Shar Schmutz Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Sorry for the first post, don't know how I hit send? Anyway, I have a quilt to do and it's a monster 130 x130 but it is just drop your teeth beautiful, the customer brought batting in six rolls, it is home made wool batting I would have to baste all the pieces together. When I got out the first bag and opened it, it had a lot of black wool spots maybe the size of dimes and smaller, then I found straw, I stopped looking at the wool and looked at my hands and they were full of lanolin! I called the customer and explained I couldn't use the wool she brought, I would use commercially made wool batt. The quilt was made by a friend of hers who is in her 80's and no longer can hand quilt, her appliqué is just amazing!!! I hope I can do this quilt justice! Every piece of fabric in the appliqué is fussy cut! The background for the appliqué is white and I was afraid the dark wool spots would show through and I had no idea what the lanolin would eventually do to the quilt, I will be on this project until the end if the year I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Good call, Shar. Chances are the lanolin would have made spots on the quilt and it sounds like the batt would have bunched on washing. Can't wait to see the quilt with your lovely quilting on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Sounds interesting! Can't wait to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o2b Quilting Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 pictures pleeeaaase... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 You made a good call, Shar. Besides the lanolin and black spots, I don't know how you could have effectively pieced the raw batts into 130" plus square and keep it all together for quilting. I don't think there is any batting that will be big enough for this monster and you (or someone;)) will be piecing some batting in any case. I also would love to see some photos of the top--it sounds yummy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisquilter Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 You are so smart not to use the "unclean" batting. It sounds like an incredibly beautiful quilt top. No way would I have used that scary batting. I can't wait to see the finished quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspingler Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Yep, good call! My aunt lived in WVa and each spring we would go down and shear her sheep and us kids had to take the wool down to the creek and wash it out then spread it out on the lawn to dry. That is what she used for her batting. She would go to the shop that made mens wool suits and get their scraps for the many crazy quilts she made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraJ Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Yay for you! good call to make. Can't wait to see pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Glad you made the call you did on the batting. I too want to see pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I can't wait to see the pics of this one finished. I have a "monster" quilt also with needle turn applique coming up right after Christmas, so I'll probably be at that one for a couple of weeks. I need your inspiration girl......don't forget to post pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Good call on your part to trun down the batting! That would have been a nightmare. I just got done the BAQ I had and it was only 108 x 108 and took me 80 hours!!!! It was gorgeous and I'm thrilled how it came out and so was my customer but it was a ton of work. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Great call for looking out for you customer and speaking-up. The "raw" wool batting would have destroyed the quilt top. I can't wait to see the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-Jane Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Very good call on the batting!! It would have ruined the top!! We have been getting HUGE quilts lately, too - one 136 X 142. People want them to fit the California King with a pillow tuck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar Schmutz Posted December 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Thaks everyone for the support, I knew in my heart it was the right call, but I felt bad the customer had invested all that money and didn't know what she was getting. I have the "store bought" batting all pieced and loaded.... now to just to figure out what to quilt..... I'll post pictures once I am started and can't change my mind. Heidi: Did you post pictures? Patty Jo: LOL I can't seem to even figure out what to do with this one, let alone help you! You are so clever with designs I'm sure you will do a fantasitc job! Dave: That is a monster!!! Pretty soon we will be asking for 16 foot tables if this continues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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