Here is a partial quilt top that I found in a thrift shop. ( Not near as nice as other that have been posted).I would like to finish it and possibly use embellishments. I have pictures of some of the fabrics that I have collected. What do you think?

They look like that they would work. I need to start going to thrift stores! Great find.

Nice find! The fabrics you have look good. Have fun with it and make it your own.

I love your dogs. Cairn terriers? I have a Cairn I rescued from a local animal shelter.

I'm sorry, was there a quilt in that picture? I got sidetracked by those cute bookends on the sofa ;-)

I love the fabrics you picked out. I'm so glad you rescued that quilt top.

what a find

I like your helpers. Look like they are waiting for you to get busy sewing. I think they are good choices.

Your dogs are so cute! Are they mad at each other...They couldn't be farther apart on your couch...lol Fabrics great too.

Great find and yes they will intergrate very nicely!
Kind Regards,
MaryAnna

I think it's lovely and your extra fabrics will give it a nice look. Very cute couch potatoes.

nice

Congratulations on your find. Your helpers were quite kind to let you get your photo!

I got the top finished. I would like your opinions concerning putting on 2 borders...one 2" and the other 5"? It measures 70"x84". The original pictures are on the original post. This was the worst mess , actually still is...the person making it was having trouble with tension...what a jumble of thread..Plus they didn't clip threads after sewing. And of course the seams were not uniform. So I didn't feel too concerned with my sewing...I was not going to try and make seams match. I planned all along to embellish it.

I don't know about the borders. That's an area that I'm never sure about. You did a great job on finishing the squares. I don't know. It's almost screaming for just a nice binding. What do you think? Perhaps that dark blue solid.

Maybe the darker blue finishing with the lighter blue.

Here is another quilt I found in a Thrift Store a few years back. I don't think I paid over $8 for it. My son and his wife are having a baby girl in May. I am going to give this to my first granddaughter. My first grandchild is a boy...just didn't feel it was appropriate for him. Wish I could say I made this because I think it is very pretty and it is the style of something I would do. (grin)

You know I think you are right about using just the dark blue binding. I will be making the backing out of the larger fabric pieces from the first listing. It is turning out better than I thought. I thought it would be hard to put in the missing blocks but it wasn't.

Wow, your thrift shop is tempting but it would be a long haul from here. LOL

I've bought a couple of old quilts but they weren't nearly so pretty. Love the last one! Aren't you the lucky one!!