Antique quilts in my collection: part 4 (finally)
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Originally Posted by T-Bones mom
Grandmother's flower garden my by my great grandmother. I stopped using this after our cats kept upchucking on it!!
Now mind you I am not making fun of the quilt. I love it and would give my eye teeth for an antique quilt. But that statement sounds like the quilt made the cats sick. I can hardly type this I am still laughing so hard. Thank you for some humor this morning. I needed it.
Now mind you I am not making fun of the quilt. I love it and would give my eye teeth for an antique quilt. But that statement sounds like the quilt made the cats sick. I can hardly type this I am still laughing so hard. Thank you for some humor this morning. I needed it.
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All beautiful quilts! On the one with the ragged ends, instead of cutting them down I think I would try to sew a long rectangle of backing to each end and then try to like applique the ragged edges down to it in order to stabilize and save those ends.
I really like the bear, too! I have a badly deteriorated quilt that is literally big holes in places, so would like to make a bear from the salvageable parts of it. Did you have a pattern?
I really like the bear, too! I have a badly deteriorated quilt that is literally big holes in places, so would like to make a bear from the salvageable parts of it. Did you have a pattern?
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Originally Posted by Eddie
All beautiful quilts! On the one with the ragged ends, instead of cutting them down I think I would try to sew a long rectangle of backing to each end and then try to like applique the ragged edges down to it in order to stabilize and save those ends.
I really like the bear, too! I have a badly deteriorated quilt that is literally big holes in places, so would like to make a bear from the salvageable parts of it. Did you have a pattern?
I really like the bear, too! I have a badly deteriorated quilt that is literally big holes in places, so would like to make a bear from the salvageable parts of it. Did you have a pattern?
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Originally Posted by quilter2
Thanks, liked your story. Its amazing what these ladies did to survive and yet they still found time to quilt.
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Originally Posted by Eddie
All beautiful quilts! On the one with the ragged ends, instead of cutting them down I think I would try to sew a long rectangle of backing to each end and then try to like applique the ragged edges down to it in order to stabilize and save those ends.
I really like the bear, too! I have a badly deteriorated quilt that is literally big holes in places, so would like to make a bear from the salvageable parts of it. Did you have a pattern?
I really like the bear, too! I have a badly deteriorated quilt that is literally big holes in places, so would like to make a bear from the salvageable parts of it. Did you have a pattern?
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Such a beautiful jouney this has been, seeing all the pold quilts.I have only one that my gGM and GM made, and I cheridsh it so much. My aunt didfn't give grandchildren the quilts we were to have, said they didn't exist, and then she had an auction years later and they were all sold to strangers. I was lookiing at one that was done in peach colors when a lady walked up to look at them. She bought the peach for $300 and a worn one to use for making bears. She said she collected old quilts. I always wished I had gotten her name, maybe she would hae sold it back to me. The auction was in Bethalto,IL> , the Camden estate sale.
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