Hubby and I went for a lovely romantic Valentine’s dinner with
wine pairing at a local restaurant which was much needed now that the kids are
out of the house and busy with their own kiddos.
The food was absolutely amazing and when given the choice
between 2 deserts, we took both, hubby knowing that I don’t have a sweet tooth, enjoyed both. However, this did not happen before I finished a quilt
A regular client made a quilt for her little dog, a total
water and fishing fanatic…. The dog that is!
She however brought along a high loft polyester batting that I haven’t
used before BUT a couple of days before, our South African Q’nique what’s app
group discussed this, so I told her it would be a gamble but I’d give it a try.
Now on face value the quilt looks fine and it shows a lot of
texture but it caused several problems.
Because of the small size (30½ x 35½”), I couldn’t fully load the batting
or top which left these to float on the backing. The puffy batting caused the fabric to bunch
up and I constantly had to keep it smooth by holding fingers either sides of
the needle.
I also put on my open toe foot as I wanted full visibility
when I wrote the name of the dog in the centre and the foot got stuck in the
batting whenever I got to the side.
The last problem is that this batting had no right or wrong
side and luckily I warned the quilter that the batting might ‘bleed’ through the
fabric, which it did but it is not too obvious.
I am glad I got the opportunity to test this but I would
definitely not recommend or even use this again.
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