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12-14-2011, 06:14 AM

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onaemtnest

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Originally Posted by amandasgramma

I believe that started when people were doing more handquilting (just my opinion). 32 yrs ago I made a quilt for my daughter. I slapped 2 Kmart sheets together and tied them. It was HARD to get the needle to go in, but I did it. She STILL has that quilt --- and it was dragged everywhere she went.........camping, sleepovers, etc. So, GO AHEAD and use sheets for quilts that are NOT going to be in shows. The QP at quilt shows may not accept them....but who knows!!! Oh -- I use sheets from thrift stores to practice on my longarm............LOL and the longarm quilting machine DOES quilt them just fine. But if I were to be putting them on a quilt, I would trim all selveges off and all hems.......those make the quilt backing tweak funny

My first attempt at making a quilt. I purchased two king-sized sheets with a design I loved to make a quilt/bedspread for our king-sized water bed! It WAS the 70's :0) I used a polyester high loft batting was there any other choice at the time? Just like Dee I tied it with yarn....it never fell apart, despite many trips to the laundry mat to wash and DRY it. I had no idea how to bind so I remember that I layered right sides together, topped with that batting, sewed all the way around and left the opening to turn....I wonder how in the world I ever got it turned through that opening and didn't have lumps and scrunches (technical term there)? But that sheet quilt served this family well and never wore out.

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