Where to start with telling you what I've done on my coat since my last post.
Those horrible lumpy bits I had I managed to rectify almost. There is still a little bump which I think is quiltable.
All the panels are together as you can see from the picture (its not too good sorry). I've not sewn the shoulder seams together as I need the coat to be as flat as possible for quilting.
I rechecked the wadding pattern pieces just to make sure the coat had not shrunk when I washed the stabiliser out.
Then I cut the wadding sections out and sewed them together. I spray glued the seems open so that they are as flat as possible, again this is for quilting. In some sections I have enough thickness from all the fabrics seams without adding to it with wadding.
Yesterday I layered the coat up, and pinned the top half and lightly spray glued the bottom. I know this sounds kind of strange but the spray glue I'm using is '505 Spray'. Its a basting glue that doesn't leave a sticking residue on your needle when quilting. It does wash out, but as I don't really want to wash the coat at the moment the spray makes everything a little stiffer. I don't fancy feeling like I'm wearing cardboard!! I will probable use a basting gun on the top section instead of pins, I prefer this for free motion quilting as it means I don't need to worry about where the pins are.
The last thing I've done is some more research on wood. Or more specifically bark and rings, to get a better picture of just how I'm going to quilt the bottom section to represent wood logs.
(Logs from my wood store)
Well on that note i'd better go and fill my cup up (which always seems to have a hole in the bottom) and head on up to the work room and carry on.
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