UFO from my grandma
#11
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sweet Home Alabama
Posts: 3,179
What a wonderful treasure! I know you are thrilled to have it and you will do a wonderful job I am sure. Your Grandmother would have been thrilled to know her granddaughter has it and will finish it.
#13
Grandma quilts are wonderful. I still have some of my Grandmothers blocks and pieces, to drag out and ponder over now and then, I finished some but not others, I like the ones that still small like her the best.
#14
Oh this much mean so very much to you, quite a sentimental quilt and it is lovely. Take joy in finishing it, thinking of your grandmother and how much it would have meant to her to know that it is now in your hands.
#16
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California mountains
Posts: 12,538
What a joy to have it!!! You are not bound by her plans, but check on the batting. Some of the older stuff needs stitches every 1/2". (someone gave me a roll of that. It shreds if you even look at it.) Ask an expert on this. If that's what you've got, it might be good to re-sanwich with a modern batting.
#19
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 6,430
I agree with Tartan. Practice on a dummy block at first and then do that every day until your fingers remember how to do it. It will be lovely and don't worry about perfection. Having it and using it with pride is what counts. Also, as a beginning hand quilter, strive for even stitches, not small. Small stitches will come with time.
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