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03-29-2011, 08:27 AM

#41

redeagle

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These quilts cry to be hand quilted! I hand quilted 1/4" on my GGM quilt and my DH GM quilt as I want them to stay in the family.

03-29-2011, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by clem55

I'd be tempted to remove the two bottom rows, add those to the side, use the extra for pillow shams, add a pretty solid border and hand quilt with that longer 1/4 inch stitch.

I agree with clem55 here. Looks like it might be just right laid out in 5 x 5 blocks square. That leaves three extra blocks for pillows, or to hand stich singly and frame to give to relatives.

03-29-2011, 01:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by clem55

I'd be tempted to remove the two bottom rows, add those to the side, use the extra for pillow shams, add a pretty solid border and hand quilt with that longer 1/4 inch stitch.

I agree. Could you quilt in the ditch for the narrow strips of the log cabin and put a small design in the center (red) pieces? I would definitely hand quilt this, too.

03-29-2011, 04:05 PM

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I agree that making the quilt a little more square would look great. I have a quilting friend who was in a similar situation with vintage quilt as you are. She hand quilted it with embroidery floss using a primitive running stitch. It looked wonderful and added to folkiness (not a word I know), of the quilt. She used a light grey, which might work with this project. Make sure if you do use embroidery thread use DMC. Cheap thread will bleed.

03-29-2011, 05:08 PM

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03-29-2011, 05:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by clem55

I'd be tempted to remove the two bottom rows, add those to the side, use the extra for pillow shams, add a pretty solid border and hand quilt with that longer 1/4 inch stitch.

Good answer!

03-29-2011, 05:18 PM

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Stitchit123

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your 1st pic bottom row center block -lt blue/br./red/white plaid fab is from 1972 I made a dress out of the same fab for home-ec a blast from the past-I seem to forget I'm really not 25 anymore

03-29-2011, 05:21 PM

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I bought one a finished quilt really similar to that one at a sale. It was tied.

03-29-2011, 05:58 PM

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only hand quilt.........

03-29-2011, 06:15 PM

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svenskaflicka1

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my grandma used to call those "toe catchers", and laughed at them. i suspect it was a kind of gentle snobbery to think that not everyone was capable of teeny tiny stitches like hers...

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Originally Posted by clem55

I'd be tempted to remove the two bottom rows, add those to the side, use the extra for pillow shams, add a pretty solid border and hand quilt with that longer 1/4 inch stitch.

DUMB question, but when you say that "longer 1/4" stitch", do you mean the length of the hand quilting stitch??

I'm so excited to get started. :)

Not sure if that is what it really is called, but I'Ve seen it quite a lot lately, it is a much longer hand quilting stitch, sort of folk artsy.