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Pre-cut quilting kits?
I wanted to know if anyone knew where I could find inexpensive quilting kits that have been pre-cut, I was wanting to make one for my sister who is pregnant but I don't have the resources to cut each piece and having a pre-cut one will really help me
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- ?Lv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
As far as I know there is no such thing as a precut quilt unless it is a specialty of a shop that sells quilt material and has cut up some remnants. However if you do find one it will not be inexpensive and it is a lot of work to make a quilt.
I have a suggestion--- buy a yard of a nice polyester and cotton broadcloth 45 inch wide fabric and a yard of a nice 45 inch wide flannelette. Iron on a decal-- like the ones below in the link --in the center of the broadcloth, With right sides together sew the broadcloth to the flannelette leaving a space to turn it right side out. Turn it right side out and hand stitch the opening.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=baby+iron+on+t...
A crib mattress is 51 to 53 inches long by 27 to 28 inches wide.
Your coverlet will be approximately 35x 44.
If you want to make it bigger then go for 36 inch wide fabric by 1 1/2 yards for a finished measurement of 35x 53
If a quilt is what you have your heart set on you could cut 6 inch squares and put a small decal in every second square.--lay them out on the floor and place the decals to find a good arrangement. Then sew the squares for each row together then the long strips together matching the corners. Sew a square of batting on the back with each square as you are sewing them together. Then sew on the flannelette backing in one piece.
- Diane B.Lv 79 years ago
I think you're looking for pre-cut "pieces" (sometimes called "patches") of fabric for making quilts, not entire pre-cut quilts (...there may be some of those, especially for applique-type quilts, but usually not).
However, you can buy "packs" of coordinating fabrics that have been precut into various shapes (squares, strips, triangles, "fat-quarters," etc) though the fat-quarters will be large --actually just one yard of fabric cut into 4 parts so they're squarer than they would be if cut from a roll, and not usually used as individual "pieces" in a pieced quilt.
Using the pre-cut pieces in those packs to make an entire quilt "top" though will save a lot of time.
Check out some of the info about all those precut packs in my previous answer here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201203...
And my answer here has more on precut packs, as well as links to other answers of mine with loads of info for new quilters:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/answerEdit?qid=2...
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- grabeLv 45 years ago
relies upon. Stiffer unwashed fabrics would not fray as a lot and could be easier to address in case you applique, if it really is a interest. yet washed fabrics permits you in looking out if any of your fabrics bleed (what a fashion to interrupt a conceal!). Unwashed fabrics will pucker up extra even as washed, providing you with a marvelous classic look. Washed will decrease somewhat, too. maximum major to remember: in case you prewash, prewash each and every fabrics, which incorporates backing, so it shrinks calmly. Any reliable quilting e book (or information superhighway website) provides you with more advantageous than you prefer to understand on the problem. I just about continually preshrink. I do it by technique of putting the fabric in a laundry bag, or pillowcase so it would not fray too a lot, sudz it by technique of hand, rinse it gently and then dry contained in the dryer. I save smaller products like fat quarters contained in the bag, yet more advantageous ones I "turn loose". Take out even as damp, and iron. reliable luck on your conceal!
- Anonymous9 years ago
Jo-ann's has them