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Old 08-01-2011, 10:04 AM
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Mariesto
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I was so thrilled to see your antique material! I bought some of this material in 1964 or 1965 when my youngest daughter was a baby. My mother made lined draw drapes and covered a straight cornice board for the nursery. She also made a small baby quilt that was about square using just a panel of the material! A year or so ago I was asked by my daughter to mend her baby quilt. It had been sewn pillowcase style (no binding around edges) and the edges were worn to a frazzle! The back of the quilt was sateen (I think) and was also worn out, so I added a new back (pink flannel), trimmed the edges and put a pink binding on it. Thinking that I was really doing something fancy, I put an overlay of tulle on the front to protect the quilt and then tacked everything in place (it was machine quilted). When I returned it to my daughter she was disappointed in the tulle I had added. She wanted to just feel the softness of the special baby blanket she remembered! With manicure scissors I was able to cut away the tulle where it was tacked! I still have a small piece of this material and have wondered if I should try to work it into a small quilt for my granddaughter. I did fussy cut three (I think) of the designs and put them on white cardboard/poster board and framed it for a picture in my daughter's nursery. Hope you will come up with a perfect idea for this very special piece of material.
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