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Old 06-08-2010, 01:07 PM
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Maride
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That looks like something my mother would have made. Is great.

I grew up in Puerto Rico, where there is no real need for quilts. I am not sure there is a word that only means quilt. My mother saw them on TV and catalogs and always tried to make one. She had no idea how to match corners, and from the pictures, she could not see that it was quilted, so she always did the best she could. She would sew strips together, trying to get them all the same final length and then sew the strips together. She liked it at the end and threw it on the bed without even a backing. She couldn't see that from the pictures either. She never threw away fabric, clothing included. She would combine cottons with any other fabrics available. She also kept a big wicker basket where she kept her squares.
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