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    Old 10-10-2014, 05:31 PM
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    NC Suzi, you seem to be a wonderful DIL to take on that project for your MIL. I think, (if I knew how to LA, which I don't, so I may be speaking out of turn), I would try to complete it out of respect for my MIL. I'm sure it will be just a family heirloom and not be show quality but it could just be a labor of love for you and for her.

    And I, too, hope to be feeding myself at 90 let alone quilt!!!
    BTW, Prism99 I would have liked to have a sister like you!

    Originally Posted by Prism99
    I agree completely with feline fanatic.

    I have frame quilted a couple of tops like this for my sister. All I did was repair holes (they will catch on the machine foot!) and occasionally, if the seam allowance was 1/8" or so, would stitch again to give a 1/4" seam. In some places I ironed fusible interfacing to the wrong side to reinforce an area. I did close quilting using loops and swirls with Glide thread and Mountain Mist 100% cotton blue ribbon batting (which is rather thin). At times I would place cans of soup on each side of the machine to help take care of fullness. The tops turned out great! Unless you are a quilter, you would never know of all the issues with the piecing. (In one instance, my sister left the paper inside a fusible applique. Most likely no one but me knows now that it is quilted. Washing helped soften up the paper.)

    Edit: I did spray starch and iron the tops before loading on the frame. And I told my sister not to bother with the backings anymore -- to just give them to me. This way I can make sure the backing is square and straight, with even seams.
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    Old 08-12-2015, 03:39 PM
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    [ATTACH=CONFIG]527612[/ATTACH], I finally completed the quilt after all the good advice received! It took me almost a year, but I was pleased that it turned out pretty well, considering it was more challenging than anticipated. The seams had not been pressed. Some went one way and some another. One of the fabrics was kind of a seersucker (!) and another seemed very thick. Figuring out the pattern to make it cohesive and what to put in the sashing, where the white fabric was old and hard to quilt took up a lot of time, but I was please with the results and my mother-in-law likes it.
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