Wow! You just answered so many questions for me. I look forward to the Creative Strength Training course so I can give this a try. I might not be able to wait.
I'm a bit slow on the response track right now, but thanks Louise! Happy to share my ideas - everyone should benefit if an idea turns out to be a good one!
Hi Jane. Just seeing this now. What a creative idea. Could you just put the felt along the top of the quilt (the size of a sleeve) instead of fusing the whole top?
Wonderful video. This seems to be a good solution to art quilts -but , tell me if I am right, these quilts then are not able to be hung in traditional venues, but can be hung in galleries and possibly in contemporary quilt shows.
HI Denise, I have entered pieces with this system and it has always been accepted, but for a really traditional show (which isn't usually where I show my work) it might not be a good idea. In that case, you could always sew a traditional sleeve on the back by hand, so it could be removed later.
@@BothThingsCreative thanks! I've started using your backing method on my "TheGurls" art quilts and I LOVE it, easy to ship and hang. It's about time the hang was revisted :) I'm a huge fan of your work
Jane: I hope you see this comment and can answer my question. In this demo you are not using any batting, which would not be considered a quilt in quilt shows, right? Or are you considering the felt as backing + batting together?
You are right, Dorothy. This method eliminates batting. Many contemporary quilt shows don't require three layers, but if you wanted to enter a show that did, you could still follow through with this system and then add a light cotton fabric as the backing. I have also quilted through all three layers in the sort of sandwich I am describing. I just use three layers myself because I don't enter traditional shows...
Hi Dorothy. A belated reply but yes, I consider the felt both "batting" and also backing and in most quilt shows that are NOT traditional shows, this is acceptable.
Great tutorial about a great idea for backing art quilts Jane! Wouldn't it be fabulous if this could become universal? I've sent it along to several of my students. Can you speak a little about the aluminum slates please? What department in a Home Depot or Lowell's are they located in? And are you cutting them to size? Thank you!
HI Cheryl, Thanks for commenting. The slats are usually located where the metal for fabricating is - slats, flat pieces etc. It's also usually near the rope, in case your sales person doesn't seem to know what you are looking for!
Hi Jane, this is so helpful as I hate binding and sleeves. I need to gather the supplies to try this. What do you cut the slats with to get the proper length?
thank you for this wonderful idea! Ohho it appeals to me a great deal. Can I adhere the felt to my prints on paper? I would so like to do this! Do you have advice about dry adhesive clues? For both paper and fabric? I have so long wanted to mount my prints thusly. Please help if you can. If you perfer I join a work shop or page, I would be so happy to do this until I felt confident enough to perfect this proess. I love printing on very thin, yet durable papers. Even excellent print making papere is rag in content, or linen. Thank you for listening, with kind regards, Kat Veneroso
Hi Kat, thanks for your questions! Yes, you can fuse thin papers to felt, and for that matter you can also fuse them to non-woven interfacings like Pellon (in the US) to stabilize them. I think the best dry adhesive to use is a fusible web that is heat activated. It melts (use an iron) and bonds the two surfaces together...I prefer the brand MistyFuse in the US because it is thin and flexible and you can sew through it if that's part of your process. My other preferred adhesive is a glue stick, and you might be surprised how well it works on fabrics, paper to wood, and other substrates. I also use fusible web to bond two sheets of thin paper together - like rice papers - and it works out beautifully. Hope this helps. And of course some of this was shown in the video...
thank you! I printed out your reply, put it into my technique stash of ideas file. I do not wish to distress you but I make more like H.I. Geiger. Have wanted to do away with picture framing, just hand the pieces, but I hate attaching wood weights to them and adhering them to stronger paper. I want to thank you very much for your reply.
This is amazing.....two questions. After quilting it is there any loft with no batting in it? Does the misty fuzz gum up the needle of your machine at all?
Hi Gwendolyn, sorry for the delay in responding. We've had some family issues, but yes, this method would work for you, and yes, I would apply the felt after the stitching is completed, although it's also really easy to stitch through linen already attached to the felt!
I can testify this is a great system!
Very interesting! Never heard or saw this way before. Nice way of finishing and hanging art. Thanks for showing how to do it.
Genius, Jane. I love that you use materials one can buy at a big box hardware store...in almost any town.
The only thing you did NOT show is--what to do if you mess up, and get wrinkles...
Thanks, Tracy Thomas! It's important to keep everything as accessible as possible IMO.
Great demo. Judy C., a former student of yours, just shared this with me. Your demo will be so valuable to me in the future. Thank you!
Glad you saw it and it seemed worthy. Please tell Judy C I think of her so fondly!!!
Great to see your technique after talking about it in the workshop. Was especially impressed by the way you attach the bar!
Nice clean way to work - I might try it on painted hangings
Great info!
I learned a couple new tips....even though I'm already using this method (and love it).
Hi Jane...I still have your original cd on "finishing" but learned some more processes here in this video. Thanks so much, Val
Brilliant tips, Jane. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Wow! You just answered so many questions for me. I look forward to the Creative Strength Training course so I can give this a try. I might not be able to wait.
You are amazing -- what a wonderful idea!
I'm a bit slow on the response track right now, but thanks Louise! Happy to share my ideas - everyone should benefit if an idea turns out to be a good one!
Hi Jane. Just seeing this now. What a creative idea. Could you just put the felt along the top of the quilt (the size of a sleeve) instead of fusing the whole top?
You could but you'd have to careful because if the whole piece isn't fused together you might have issue with it hanging straight.
Thanks for the very informative demo. At what stage would you do the quilting? Before or after fusing the layers together?
Hi Colleen! Always assemble the fabric and felt sandwich before doing the quilting.
Wonderful video. This seems to be a good solution to art quilts -but , tell me if I am right, these quilts then are not able to be hung in traditional venues, but can be hung in galleries and possibly in contemporary quilt shows.
HI Denise,
I have entered pieces with this system and it has always been accepted, but for a really traditional show (which isn't usually where I show my work) it might not be a good idea. In that case, you could always sew a traditional sleeve on the back by hand, so it could be removed later.
most informative useful video I've seen. thank you!!! where did you find those slats, do they come with another name??
Hi Tracy, I buy the aluminum slats at Lowe's or Home Depot.
@@BothThingsCreative thanks! I've started using your backing method on my "TheGurls" art quilts and I LOVE it, easy to ship and hang. It's about time the hang was revisted :) I'm a huge fan of your work
Jane: I hope you see this comment and can answer my question. In this demo you are not using any batting, which would not be considered a quilt in quilt shows, right? Or are you considering the felt as backing + batting together?
You are right, Dorothy. This method eliminates batting. Many contemporary quilt shows don't require three layers, but if you wanted to enter a show that did, you could still follow through with this system and then add a light cotton fabric as the backing. I have also quilted through all three layers in the sort of sandwich I am describing. I just use three layers myself because I don't enter traditional shows...
Hi Dorothy. A belated reply but yes, I consider the felt both "batting" and also backing and in most quilt shows that are NOT traditional shows, this is acceptable.
What if your piece is hand-stitched and uses various thread/floss weights and perhaps beads or buttons that make the piece uneven on the bottom?
As long as the surface you are using for ironing is padded it isn't a problem at all, Portia.
Great tutorial about a great idea for backing art quilts Jane! Wouldn't it be fabulous if this could become universal? I've sent it along to several of my students. Can you speak a little about the aluminum slates please? What department in a Home Depot or Lowell's are they located in? And are you cutting them to size? Thank you!
HI Cheryl, Thanks for commenting. The slats are usually located where the metal for fabricating is - slats, flat pieces etc. It's also usually near the rope, in case your sales person doesn't seem to know what you are looking for!
Hi Jane, this is so helpful as I hate binding and sleeves. I need to gather the supplies to try this. What do you cut the slats with to get the proper length?
Hi Diane,
I use a hacksaw.
thank you for this wonderful idea! Ohho it appeals to me a great deal. Can I adhere the felt to my prints on paper? I would so like to do this! Do you have advice about dry adhesive clues? For both paper and fabric? I have so long wanted to mount my prints thusly. Please help if you can. If you perfer I join a work shop or page, I would be so happy to do this until I felt confident enough to perfect this proess. I love printing on very thin, yet durable papers. Even excellent print making papere is rag in content, or linen. Thank you for listening, with kind regards, Kat Veneroso
Hi Kat, thanks for your questions! Yes, you can fuse thin papers to felt, and for that matter you can also fuse them to non-woven interfacings like Pellon (in the US) to stabilize them. I think the best dry adhesive to use is a fusible web that is heat activated. It melts (use an iron) and bonds the two surfaces together...I prefer the brand MistyFuse in the US because it is thin and flexible and you can sew through it if that's part of your process. My other preferred adhesive is a glue stick, and you might be surprised how well it works on fabrics, paper to wood, and other substrates. I also use fusible web to bond two sheets of thin paper together - like rice papers - and it works out beautifully. Hope this helps. And of course some of this was shown in the video...
thank you! I printed out your reply, put it into my technique stash of ideas file. I do not wish to distress you but I make more like H.I. Geiger. Have wanted to do away with picture framing, just hand the pieces, but I hate attaching wood weights to them and adhering them to stronger paper. I want to thank you very much for your reply.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing. If you chose not to use a facing, do you need to finish the edges in anyway or are they okay as is?
If there piece isn't going to get any wear and tear, the edges are fine as they are - once trimmed.
This is amazing.....two questions. After quilting it is there any loft with no batting in it? Does the misty fuzz gum up the needle of your machine at all?
NO loft the way a really fluffy batting would do and no the Misty Fuse is great because it DOESN'T gum up the needle at all.
Great video. When using this technique with a piece that has been quilted, do you use it after the piece and batting have been quilted and trimmed?
This is the last step, after quilting and finishing edges, whether you bind or clean cut them.
I do abstract hand stitching on linen, do you think this would work on a piece that has been stitched before applying the backing?
Hi Gwendolyn, sorry for the delay in responding. We've had some family issues, but yes, this method would work for you, and yes, I would apply the felt after the stitching is completed, although it's also really easy to stitch through linen already attached to the felt!