Old School Quilting
#173
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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I have been quilting for over 40 years. I use the double strands of thread because it holds the fabric together better and longer. This is especially good for children's quilting...
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Originally Posted by wvhill22
that was great. makes me want to go back to hand quilting. Why was her thread doubled. Is that the normal way to hand quilt? I have always used single thread
#174
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Join Date: May 2010
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Originally Posted by miholmes
Okay so I watched this video this afternoon, and was kinda FLOORED and how this woman quilted. Mind you this film was done back in 1979.
But it was interesting watching her cut out her fabric with SCISSORS with a homeade template, and then sew it with her Coats & Clark thread, and then quilt it by hand on her homemade frame.
To me it was really nice to see what someone could do without all of the gadgets and gizmos, and she turned out BEAUTIFUL quilts!
Give it a watch if you think it will interest you.
http://www.folkstreams.net/film,104
But it was interesting watching her cut out her fabric with SCISSORS with a homeade template, and then sew it with her Coats & Clark thread, and then quilt it by hand on her homemade frame.
To me it was really nice to see what someone could do without all of the gadgets and gizmos, and she turned out BEAUTIFUL quilts!
Give it a watch if you think it will interest you.
http://www.folkstreams.net/film,104
#177
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 2,657
That's how I learned to quilt. Our quilting frame was suspended by 4 eye bolts from the ceiling and when not in use was rolled up toward the ceiling by the 4 cotton ropes it hung from. She also used a cardboard templates to cut her quilt pieces, then used another cardboard template to draw the quilting designs with a #2 pencil as other women would come over and quilt and visit with her. I really do miss those days
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