Fast Quilt Finish with Odif Adhesive Sprays and a Double Blanket Stitch

In post 3 this week, Make 9 Fabric Donut Shapes with the TrueCut 360 Circle Cutter, I briefly spoke of the ODIF 404 Spray and Fix Permanent Repositionable Adhesive to keep the fabric from shifting. Then, yesterday, I demonstrated the ODIF 606 Spray and Fix No-sew Fusible Adhesive Web to complete the quilt top.

What’s left to do? Baste, quilt, and bind. I believe we all understand these steps, but I’ll explain the basting and quilting processes.

I’m a huge fan of using Odif 505 Temporary Quilt Basting Adhesive Fabric Spray. Why? Because it’s quick. Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with a member of the Odif team. We talked about the basting process. I explained that my method is to spray Odif 505 on the batting, while some quilters spray the fabric. I was advised to spray the batting. The reason is that if way too much adhesive is applied in one spot or if the can drips, it could stain the fabric. However, if it’s sprayed on the batting, it will not stain. Now we know.

One other step that could have been added yesterday was to put an embroidery stitch around the ring’s edges. I did not do it yesterday because I wanted to use the embroidery stitch for both quilting and embroidery. This is a method I’ve used a few times when working on smaller quilts, and it’s a real time saver.

My favorite stitch is the double blanket stitch. Typically, I use the machine’s default settings for stitch length and width.

If, during the stitching process, parts of the applique ring have not been properly fused to the fabric, there are two solutions. The first solution is to return to the ironing board and heat-fuse it again. The other solution is to use the ODIF 505 Temporary Adhesive Glue Stick: apply a small amount to the applique ring, then press it down with your finger for a couple of seconds.

The glue is blue but dries clear and will not stain the fabric.

Using this method and this stitch, the back of the quilt will look like this. I also stitched in the ditch using a straight stitch. Once all stitching was done, I sewed on the binding.

Be sure to keep the Odif 505 Temporary Adhesive Glue Stick and Odif 505 Temporary Quilt Basting Adhesive Fabric Spray in the studio, they are essential quilting tools!

Anyone who knows me knows I have an issue with wanting thread, lots of thread! I’m such a matchy-matchy person when it comes to sewing and quilting that I think I must own every color shade out there.

So, when I came up with the idea for this quilt, I planned to make rings in multiple colors. To be sure I could match everything, I got the Gütermann Nostalgia Box – 50wt Cotton Thread 100m – 48 Shades.

As I was planning this quilt, I decided to make the quilt into a game. For that reason, I made all the applique rings the same color. I was able to use the threads in the box to match both the applique ring color and the background fabric.

Now that I think about it, I could have put different bright colors around every ring. An idea for next time!

Over the last three days the stars of this project have been the Odif adhesives.

• ODIF 404 Spray and Fix Permanent Repositionable Adhesive for Craft Material
• Odif 505 Temporary Quilt Basting Adhesive Fabric Spray – 156g
• ODIF 606 Spray and Fix No-sew Fusible Adhesive Web and the
• ODIF 505 Temporary Adhesive Glue Stick

With March Break around the corner and little ones needing to be kept busy, here are a couple of game ideas:

1. A simple game of tic-tac-toe.
2. A game of tic-tac-toe where objects must be tossed into the ring’s center to claim a spot.
3. A toss game where objects must be tossed into the ring’s center, but with scoring:

• Center of the ring = 5 points
• Half in the ring and half on the ring = 3 points
• On the ring = 1 point

To make it more challenging, use something like marbles or empty thread spools to make the game a wee bit trickier.

I’m sure there are multiple other ideas out there. Let the little ones make up their own fun game! And when playtime is done and a nap is needed, they can sleep under the quilt!

I’d love to hear what other game ideas you can imagine for this quilt, and perhaps what other quilt ideas you have for working with the TRUECUT 360 Circle Cutter. Please share.

P.S. Adults could also have a lot of fun with this. Until next time.

This is part 5 of 5 in this series

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