micajah 152 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Yesterday, while quilting, it suddenly became clear as to why my patterns seem to start to overlap onto the just stitched row. I'm sure everyone already knows how to prevent this happening, but I didn't! You know, when you have a couple of rows done on the quilt, and suddenly you begin to see the stitching start to creep back to the just stitched row and maybe it even overlaps a bit so the stitching is over the previous stitching.... I was clamping the sides after rolling and noticed that the stitches were awfully close to the previous row. Then a light bulb went off and this is what I saw. My quilt edges were looser than the quilt body, so much that "creep" was happening. This fixed my problem. PS. Forgot to say that it is necessary to manually roll the loose end tight then clamp. Sorry JeannieB, Brenni and MizKia 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nanbrug 120 Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 Debbie what a great idea I would not have thought about using the clamps like that. Thanks for the tip micajah 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RitaR 647 Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thank you so very much for the tip. It will be put to good use on Penny, for sure. Rita micajah 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mercedes 106 Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 What a great way to solve this issue. I see this white clamp on the bar - wondering where you purchased this clamp? Thanks....Mercedes micajah 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherH 5 Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Great idea, I was just recently trying to figure out why this happened to a recent customer's quilt...,, I had some "reverse sewing" to fix the problem. Thanks for sharing. The white clamps can be purchased from Jamie Wallen, I use them when floating quilt tops. micajah 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micajah 152 Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thanks Heather, yes, those are the clamps from Jamie Wallen. I use them often and can't believe I proscastinated so long about buying them. Debbie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeke 287 Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Very interesting. Never had that happen before. And I've done thousands of panto's. Good fix. Zeke..... micajah 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bonnie H 557 Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 That hasn't happened to me either and I've done tons of pantos, too. Interesting, indeed. If I have a quilt back that is much wider than the batting, I generally will lay a strip of extra batting on top of the excess backing fabric as I advance the quilt. I have lots of leftover batting that I have cut into strips for this purpose. It keeps everything rolled up nicely at the same tension across the quilt. My hands and fingers wouldn't like removing that clamp at every roll but it is a good idea. Thanks for sharing it! RitaR 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmcclannan 124 Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Well, I have had lots of creepy things happen but not this one. I'm glad you found a solution! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RitaR 647 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Bonny H. What a terrific tip.. I'd grumbled along thru many off the beam quilts, and not once thought of the batting to "even it up". I start a new QoV tomorrow and am going to use that idea IF needed. The gal that made this quilt is a member of the guild and she will follow instructions to the T to get a squared quilt, with the backing 8" wider and longer than the quilt. I am going to post these ideas in the quilt room, until we get used to using them. Thanks again, Rita Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Primitive1 802 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Good idea! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micajah 152 Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Never thought of using batting to even it out! Great tip Bonnie! Debbie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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