What is a digital panel in quilting?
Digital Prints Panels. Bright, strong colors with vibrant prints. Items are labeled as panels with size or yardage. Treat these new items just as you would regular quilt fabric. Pair panels with Northcott Gradations for the closest match in intensity.
What is a quilt fabric panel?
The panel is a design printed on fabric to be used as a whole piece, such as a picture of a tree, a bouquet of flowers or a licensed character. Usually when a panel is designed to go with a group of fabrics, there are projects to go with it from the manufacturer.
Can digital printing be done on cotton?
With a digital textile printing machine, you can print on cotton. To obtain the highest quality possible, most digital printers use reactive inks since this type of ink provides the highest wash fastness for prints on cotton.
What size is a quilting panel?
Most quilt panels range in size from 23″ – 26″ wide x 42″ – 44″ long (width of the fabric). But I’ve seen panels up to 35” wide! Many quilt patterns will usually use the quilt panel as it is, just trimming it down somewhat in order to add the borders.
What size is a fabric panel?
Fabric panels range from approximately 24” to 36” wide and 42” high and we have nearly 50 panels for you to choose from here at CCQ!
How wide should a border be on a quilt?
Borders should be in proportion to the size of the finished quilt. As a general rule of thumb, a small wall hanging should have a border of less than 6″ while a king-size quilt can handle a 12″ to 14″ border. Borders that are too wide diminish the quilt center design.
What to do with panels in a quilt?
ZJ also shares more ideas for quilting with panels, which include cutting apart the different squares or rectangles of the panel, depending on the fabric design, and making a quiet book or soft fabric book for a little one. Also depending on the fabric design and panel size, fabric panels can easily be turned into a quick pillow.
How are fabric panels used at Colorado creations?
Many of the fabric panels at Colorado Creations Quilting are digitally printed fabric-giving you the most realistic, color saturated images available in the fabric world today. Since CCQ offers so many fabric panels, we thought you’d like some ideas on how to use them in your quilt and craft projects.
How big should a fabric panel be for a quilt?
Finally, remember that just because fabric panels go out of print doesn’t mean that a quilt pattern using that panel is obsolete. Many panels are about 2/3 yard (24″ x 42″) so you can substitute a different fabric panel and fabric to coordinate with it and still use the quilt pattern.