caddyhomes Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 What is the correct term for: the way in which backing will naturally gather up during the long arm quilting process. Charlotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I don't know of a single term that defines that. It a natural and inevitable process that is linked to how tight the backer is on the rollers, whether you attach your top to the leaders or float the top, and how thick the batting is. A thicker batting will cause more shortening of the top and backer than will a thin batt. It will happen on every quilt, never ending with the same measurements it started with. We can make up our own terms! Scrunching? Quiltingshrinkage? Hills-and-valleys sucking in? Stitching deflation? OMG-my-quilt-is-smaller transformation? Pull-in or pull-up? Shortening? Not like Crisco! I like "shortening". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I like, OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you did it again. zeke.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 You're too funny, Linda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qltnbe Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I see Linda has a good sense of humor. You made me smile today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zora Posted March 26, 2014 Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 I think it's quilters intake...but I believe it refers to the amount both the top and backing draw in. So the top is 90 inches square unquilted, and 86 square after quilting. The 4 inches are due to quilters intake. At least that's what I have heard it called.l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyG_Quilts Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Shortening--that's what I have to do to all of my new pants before I can wear them! After doing alterations for twenty years, I hate to see pants dragging the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Musing back on this, I think instead of quilter's take-up, I would tend to call it "QUILTING TAKE UP? As in the stitches being larger than the weave, it tries to fit the fabric into that smaller area. Thus shrinking. squiggling, mish-mushing, thucking, etc. are all applicable. Rita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Great answers! On the APQS you-tube Quilt Path video they refer to it as "fabric draw-up". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmkeindl1 Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Or "shrinkage" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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