Another vintage quilt top made into a quilt
03-29-2010, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace
Cool. Just curious. What do you put your stitch length on when you do your FMQ with your BSR? Mine automatically comes up at 2 and the manual says to lower it to 1-1.5 for stippling. I don't know if I'm in love with all the tight stitching though and actually seem to like it at 2 to 2.5. I did one whole quilt at about 1.2-1.5 length and I can barely see the individual stitches they're so small:>
03-29-2010, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by jamsbuying
You are a dear friend to turn this beautiful, meaningful quilt top into a quilt. Congratulations on a job well done. I'm wondering how much info you put on the label??
03-29-2010, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by NHSOMND
Eddie, Do you plan to display this quilt? If so (and probably you know), display in a low lit area and out of direct sunlight or even diffused light (sunlight coming through shear curtains). With older fabrics, the dyes used tend to fade faster than dye chemicals of today.
Just curious: Did you have any issues with fold marks and fading on the quilt top?
Just curious: Did you have any issues with fold marks and fading on the quilt top?
03-29-2010, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Fabriholic
Very interesting. How long have you had the top and how did you acquire it? Thanks. DI
03-29-2010, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Eddie
Originally Posted by Candace
Cool. Just curious. What do you put your stitch length on when you do your FMQ with your BSR? Mine automatically comes up at 2 and the manual says to lower it to 1-1.5 for stippling. I don't know if I'm in love with all the tight stitching though and actually seem to like it at 2 to 2.5. I did one whole quilt at about 1.2-1.5 length and I can barely see the individual stitches they're so small:>
Oh, o.k. thanks:>
03-29-2010, 06:49 PM
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Do you know where Mary Jane lived? Her marriage was right before the Civil War, and I noticed these fabrics appear to be more along the line of a dry goods store, in that time period rather than the common flour sack and sugar sack printed cottons that many were pieced from.
Just curious as to where Mary Jane lived as a young woman.
Just curious as to where Mary Jane lived as a young woman.
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