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STABILIZING
Today I would like to hear YOUR ideas on stabilizing,
What works for YOU…what doesn’t….
Do YOU stabilize your quilts before you begin free motion quilting?
Please join the discussion!
MY STABILIZING METHOD
After the quilt is layered and basted…
(I used Warm and White Cotton batting for this quilt because it has white blocks and I didn’t want to discolor with a darker batting.)
I like to stitch in the ditch along the major blocks using a fine weight thread-so the stitching line is almost invisible.
Read all about Stabilizing Quilts HERE
Stabilizing is adding another type of basting–only it is not removed.
THE ADVANTAGE OF STABILIZING
Once the quilt is stabilized it can be quilted in any order. You don’t have to quilt it from the center out. Also, as you are scrunching and moving the quilt the layers can’t shift. This is one of my favorite things….
A blank canvas…ready for quilting!!!
What about YOU?
Do YOU stabilize your quilts?
What is YOUR method?
We’d LOVE to hear!
Lori
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