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I think today's tut can be nice but I will never make anything with cuddle fabric . I made a scarf for my granddaughter and I had lint all over my sewing room and I said I would never make anything like that again. One thing nice about the fabric is that it is very soft and cuddly. Good luck to anyone that wants to make it.
That would drive me crazy with my allergies. Even regular batting and flannel get to me big time!
I have used it a couple of times.....won't make that mistake a third time LOL
It is messy and hard to sew. Makes me shudder to think of making a whole quilt out of it, no matter how soft it is!
The vacuum trick that Jenny suggested might help keep the fluff from spreading too much. But I don't know that I'll be trying that particular quilt. Might try it for a backing.
I made a scarf... out of pre cut strips I won. Enough for me.
Not my cuppa tea. Minky and similar fabrics are a nightmare to work with and make the worst messes.
Not my cuppa tea either! I watched this tut late last night when it first posted and knew right away I wouldn't be making anything. Did you notice Jenny sniffing and rubbing her nose often? No telling how much lint and fuzz she inhaled working with that stuff!
I have used the Minky for baby quilt backing - I don't mind it for that but it is rather slippery and messy - I don't think I would make that quilt in the tutorial either - its just too messy.
I used minky on the back of Ryan's pillow. I also have sitting upstairs some of that rosette cuddle for a scarf but after I saw the mess when she cut it, I'm thinking I'll take it up to the lake and cut and sew it on the deck this summer!!
When I bought some pieces for scarves, the lady at the shop used a DustBuster right over the cut as soon as she cut the fabric to get rid of the majority of the fuzz from cutting. That seemed to cut down on the mess considerably!
Hey ladies good evening
Hope this helps. If you cut the minky cuddle or ant
Thing like it, if you cut with pinking shears or pinking
Blade you get VERY little fuzz. Hope this helps
Jean Anne
Good to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Live to Quilt
Keeping the vacuum cleaner right at hand would be an absolute must. Cutting on a table outside on a nice day would work too. The birdies might like the fluff for their nests. What a cozy nest that would make for the baby birds. Using a walking foot is an absolute necessity in my opinion. I've worked with that stuff a few times in the distant past and that foot is the only way to go. Forget 1/4" seams too. Gotta make it AT LEAST 1/2".