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Quilt Preparations & Tips

T-Shirt Prep & Tips

  • Pick out the T-shirts (or other clothing items) that you want included on the quilt. It is a good idea to include a few extras

  • Wash

  • **If you are shipping your items***

    • Place the dry T-shirts in a sealed plastic bag and carefully box them with your name, number, and address.​

      • Ballantyne Quilt Design​

3303 Mackinac Ct

Muscatine, IA 52761

  • Once I recieve the items, I will contact you to discuss design, fabric choices, thread, and production time frame. 

  • A 50% deposit is due up front and the remaining will be paid when the quilt is finished.

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* There is always a $35 Minimum.

**Prices subject to change without notice

Long-Arm Quilting Prep & Tips

  • Make sure Quilt Top is clean, pressed, loose-thread free, and squared off. 

  • Since each layer is mounted on the quilt machine separately, DO NOT baste them together.

  • Place a safety pin at the head end of the quilt backing and the top. Some quilting designs are one way and I need to know which will be the head end of the quilt.

  • To allow for shrinkage during the quilting process, batting and backing should be 4 inches longer on ALL sides than the quilt top.

  • Selvages, especially in a back seam, can cause undesirable puckering; I recommend that selvages be removed from any seam.

  • Stitch around the outer edge seams of the quilt top, especially if there are multiple seams that are on the outside edges of the quilt top. Your quilt top may be gently pulled during the machine quilting so it will lay flat, and this will prevent the seams from coming unstitched. Stitch just less than a 1/4" from the outer edge so it wont show after the binding is applied.

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