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We have a friend who is retiring from our local fire dept after 33 years. He has asked me if I can incorporate the small wall quilt (see attached) into a quilt. The wall quilt was quilted with very little batting (I think she may have used flannel). Can this be done? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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I would just applique it to a background quilt. It would stand out a bit but it would just look like trapunto. You might need to quilt a few lines in it to prevent it from wrinkling or sagging but I would just use invisible thread and follow a bit of the original quilting. Great piece and it would benefit from being made into a more useable item in my opinion.
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I agree with the others. Because of the irregular shape (with cut-outs), applique is the best option. Once you get it on a regular shaped background, you could always treat it as a QAYG and add more piecing around that.
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