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Old 07-28-2011, 02:40 AM
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Very nice & good idea for using up.
My Grma had 9 kids, so her quilts were all used foto keep warm. All had the gray wool blankets as batting & were ties.Every bed had a couple of what we called Grma's covers.

Originally Posted by sharone
Instead of using batting I used a very thick old wool blanket. The blanket was mine as a child and then my kids used it so it has plenty sentimental value but it was a wreck. So I decided to use it in this quilt. It was difficult to quilt as it was rather thick and some of my blocks got distorted. It now has a new life and will be a firm favourite!
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