This file is courtesy of Catherine Douglas Millsaps, her providing this information deserves a huge thanks
working on the lettering I used floats by carrying my wool along the back of the work
Finished W.I.P.
The back of my W.I.P.
Cotton Batting ( one piece cut to size) you can work up to a 10" square quilting
One Flat Sheet
Flat Sheet, batting and W.I.P. all securely pinned together
When securing your work, work from center outwards. I pinned in the ditches (for every 2 rows there is a visible ditch)
I tacked all 3 pieces together over 1 stitch ... double the yarn, wrapped it around one stitch twice and tied in the back ..left about an inch tails...
top to bottom every 8" ....left to right every 7" working from the center outwards
When tacking the pieces together I used the same colour of wool so it coincides with the front and blends in
1. After tacking All 3 pieces together I trimmed the Cotton Batting to the same size as my W.I.P all around. 2. The backing I trimmed leaving a 2" border all around.
3. I folded the 2" border in half, then folded it over the Cotton batting and pinned it to secure it.
4. Then I hemmed the backing to the Batting all around
I pinned and secured the W.I.P. down on to the hemming I finished on all four sides
I proceeded to hand sew the 2 pieces together on all four sides
Back of work!
Front of finished Product
There are 2 forms of batting ...
Poly-fil batting:- which you have to cut to size and join together the pieces ... and the quilting space is smaller to work on ..
Cotton Batting:- is cut to size like buying material ... I found easier to work with ...
the cotton one that I used
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