Questions about making a baby fabric panel book

[vbarb1014]

Re: Questions about making a baby fabric panel book

I too thought that was pretty funny and got a chuckle out of it.

[Penster]

Re: Questions about making a baby fabric panel book

I have never washed these panels before making the books. If you think the panel will bleed colors, then pretreat. As to the loft, if it were poly, I would say ok. 100% cotton seems a little heavy for a book. Make a little swatch with the panel fabric to see how it looks and feels to you.

BTW, when reading your post.....Questions about making a baby......came up and gave me a chuckle.

Gotta admit, it is funny!!! I definitely wasn't paying attention this morning, was I? .

[Penster]

Re: Questions about making a baby fabric panel book

I have never washed these panels before making the books. If you think the panel will bleed colors, then pretreat. As to the loft, if it were poly, I would say ok. 100% cotton seems a little heavy for a book. Make a little swatch with the panel fabric to see how it looks and feels to you.

BTW, when reading your post.....Questions about making a baby......came up and gave me a chuckle.

I am laughing out loud!!! Too funny...I never noticed it until you pointed it out.

[TMP]

Re: Questions about making a baby fabric panel book

I have made several of the books for my grandbabies and I used scraps left over from quilts. I didn't prewash the fabric. I would use a color grabber if I did prewash. I also smiled when I read the topic in the list as " Questions about making a baby".

[Granny Fran]

Re: Questions about making a baby fabric panel book

I have never washed these panels before making the books. If you think the panel will bleed colors, then pretreat. As to the loft, if it were poly, I would say ok. 100% cotton seems a little heavy for a book. Make a little swatch with the panel fabric to see how it looks and feels to you.

BTW, when reading your post.....Questions about making a baby......came up and gave me a chuckle.

[Spiff]

Re: Questions about making a baby fabric panel book

I have made several of these and would recommend getting a thinner batting. Once you try to join all the pages it will be pretty thick.

[quiltingtrish]

Re: Questions about making a baby fabric panel book

When you say 'high loft' - does that mean it is thick ? I made a few books last year and used thinner batting because there are lots of layers to sew at one time and I found that to work better for me.

[Penster]

Just got some adorable panels to make a baby story book. Do you think I should prewash the fabric panel? Also, the batting I have is high loft 100% cotton. Is that too heavy or is it okay for batting between the pages? I have never made on of these before. Thanks for any advice!