Hi everyone. That stuff on the edges is in fact grosgrain. I am currently using 1.5" grosgrain for the channels to allow for easy movement of the quilt along the shock cord. Of course it is doubled over and becomes a 3/4" width edge. I might get away with using a smaller grosgrain but I have worked with the 1.5" for a while and really like it. It might add a fraction of an oz to the quilt but, oh well. FYI the corners of the quilts use 1" grosgrain.
I AM looking to get away from the grosgrain altogether but I am still tweaking the new design. It may lighten things up a little. The new, lighter, 20 Denier fabric I will be offering very soon might help a little as well...
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As far as working with the grosgrain. I am still doing it old school. I just bury the needle in the work, hold the grosgrain about 12" or so away from the needle, and feed it in. No ironing or pinning. Takes too long. Back when i started, I could not fathom how anyone could stitch the top and it not be all over the place on the part of the ribbon that was folded underneath. Now, it just works right every time.
I plan to get some attachments for my Juki that can handle the Grosgrain ribbon soon. This will speed things up a little. I have tried a couple but they not made well and were not really up to the job. I have to send some materials to a place where they will actually build the attachment.
Sorry if my rambling got too far away from the OP question....I am a little loopy right now from lack of sleep
There are some hangs coming up in the next month or so that I really want to get to (read" NEED TO ESCAPE).
~Stormcrow
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