Setting antique quilt blocks....
10-16-2011, 08:49 PM
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About 8 years ago, I inherited a bundle of old quilt blocks from my grandmother, who was born in 1920. They are 12" hand appliqued dahlia blocks that my great-grandmother (her mother) had made from the dresses she (my grandmother) wore as a child. There are enough blocks there to make 2-3 full/queen size quilts. My plan is to make quilts to leave to my 2 children that can be passed on to their children.
I am so very thankful for the reproduction fabrics now available to set these very special blocks together with.
Any ideas as to the care and directions I can include with the quilts when they are given to my children? :roll:
I am so very thankful for the reproduction fabrics now available to set these very special blocks together with.
Any ideas as to the care and directions I can include with the quilts when they are given to my children? :roll:
10-17-2011, 02:31 PM
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Handmade items should be hand washed. Cool or lukewarm water. Soak. Swish suds through, and gently squeeze water out, but Do Not Wring; Do not tumble in electric dryer. Lay flat to dry; for example, Place a white sheet (not in the direct sunlight) underneat your wet antique quilt, to keep it clean while it dries.
10-19-2011, 09:32 PM
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I would love to send pics but I'm new to the computer and Quilting Board and I don't know how to download pics onto this sight or anywhere else. I'm lucky I figured out how to comment on this sight.
If anyone out there could tell me how to do it, I'd be eternally grateful! :?
If anyone out there could tell me how to do it, I'd be eternally grateful! :?
10-19-2011, 11:13 PM
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10-23-2011, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by skrucker
I would love to send pics but I'm new to the computer and Quilting Board and I don't know how to download pics onto this sight or anywhere else. I'm lucky I figured out how to comment on this sight.
If anyone out there could tell me how to do it, I'd be eternally grateful! :?
If anyone out there could tell me how to do it, I'd be eternally grateful! :?
10-23-2011, 01:29 PM
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yes, let me find the link that explains how to post pictures here on the quilting board,
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-429-1.htm
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-429-1.htm
Originally Posted by skrucker
I would love to send pics but I'm new to the computer and Quilting Board and I don't know how to download pics onto this sight or anywhere else. I'm lucky I figured out how to comment on this sight.
If anyone out there could tell me how to do it, I'd be eternally grateful! :?
If anyone out there could tell me how to do it, I'd be eternally grateful! :?
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