Quilting and Thread Suggestions for Fabric Calendar Quilt

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12-23-2016, 05:00 AM

#21

Kaye

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Join Date: Aug 2009

Location: Georgia

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Such good memories your quilt brought back for me! My mother was so proud of those calendar towels! I know that your mother will be thrilled with your gift!

12-23-2016, 05:46 AM

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dottiemae

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Join Date: Nov 2016

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What a great gift. What a great quilt. Awesome job. I have no other comments but to say how amazed I am at a wonderful idea using calendars.

12-23-2016, 05:58 AM

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What a unique quilt. I would SITD and just do a simple crosshatch on the calendars. I would not do any FMQ on them at all. A 1" crosshatch grid, either on point or not would be keeping in the vintage look of them and it would not detract from the wonderful graphics on them. I agree using a neutral cream thread and would probably go with an finer thread like Superior's bottom line or So Fine. Then you could do FMQ in the borders and sashings. I have found that a sage green color seems to go with everything.