This is my second finish for
Finish Along 4th quarter .
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Play mat finished: washed, bound .... |
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... labelled and delivered to the parents. Backing is Ikea heavy-weight furnishing fabric (looks a bit like duck cloth) |
On both my
OMG November and FAL list for the 4th quarter I had this play mat:
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play mat freshly washed and dried, but not yet bound. |
I asked on 1 August if anyone knew by what percentage a quilt shrinks and
Sandy kindly pointed me towards
quiltingboard.com There I found one useful answer: 10%. Remember that folks: if it's absolutely imperative that your quilt is not too small, and not excessively too big, add 10% (ie one-tenth) to the length and width,or a bit more to be on the safe side! There were other answers too, mainly relating to how intense your quilting is which is also a factor of course. I wasn't going to quilt intensely because the request was for something soft so went for 10% extra.
I added 10% to length and width by adding more generous borders than the play pen measurements would suggest.
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not bound but provisionally finished with a wide zig-zag stitch. |
However, I thought it might well shrink even more than 10% so rather than have to take off the binding to add some extra quilt by QAYG, I zig-zagged around the edge, and washed the mat together with the binding fabric. It has shrunk, and by slightly more than 10%, but has finished within the margins I'd set, just!
Fabric:
Top: Assorted fat quarters, some from stash
Backing: Ikea furnishing fabric with a black/white/pale green design of barns
Thread: Aurifil 50 wt in pale grey (2615)
Statistics:
base of play pen: 28" x 48" 71 x 122cm
mat before washing at 40°C: 33" x 53" 84.4 x 135cm
mat after washing at 40°C: 29.75"x 48.75" 76 x 126cm
I'm linking up to TGIFF on Friday,
to Patty at Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal at the end of November ,
and at the beginning of January to Sandra at Studio Sew of Course for Finish Along 2018, 4th Quarter.
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Click on the buttons in due time, to see more progress and finishes.
Happy sewing
Marly.