{"id":44,"date":"2014-02-11T01:58:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T01:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2017-09-28T06:14:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T06:14:08","slug":"prep-checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/?page_id=44","title":{"rendered":"Prep Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align=\"center\">Checklist For Preparing Your Quilt Top and Backing Fabric For Professional Quilting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>The backing and batting need to be at least four inches larger than the quilt top on all sides.\u00a0 Once you measure your quilt top in length and width add at least 8 inches to both the length and width of your batting and backing.<\/li>\n<li>If you need to piece your backing take note of the salvage and avoid including the salvages in the seam allowance.\u00a0\u00a0 Use \u00bd inch seam allowance when piecing your backing.\u00a0 It is best to press the seam open.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure that all your quilt top seams are stitched securely.\u00a0 If you have pieced borders make sure that the seams re secure to the edges.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to press the seams of your quilt top.\u00a0 Pressing helps to check the security of your seams.<\/li>\n<li>Check the back of your quilt top for any loose threads.\u00a0 Dark loose threads can be very noticeable if they stray under an adjacent light fabric.<\/li>\n<li>The top, batting, and backing need to be three separate pieces.\u00a0 Do not layer, baste, or pin the three items together.\u00a0\u00a0 Remove any pins or temporary stitches.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireweedcard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-132\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireweedcard-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireweedcard-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireweedcard.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Checklist For Preparing Your Quilt Top and Backing Fabric For Professional Quilting The backing and batting need to be at least four inches larger than the quilt top on all sides.\u00a0 Once you measure your quilt top in length and width add at least 8 inches to both the length and width of your batting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fireweedquiltstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}