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01-13-2016, 05:48 PM
#211
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 3,350
You did such beautiful quilting on it! What a treasure! If it were my heirloom quilt, I would have hand quilted it, but I'm terribly traditional. But you took a beautiful quilt top and made it outstanding! The family will cherish it!
01-14-2016, 01:02 PM
#214
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 764
woah! that's extraordinarily well done!
there are always going to be archivists and people who want everything to retain its historical integrity.
but i'm not one of them.
you turned an artifact into something terribly beautiful and useful. it's amazing.
aileen
there are always going to be archivists and people who want everything to retain its historical integrity.
but i'm not one of them.
you turned an artifact into something terribly beautiful and useful. it's amazing.
aileen
01-14-2016, 03:17 PM
#216
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 10,703
Jut because a quilt is old doesn't make it an antique or worth more than the sentimental and cherished value. This is a beautiful quilt top and your quilting saved it. It is stunning. IMHO unless there is provenance with the quilt top it is hard to place worth as an antique. Having it finished and loved is more important than the age of the quilt, imho.
This is now an absolute stunner and I would even put it in shows for people to enjoy.
peace
This is now an absolute stunner and I would even put it in shows for people to enjoy.
peace
01-16-2016, 08:53 AM
#219
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 5,334
WOW! That is just gorgeous! You did a fabulous job of quilting it. I know there are those who will think it's sacrilege to machine quilt something like that but I disagree. You turned it into something she and her mother will cherish, as opposed to it just languishing in a box somewhere never to be used and loved. Great job!
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