If the quilting took an hour, the paper removal took two. But it is a cheap and dirty way of exactly replicating a pattern without drawing or marking the quilt.
As this was a pale grey background I didn't want to mar it. I spent an additional hour after the quilt came off the frame with a pair of tweezers, getting the last little bits of paper. Normally they wouldn't show and with use and washing they disintegrate, but as this was a pale quilt and I used brown newsprint, the tiniest fibres showed.
This may or may not find it's way into our up coming quilt show. Then it will be re purposed as a wedding gift. 😄
The owner of this quilt also happens to be the chairwoman of our guild Outreach program, so I can pass off to her, this evening, a quilt intended for the hospital program. Mustn't waste a full bobbin!
As this was a pale grey background I didn't want to mar it. I spent an additional hour after the quilt came off the frame with a pair of tweezers, getting the last little bits of paper. Normally they wouldn't show and with use and washing they disintegrate, but as this was a pale quilt and I used brown newsprint, the tiniest fibres showed.
This may or may not find it's way into our up coming quilt show. Then it will be re purposed as a wedding gift. 😄
The owner of this quilt also happens to be the chairwoman of our guild Outreach program, so I can pass off to her, this evening, a quilt intended for the hospital program. Mustn't waste a full bobbin!
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