Embroidery backing

12 years ago

I want to make a baby quilt with 6" squares. I want part of the blocks with embroidery ducks and the remainder in other squares. The tear away backing does not work in small places. Is there another way to use a backing that can stay and washing will not hurt it? I use my embroidery machine for must of my quilting, it is slow but really pretty, I just do not know what to use on the embroidered ducks.

You ladies are so smart I know someone knows how to do this.

Thanks, Nancy

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jennifer_in_va
12 years ago
There are a lot of different kinds of backing for embroidery. Tear-away, light, medium & heavy weight leave in, and water soluable.

I'm not sure why tear away wouldn't work for your project...you could embroider your ducks, tear away the backing, and then cut it down to the right size block. Water soluable works the same way, but after stitching you can use a spray bottle and the backing will just disappear. If you use a light weight backing, it shouldn't feel too much different if you simply leave it in and sew it into your seam allowances.

hope that helps.
calverttx
Original Author
12 years ago
Thank you Jennifer. I had not thought about water soluble, I have not used much of that. I think I will give that a try. Blessings.
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