Can You Quilt With Double Gauze Fabric

Gauze fabric is perfect for creating cozy baby items like swaddling blankets breezy dresses or skirts quilts and much more.

Can you quilt with double gauze fabric.

The proper way to wash and dry double gauze fabric lay the fabric flat after drying. It will be easier to work with unwashed. 2 yards of double gauze for the front of the blanket i used riley blake sparkle double gauze it has gold threads woven into it 2 yards of double gauze for the back of blanket i used riley blake double gauze in red gingham 1 2 yard of double gauze for binding. If you are using 100 cotton batting and double gauze on the front and back of the quilt you don t need to pre wash.

Double gauze quilts are also the perfect canvas for hand quilting or big stitching quilting. After you re done with your quilt then just throw it in the wash and dry it. It is really airy and lightweight which is a fantastic combination with the double gauze fabrics in my opinion. Regular cotton and cotton blend batting would be lovely too.

The only types of gauze i ve sewn with is the double gauze fabric very similar to the aden anais blankets. With polka dots florals brights and neutrals this quilt has a nice variety of double gauze. I used cotton quilting fabric to bind the quilt but you can also you double gauze to bind the quilt as well. A lot of you still have questions about how to work with this fabric so we re turning the blog over to jenni smith for some tips on how to sew your next garment out of double gauze.

Quilting with double gauze is kind of like wrestling a cloud. The only exception to this would be if you are using a different type of fabric on the back of the quilt. Nancy s nani iro double gauze quilt features a simple plus design. Because the double gauze has lines in it it s perfect for hand quilting following those lines.

If you re backing it with a different type of material you ll need to wash and dry the double gauze fabric before you quilt. If you enjoy mixing fabric prints you ll appreciate that double gauze fabric can be pieced together in any patchwork pattern you desire. If you are going to use double gauze as the binding use spray starch to help keep the binding in shape. For both of my double gauze quilts i ve used dream orient quilt batting which is a bamboo silk tencel cotton blend batting from quilter s dream.

And i don t even know if that is considered heavy or light weight gauze. This will only work if you re using double gauze for both the front and back of the quilt. I hope you are able to find your answers somewhere out there on the web. To make the double gauze blanket you ll need.

I am jenni smith a sewing teacher from yorkshire who loves dressmaking quilting and textile art.