{"id":9,"date":"2026-06-11T19:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T22:56:16","slug":"prepare-your-quilt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Preparing Your Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Preparing Your Quilt<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5f1f0456 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Tips-from-your-longarmer.pdf\">Download Tips<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press quilt top and backing. When in doubt, press towards the darker fabrics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carefully clip all threads on the back of quilt top. Dark threads can poke through.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Backing and binding <strong>MUST <\/strong>be at least 4\u201d larger on all sides, and no more than 10\u201d on width.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stay stitch 1\/8\u201d \u2013 1\/4\u201d on pieced borders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quilt top should lay flat and be square. Excess fabric may result in puckering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove selvedges on pieced backings. Please leave selvedges on sides for loading if possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pin your name to your quilt top and backing indicating top of quilt &amp; top of backing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See Download for more tips from your longarmer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing Your Quilt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbinchickenquilts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}