photo images, what NOT to do

Posted for : dutchrose

i thot i'd help move spam down AND provide a helpful hint that i learned from experience this weekend. i am making a wallhanging and had printed out pictures on fabric to use as blocks. i knew i didn't want to quilt over those, but they are 7" X 8" which is quite a bit to not have any quilting. i decided that by using fusible batting i would solve the problem. don't do it!

where the pictures were fused, the glue pulled it and made it look all wrinkled. and of course it was fused so i couldn't pull it straight. i had laid it on taut but not tight so i doubt that was the problem. anyway, after sleeping on it, the next day i used a warm iron to "remove" the fused area by separating it with my hand between the two. oh, did i say that i had begun quilting the outer part?!!? once i had the pictures unadhered i put a teflon sheet between so that i could press the picture to make it look nice again. it's all quilted now and ready for the backing.

oh, that's another hint -- a good one this time. i had only some SID quilting on the squares that framed each picture so i quilted those with just the top and batting and pulled the threads to the back so they'll be hidden inside. lots of starts and stops! once i put the backing on i will go back and MQ around the pictures to frame them and that will go thru all 3 layers.

i do have a question tho. this is a wallhanging for a baby's room so it's not likely to be washed often if at all. can anyone tell me if the fusible stuff (glue) will wash out? i've never used this before and am not happy with it to say the least.
dutchrose ---{-@