Quilting Services

• Preparing Your Top For Quilting

• Do not pin baste your quilt top to the batting and backing.
• Allow at least 3 inches extra on all sides for batting and backing (6 inches wider and longer than your quilt top).
• Square up your backing-especially where there are seams!
• Press all seams well and trim loose threads.
• Do not add embellishments such as buttons, beads, ribbons or charms to your top until after the piece is quilted.
• Trim off selvage edges from seams. The selvage will shrink differently than the rest of the fabric when washed.
• A Flat quilt top will lead to a better end product. Square up all your blocks as you go along, measure your borders thru the CENTER of the quilt and then apply them.
• Please let me know if you will be adding prarie points on the finished edge of your quilt. These are added AFTER the quilt has been quilted. You will need at least 1/2 inch unquilted at the edges.

• Care of Your Quilt

Quilts are made to enjoy. Get them out of the closet or storage area and USE THEM!!! By providing proper care you can enjoy that quilt for many years to come.

• Antique quilts:

  Soak the quilt in warm water with a non-detergent soap such as Ivory flakes or Orvis Paste in a bath tub. Drain the water. Fill with cool water to rinse. Drain again. Lay the quilt on a clean sheet on lawn to dry (if it is a sunny day, make sure that you lay it in a shaded area-watch out for birds flying overhead!!!)

• Utility quilts/Bed quilts:

  Wash quilt in warm water with a non-detergent soap such as Ivory flakes or Orvus paste on gentle cycle. Dry in warm dryer (NOT HOT) until quilt is almost dry. Finish drying on a rack or clothesline.

• 100% Wool quilt batting quilt product:

  Fill top load washer with warm water. Dissolve non-detergent soap such as Ivory Flakes or Orvus Paste in the water. Place the wool item in the water, agitating it by HAND ONLY. Let soak for about 10-15 minutes and spin water out using the spin cycle on your washing machine. Fill washer with cool water and agitate quilt by HAND ONLY. Let quilt soak for 10-15 minutes and then spin dry using the spin cycle on your washer. Carefully lift the item out of the washer and hang to dry, or lay flat on a clean sheet outside.
  100% wool will felt when agitiated in the washing machine or dryer. A front load washer will toss the item around, leading to felting. Your queen sized quilt will quickly become a doll quilt if you agitate the product in the washer or dryer.

• Memory / T-Shirt / Signature Quilts

• Call 810-985-3668 for pricing

• Memory Quilts:

  Is there a new baby in your life? Immortalize their ‘vital statistics’ with that information appliqued to the front of a quilt or sewn into a label for the back of the quilt.

• T-Shirt Quilts:

  Using pieces of a loved ones clothing, t-shirts collected from memorable events, sports or clubs, or personal photos, I can create a quilt that will wrap that special someone in quilted memories.

• Signature Quilts:

  Signature quilts will preserve the names of special people in someone’s life to wrap around them.