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I am repairing (AGAIN!) my personal bed quilt and shaking my head at some of the fabric I used. All the Indian print bedspread fabric has been replaced years ago, now the brown lining material is starting to go. The navy polyester will outlast me, I am afraid. What was I thinking?
So what is the strangest thing you have used in a quilt? And how did it work out?
I have only made quilt tops since I am a fairly new quilter so I have not used any unusual materials. When I was visiting my grandmom last week she offered me some of her "quilting" materials. There were polyesters and stretch lace and assorted odd things in there. She said she went to "quilting school" and just never got around to making the quilts. Haha.
Cotton fabric from men's boxers (underwear). When my late father-in-law died, I told my mother-in-law to send me some of his clothes and I would made a comfort quilt for her. I cried when I opened the box she sent me, because she had packed as if he was going on a short trip. 4 pair each of socks and boxers, 2 long-sleeved shirts, 2 short-sleeved shirts, 3 pairs of pants, and a jacket. I used everything except the socks and jacket. I don't know how the quilt has held up, it's only a few months old and I don't think it gets a lot of real heavy use.
Peckish aka Peggi
http://www.seamstobeyouandme.com
The skirt from a bridesmaid dress. I used it in three wall hangings. That stuff was a serious pain to work with.
The worst was gold Lame on my very FIRST quilt - a table runner as a Christmas gift. I thought "hey ... wouldn't gold lame look great as the binding!".
It's really surprising that I continued quilting after that experience.
May your stitches always be straight, your seams always lie flat, and your grain never be biased against you.
Sue
Polyester double knit....it will outlive me.
Several thousand years from now. Archaeologist will be digging up some old historical site. And find a quilt made out of this material and wonder how it managed to stay so "Well preserved."........LOLOriginally Posted by Tartan
Last edited by Chasing Hawk; 10-10-2012 at 08:40 AM.
Everyone is born right handed, only the gifted overcome it.
I have already committed my felonies, so people don't have to worry. (Russell Means)
I swear to you, I am guilty of only being Indian. That's why I am here. (Leonard Peltier)
actually I made several quilts from handwoven material, a collaborative effort between me and the weaver. She made lovely fabric but it was much more loosely woven than normal fabric.
i made a memory quilt and used some stretch terry one-piece pajamas. boy was that hard to keep in place.
Nancy in western NY
before you speak THINK
T – is it True? H – is it Helpful? I – is it Inspiring? N – is it Necessary? K – is it Kind?
Mine was not the outside fabric. I had made a quilt for theNEC quilt show. I read the sizes and it stated the quilt had to be a metre in one direction. Oh no mine was less. I had made a paper pieced Christmas cactus what to do. I made extra shutters on the sides also using paper piecing. This particular year the weather was terrible and living in a small village I could not get out. I found a blanket of my grandma and used that as batting on the shutters. From the outside the only way to tell was by the feel the blanket was heavy on the sides. The stitching etc was no different.
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