Cindy's Tips
COOL SLEEPING...THE OLD-TIME WAY
How did our ancestors do it? With a "summer spread," an unlined (or lightly lined) quilt, often simply pieced and embroidered. (Redwork was a favorite technique.) Sometimes the quilt top was backed with a sheet, the edges turned and whipstitched together. Sometimes the top was left unbacked, and the raw seams turned over and handstitched, french seam-style. White, cool muslin was the main ingredient in these refreshing pieces. |
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| What can I do about fraying patches in a quilt? |
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Dear Cindy, Your website is great! I am hoping you can help me out. I am almost finished making a patchwork quilt. It is relatively simple but turned out awesome! Finished size is 4" squares 19 across and 25 down for a 76 X 100 inch quilt. The squares are rotated yellow and purple. I did a outline and a satin stitch embroidery on 1/4 of the squares. While tieing off the squares my rings have caught some of the embroidery floss and I have pulls. Is there anything that I can put on the embroidery that will keep it from pulling (fraying) without making it stiff as starch. I am planning on using this quilt as a bedspread and I am afraid that the embroidery will be all frayed in no time. I would appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks, Mary Dear Mary, I wonder if some of that anti-fray spray stuff might do the trick...try it on an unobtrusive area first. (Ask for it at your local quilt or hobby shop...it's used to keep fabrics from fraying on the edges.) Otherwise, you might go back with silk thread and gently whip over the embroidery to couch it down more...that would take you practically forever, though, and I'm sure you have other projects on your mind now! Good luck to you, Cindy Brick |
