshmellow" Ms Polly...not to worry, whichever service- person receives your quilt, that will be the last thing they see through the happy tears.

amy in CNY

Howdy!

Mmmm-hmm. I did the kitchen flooring myself, twice. Last 2 houses we owned, I put down the peel&stick tiles in a red brick pattern. It's not hard, a little annoying to peel a layer of skin off my fingers over the course of 3 days, but that regenerated in a week or so. Sprawling around on the floor is like pin-basting a quilt, for me. First: take a couple of painkillers (tablets, I mean). Did the painting, wallpapering, moved furniture, fixed woodwork, all that happy horsesh.., and lived to do it again in the next house. But this time, I don't want to move anytime soon, so I'm not doing a big flooring project. Upstairs bathroom: husband removed one toilet, I primed the plastered walls, cleaned up the woodwork where my friend had "painted" the primer (he's a fastidious decorator and yard-care guy; who knew he can't paint?!) all over the place (didn't matter that he slopped primer on the floor, I took up the floor tiles the next day). I painted (yellow), will do my wall treatment next, then rub some restorative on the wood cabinets, then "decorate" the place. Husband installed new toilet in there; it looks good enough to invite company to use it (it was the boys bathroom for 12 yrs, and that was a lot of boys). Saturday we bought some nekkid furniture, including a pantry cabinet for the breakfast room; today it got "primed". I love me some Kilz. All this shuffling of furniture, and in the end I get to quilt. ;-D

Cheers! R/Sandy - why, yes, I did blame the red brick vinyl tile for having to move

On 6/14/09 11:32 AM, in article snipped-for-privacy@o21g2000prn.googlegroups.com, "amy in CNY" wrote:

Red brick-look self-stick tile... Now that brings back memories :) About

I had also put floor tile in 3 bedrooms in an earlier house. That was before there were a lot of the self-stick tiles, so 2 of the rooms required spreading adhesive first. Now that was a rather messy job!

Julia > Howdy!