Agree with your assessment. My lovely mother in law made a beautiful baby quilt for our first child. It was well taken care of and stored after. When our daughter had her first, went to get it out and all of the poor quality fabrics had literally disintegrated! The quality quilt cotton was fine. Luckily, she remade it for our daughter’s child. But it wasn’t the original…😢 my MIL learned a valuable lesson.
I piece and longarm my own projects and agree with your assessment on fabric quality. There have been times that I could even hear the difference in sound as the longarm needle sews over the various fabrics. I am looking forward to seeing how you quilt on an embroidery machine as I’ve still not done this and haven’t found a tutorial that makes sense to me yet. Thanks for all that you do!
I hear the difference too! You’re the first one I’ve heard say that. I have some videos on RUclips showing quilting on my Emb machine I think. I’ll get this done and posted soon as well. 😊
I'm getting ready to stitch a Christmas quilt and I'm going to piece it on my serger...first time! Great lesson on the lower quality fabric. Sometimes it is hard to pass up the perfect design though.
I personally don't think it is a good idea to piece a quilt on a serger if you want it to be durable. I say this because I have bought brand new clothes that turned out were pieced with a serger with no stitching done first. A week later, the seams were already coming apart. I want to add: if you were to sew and serge after, I am sure that would be great.
Almost all purchased clothing is serged. I’ve never had a problem with serged seams. Quilts pieced on a serger are stronger with superior durability when compared to single stitched seams. It’s a simple numbers game- 1 thread vs 3 to 4 threads. Not sure how many quilts you’ve pieced on a serger, hyzenthlay, but you’re incorrect.
@melindabigleysewblessed Yes, but most clothing is sewn first and serged after. That keeps it secure. When you cut through a seam that has been only serged, the threads unravel farther than with a regular straight stitch. I have not sewn quilts using that method, but I have sewn clothes and serged them. My personal experience with sergers made me reach that conclusion. No one wants seams separating on a quilt. I see this would be no concern for quilts you don't need to sew and then cut through the seams, but if you are cutting through the seams, the serged ends will unravel farther.
@@melindabigleysewblessed I totally agree with all you have said Melinda! I have never had any problems with serged seams. Lori Hernandez does all her quilts on the serger and she is a true serger professional.
Why does the "inferior" cotton fabric pucker when sewn with "quality" cotton fabric? The thread count? Would prewashing the "inferior" cotton fabric and starching before cutting/piecing avoid this? I ask because sometimes as you stated, the perfect fabric design is a must to the project. Prepping the fabric before cutting/piecing might get a better result.
Great question, Marina! Prep is a good but temp fix. The thread count is less, yes! Over time the lesser fabric degrades while the better quality fabric does not; at least not at the same rate.
Good question. Perhaps but I think with the amount of strips it will turn out pretty well after spray basting and quilting. The interfacing could cause a drastic difference in thickness because of the strips. We’ll see how this turns out… 😬
Had a quilt I made for our bed that I used poor quality fabric along with good stuff. Quilt only lasted about 5 years before the poor quality started to shred!! Sadly that is now a dog blanket and I have become quite a snob about fabric
What a shame. Your dog has a beautiful blanket, however! 😂 I’m right there with you in the fabric snob world! Quilts take too much time, love and money for anything but quality fabric.
Agree with your assessment. My lovely mother in law made a beautiful baby quilt for our first child. It was well taken care of and stored after. When our daughter had her first, went to get it out and all of the poor quality fabrics had literally disintegrated! The quality quilt cotton was fine. Luckily, she remade it for our daughter’s child. But it wasn’t the original…😢 my MIL learned a valuable lesson.
That’s heartbreaking! 💔
@@melindabigleysewblessed it was…
I piece and longarm my own projects and agree with your assessment on fabric quality. There have been times that I could even hear the difference in sound as the longarm needle sews over the various fabrics. I am looking forward to seeing how you quilt on an embroidery machine as I’ve still not done this and haven’t found a tutorial that makes sense to me yet. Thanks for all that you do!
I hear the difference too! You’re the first one I’ve heard say that. I have some videos on RUclips showing quilting on my Emb machine I think. I’ll get this done and posted soon as well. 😊
@@melindabigleysewblessed sounds great, I’ll take a look.
I'm getting ready to stitch a Christmas quilt and I'm going to piece it on my serger...first time! Great lesson on the lower quality fabric. Sometimes it is hard to pass up the perfect design though.
I personally don't think it is a good idea to piece a quilt on a serger if you want it to be durable. I say this because I have bought brand new clothes that turned out were pieced with a serger with no stitching done first. A week later, the seams were already coming apart.
I want to add: if you were to sew and serge after, I am sure that would be great.
Almost all purchased clothing is serged. I’ve never had a problem with serged seams. Quilts pieced on a serger are stronger with superior durability when compared to single stitched seams. It’s a simple numbers game- 1 thread vs 3 to 4 threads. Not sure how many quilts you’ve pieced on a serger, hyzenthlay, but you’re incorrect.
You’ll love it, Mary Ann and it will last throughout the generations!
@melindabigleysewblessed Yes, but most clothing is sewn first and serged after. That keeps it secure. When you cut through a seam that has been only serged, the threads unravel farther than with a regular straight stitch. I have not sewn quilts using that method, but I have sewn clothes and serged them. My personal experience with sergers made me reach that conclusion. No one wants seams separating on a quilt.
I see this would be no concern for quilts you don't need to sew and then cut through the seams, but if you are cutting through the seams, the serged ends will unravel farther.
@@melindabigleysewblessed I totally agree with all you have said Melinda! I have never had any problems with serged seams. Lori Hernandez does all her quilts on the serger and she is a true serger professional.
Very interesting en helpful video, thanks
Thank you! Glad it helped! 😊
If you are going to make a quilt I always say Quality Fabric is the only way to have a Beautiful Quilt.
I completely agree, Jeannie! The construction and life of the quilt is based on the quality of the fabric we sew with.
Terial Magic eill iron out flat but will wash out.
Will the paw orint fabric return to the way it was?
Yes it will. Quilting is the only solution I’ve found when combined with better quality fabric. The paw prints were so cute I HAD to use them! 😂
If I have inferior fabric and opt to use it…I heavily starch it…sometimes it behaves better
Looking forward to part two
Thank you for sharing!
Exactly! This particular fabric is SO inferior it spits the starch back at me. 😆
How do you describe poor quality fabric and high quality ? Or do you consider certain brands to be high quality and just buy those ?
You'll know by the feel of fabric and by the price$
Thread count dictates quality. There are definitely brands I prefer and those I won’t based on experience. Moda is a brand I use all the time!
I understand however on social security, it’s JA or Wally or no quilting…….
Of course!
Why does the "inferior" cotton fabric pucker when sewn with "quality" cotton fabric? The thread count? Would prewashing the "inferior" cotton fabric and starching before cutting/piecing avoid this? I ask because sometimes as you stated, the perfect fabric design is a must to the project. Prepping the fabric before cutting/piecing might get a better result.
Great question, Marina! Prep is a good but temp fix. The thread count is less, yes! Over time the lesser fabric degrades while the better quality fabric does not; at least not at the same rate.
Cld you have used an interfacing in the lower quality fabric?
Good question. Perhaps but I think with the amount of strips it will turn out pretty well after spray basting and quilting. The interfacing could cause a drastic difference in thickness because of the strips. We’ll see how this turns out… 😬
Had a quilt I made for our bed that I used poor quality fabric along with good stuff. Quilt only lasted about 5 years before the poor quality started to shred!! Sadly that is now a dog blanket and I have become quite a snob about fabric
What a shame. Your dog has a beautiful blanket, however! 😂 I’m right there with you in the fabric snob world! Quilts take too much time, love and money for anything but quality fabric.