Adjusting for Quilt Shrinkage
I'll be using a Christmas Stocking design from Sweet Dreams Quilt Studio to make a gift.
🧵 Adjusting for Quilt Shrinkage: Course Summary 🎄
Are you ready to create stunning quilted projects without the frustration of post-stitching shrinkage?
This course, based on the live IQ Summit webinar, dives deep into the common quilting challenge of quilt shrinkage and, most importantly, provides you with the practical Intelliquilter techniques to overcome it. Using the delightful Teddy Bear Christmas Stocking design from Sweet Dreams Quilt Studio, you'll watch step-by-step how to set up, stitch out, and adjust your designs to ensure a perfect fit every time.
🎁 What You'll Learn: The Essentials of Shrinkage Adjustment
This course is your essential guide to understanding and compensating for the factors that cause fabric and quilting designs to pull in.
Design Setup & Stitch Out:
Follow along as we set up the Teddy Bear Christmas Stocking and stitch the main design, including clever use of the Intelliquilter's Echo feature with a negative offset.
The Shrinkage Discussion:
Gain clarity on the key variables affecting quilt movement:
Batting Loft: How thick batting condenses and draws the quilt in more than low loft options.
Thread Used: Understanding the impact of thread thickness and tension settings.
Scale of Designs: Recognizing how the density of stitching affects distortion.
Stabilizing: The best practices for firm, even tension without over-stretching.
Dealing with Advances: Learn the crucial technique of stretching your quilt back out from the take-up roller when working on edge-to-edge designs.
The Critical Adjustment:
Watch the practical demonstration of using your machine's needle and crosshairs to precisely measure actual quilt shrinkage and then how to adjust the final pass design (the lining seam line) to match the new, smaller size, ensuring your project comes together perfectly.
Advanced IQ Techniques:
Discover valuable tips like using a Channel Lock for basting, preventing the "parallelogram effect," and managing designs that require matching points across advances (like certain Baptist fans or cross-hatching).
💡 Course Content Breakdown
Your purchase includes the full webinar replay with all the chat and Q&A, plus individual videos for quick reference on specific techniques.
- Webinar Replay: The full, detailed transcription and video of the live session.
- Designing the Christmas Stocking: Setting up the block, loading the pattern, and creating an accurate inner echo line for the lining.
- Stitching the Main Design: The actual quilting process.
- Designing the Name: An extra lesson on splitting and combining letters to personalize the stocking with the name "Lucy."
- Stitching the Script and Adjusting for Quilt Shrinkage: The core lesson on measuring shrinkage and modifying the final stitching line for a perfect fit.
🌟 BONUS VIDEO: ColourQuê Your Project
- How to ColourQuê: A step-by-step guide on using Inktense pencils and a textile medium to color in the quilted areas, transforming a simple stitched design into a bright, fully washable piece of art.
Tracey Browning
Over 30 years being in the quilting business, Tracey has experience in so many areas that she is keen to share with you. From her early years as a quilt teacher, quilt designer, pattern designer, magazine and quilting books contributor to then moving into longarm machine quilting for customers, becoming the Australian Dealer for A1 Quilting machines and Intelliquilter computer systems. Her own customers have long applauded her dedication to mentoring and supporting them as they learn and grow.
This course gives you the knowledge to handle the unknowns of quilt shrinkage and the confidence to adjust your projects like a pro! Stop crossing your fingers and start stitching with precision.
Course Pricing
The Intelliquilter (IQ) support and knowledge provided by Tracey Browning is first rate! Her experience as both an A1 Quilting machine & IQ dealer and award-winning machine quilter are invaluable in assisting me with any technical issues I have had over the years. I am so impressed by her knowledge that I purchased a membership to IQ Machine Quilting Academy as soon as I heard about it. Highly recommend Tracey’s skill and know how!
Carla Barrett
Longarm quilter and International quilting teacher
