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Pricing Memory Quilts, part 2

18/5/2022

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As mentioned in part 1, "The client can decide whether the quilt should be finished with batting, backing and yarn ties OR with a simple backing, no batting, OR with a simple binding, no backing at all. "
The advantage of a faced or bound coverlet is that it is lighter, and allows you to decide whether you might want to have the quilt machine- or hand-quilted at a later date.
In the meantime, you can use it year-round, and it's easy to store.
Facing means I join the patchwork 'top' to a backing sheet of plain fabric, which finishes the edges. 
Binding means a long strip of fabric sewn all around the edges, with the seams of the patchwork are visible on the back.
[Note: The reason I don't machine quilt when I can help it: it is much less satisfactory than hand quilting. Without very special equipment the possibilities for bunching-up and other little disasters are countless, and machine stitches NEVER give the warm 'feel' of those made by human hands.
The reason I wish I could hand-quilt certain quilts, but don't: I'm 71, quilting needles are tiny and sitting for long stretches can make my bones cranky. But also, the time involved 
for just basic quilting is a minimum 20-30 hours per quilt, which makes for a fairly unacceptable price.]
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