QUILT TOP AND BACKING

Please take note of the following important reminders about your quilt top so it will be

a beautiful finished product and you can keep your cost down.

If you plan to bring the back of the quilt to the top for binding you need to be sure to add this note in the comments section of the order form.

All quilts will be returned trimmed even with the quilt top unless the customer requests to have the quilt returned untrimmed.

Thoroughly press your quilt top and backing. Backing seam should be pressed open. If piecing the backing, please make sure that all the pieces are the same length. In other words, straighten the edges. Trim any stray threads. Trailing threads can get caught between layers and show. After pressing, fold neatly and allow enough space in box to allow for batting if you are not providing the batting. If you are shipping the batting and it is a packaged batting, please open your package of batting and refold to fit box with room to spare. PLEASE.

Is there an up and down to your quilt top or backing? With a safety pin, pin a piece of paper to the top edge to identify it.

It is very important that your quilt top and backing are square. Please do not use sheets for backing fabric as they can cause problems for our machine. Note that according to your personal preference you may, or may not want to select backing fabric that varies in color dramatically from the top. During long arm machine quilting, top and bottom thread is chosen to match your quilt top. If your top fabric is light and your backing is dark, you'll see contrasting thread on the back of your quilt. Some people like this look; some do not; so just be aware of this. We will do what you want.

If your top has no borders, stay-stitch 1/4" in all the way around the edge. This keeps the seams from "popping" and prevents stretching when attahing it to the canvas on the rollers. PLEASE NO SERGER STITCHING.

Your batting and backing fabric must be at least 8 inches larger than your quilt top. For example, if your top is 60 X 80 then your batting and backing must be at least 68 X 88. If you send a package batting it is not necessary to trim it, we will trim during quilting and return any excess with the quilt.

If your quilt does not meet our specifications listed above, we will correct them for an additional charge.

BATTING

We stock Warm and Natural (90"), Warm and White (90" and king), Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 cotton/poly (96" and 120") and Quilter's Dream cotton/poly. You may supply the batting, but only from the brands listed above.  Please do not send Mountain Mist or store brand cotton battings.

Please contact us if you have further questions.