catrancher

My mother gave me some hand-embroidered nursery rhyme blocks she made when she was a teenager. When my son was born in 1979, I made a "quilt" for him using those blocks. I just sewed them tohether, hand tied it, and bound it with seam-binding tape. It went through wash after wash for two babies, and it still looks great. When I learn that my first grandchild is on the way, I plan to take it all apart, give it a sashing, a proper binding, some borders, and FMQ it. I expect it has plenty of life left in it. Your embroidered blocks should hold up just fine.

Vivian Ketron

I have made several embroidered quilts . They have held up good for me. I wash them and everythig..

Carol J.

My sister and I received embroidered quilts from our grandmother in 1932, the embroidery held up better than the cloth and still looks like new.

Redwork quilts are a good example of embroidered quilts.
Wash with care and preferably not in a washing machine or dryer.

Carol J.

Quilt Mom

I have three with hand embroidery - two baby quilts that have been around for about 60 years and look great. The other has been on my bed for nearly 30 years. It has wear around the edges, but the embroidery is holding up well. So I think you can use hand embroidery with no problem.

daisyboo9

I just finished "over the river and through the woods" and I am in the middle of quilting it now. There are three panels that are hand embroidered and I was worried about how to quilt it. On the advice of my lqs owner, I used 100wt silk thread, I have to say it worked beautifully. I am really pleased so far.