Great Grandma's Tulip Quilt Redone
#1
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The middle of an IL cornfield
Posts: 7,014
This quilt was given to my Mama by her Grandma in 1962. As far as I know it was never quilted. It spent years on my bed when I was a kid and it has been tied to many backings including an Army blanket.
Over the years, the sashing became tattered. The blocks were never all that well done, but I decided it deserved to be saved anyway. I took it all apart and gave it new sashing and corner stones. The large holes in some of the blocks needed to be patched so I added the butterflies. I then quilted butterflies into the blocks, a diamond chain into the sashings and straight lines and butterflies for the borders. It is still not perfect, but it is saved from the trash.
Over the years, the sashing became tattered. The blocks were never all that well done, but I decided it deserved to be saved anyway. I took it all apart and gave it new sashing and corner stones. The large holes in some of the blocks needed to be patched so I added the butterflies. I then quilted butterflies into the blocks, a diamond chain into the sashings and straight lines and butterflies for the borders. It is still not perfect, but it is saved from the trash.
After
[ATTACH=CONFIG]244620[/ATTACH]
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
LovingIzabella
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
23
01-14-2010 03:37 PM
jacquemoe
Pictures
31
12-15-2008 07:31 PM