Pressing: a well pressed quilt will accent your work. Shipping does
not significantly affect the pressing you do at home. Pressing
services are available, however there is no substitute for pressing
during piecing.
If you want extensive stitch-in-the-ditch, ensure all seams are consistently
pressed in one direction.
Stitch pieced borders 1/8" from the edge to maintain the shape
and integrity of your border. Normal handling of your quilt can
caused unsecured seams to
unravel.
Mark the top and bottom of your quilt top with a paper label secured
with a small safety pin. This will ensure that directional designs
are placed properly.
Backing and batting should measure at least 3" larger on all sides
of the quilt top (6" total in both length and width).
Check your quilt for accuracy. While some fullness can be accommodated
in the quilting process, pleats can sometimes occur. Border application
can be a critical factor in quiltmaking. We have directions for
measuring that are available upon request.
Trim threads: While every effort is taken to ensure that loose threads
do not show up on either side of your quilt, it is less likely if
all seam allowances have a proper haircut before quilting.
When quilting, threads must start and end somewhere. At Garden Mountain
Threadworks we sometimes secure threads by taking a few stitches
with a very short stitch length, sometime including a backstitch or
two depending
on the quilt and backing. In other areas, thread tails may be hand
tied and buried. Ask about our secret discount if you would like to
take care
of the thread tails.
How To Prepare your Piecework for Shipping
One of the best places for information about packaging/shipping is the
website of United Parcel Service (UPS). Click HERE to
go to their website now.
A sturdy carton is a must. Do not use just any old cardboard box you
happen to have. Remember that while your quilt is very important to both
you and us, the container within which you send it is likely to
endure some moderately rough handling enroute. If the container
that you send us your piecework/batting/backing is insufficient in size
for
us
to return
your
finished goods in then we will provide a sturdy shipping container for
that purpose. You
will be billed for the cost of the shipping container.
Obtaining a sturdy shipping container (heavy duty cardboard box) is
easy with the number of shipping outlets presently available in cities
and towns. Given our own experiences, if you live "off the beaten path"
you will probably already have some stout cardboard boxes available. Office
Depot, OfficeMax, U-Haul, The UPS Store, and other outlets are good sources
for many types of shipping containers. If you use a cardboard box,
please use plenty of strapping tape.
If you think that over time you'll end-up shipping a fair number of
quilts either to us or others, you might want to consider a durable plastic
box that has hinged and interlocking lid panels. Such containers as those
made by Contico and others would suffice. We'd recommend that you purchase
a completely opaque, non-transparent, container for shipping.
Contact
Us
We can be contacted via email
or phone.
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If the buttons don't work, please fire-up your email program and
use the address in this image:
Phone: (208) 938-4822
You
can ship your piecework to us via USPS, UPS, or FedEx. We will
return your quilt to you via the
carrier of your choice. You can track your shipment if you use FedEx
or UPS. If you'd like to track your shipment now, have your tracking
number handy and click one of the buttons below.
Click
on this button to track your FedEx® shipment.
