A quilt of 10,875 pieces and 169,700 hand stitches
09-27-2009, 07:25 PM
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What a fantastic quilt, Eddie---
You know it's just not the number of stitches or the
size of the parts---it just seems perfectly "composed"--
color and design are so satisfying to the viewer
someone said it was eye candy and I couldn't have
said it better! :lol:
It does make you wonder though about the maker:
did she make a lot of quilts, how long did this one
take, where are her others, how many years did she
actually quilt in her life---one thing is sure, it must have
been something she really enjoyed!!!!!
You know it's just not the number of stitches or the
size of the parts---it just seems perfectly "composed"--
color and design are so satisfying to the viewer
someone said it was eye candy and I couldn't have
said it better! :lol:
It does make you wonder though about the maker:
did she make a lot of quilts, how long did this one
take, where are her others, how many years did she
actually quilt in her life---one thing is sure, it must have
been something she really enjoyed!!!!!
09-27-2009, 07:28 PM
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Pretty amazing quilt! It's nice to know there are treasures like that being taken good care of! Thanks Eddie for showing us!! How would you like to be the person counting all those pieces and stitches? Wonder how many times they had to start over??
09-27-2009, 10:36 PM
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Eddie this is sew beautiful! The work that went into this is outstanding. I would give this a 20 out of 10! lol
The hours alone to cut out the fabric and then all the placement, the stitches, the stitcher, and the consistancy in stitching is just awesome. You wonder who it was made for, why she made it, what she was thinking as she made it, and how long did she take to make it and I wonder how much it was used or if she packed it away.
Thank you for sharing, Eddie.
The hours alone to cut out the fabric and then all the placement, the stitches, the stitcher, and the consistancy in stitching is just awesome. You wonder who it was made for, why she made it, what she was thinking as she made it, and how long did she take to make it and I wonder how much it was used or if she packed it away.
Thank you for sharing, Eddie.
09-27-2009, 10:48 PM
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Eddie that is breathtaking! What a wonderful thing for you to be involved in. Like many others have said, it would be wonderful to know how long it took, how she cut the pieces (scissors I know - no rotary cutters back then!) It's such a piece of history. Thanks so much for sharing.
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