I remember why I don't like to prepare quilts for shows.
I hate blocking quilts, yet I know of no other way to have them hang straight - really straight - without doing it. I've had Just Beachy hanging for a week , but it didn't hang smoothly - how could it with all the fusible in it? At my house this is what is entailed in blocking a large quilt: Moving everything you can out of the dining room, bringing in a table and the appropriate size insulation boards Of course you can't move everything so you have to work around them Find the right batting for this configuration of boards, wet it with spray water and stretch it flat Wash the quilt on handwash cycle and lug it in still wet This color catcher has me worried A gazillion rulers, pins, pulls, measures, a helpful engineer husband and 4 tiring hours of work 24 hours later it is dry, flat, and one block has run - I'm leaving it. I hate the tremendous backache from doing this, but I need to look straight down on the rulers/quilt to get e...