Hi Y'all,
I've spent the past week putting together a lone star out of my scrap bag, no new fabric. All I had left were left-overs from baby quilts and scrapped clothes. I am trying to decide on a fabric for the background that will make it less baby-quilty. I found 2m of lovely grey cotton in a thrift store bargain bin. This is what it looks like. I think that it might look quite nice with a red binding. Thoughts? Maybe a border? Since the project has cost next to nothing I would be willing to purchase something more-- just asking for opinions--
is the grey too *bleh*?
Also-- I found THIS! machine in the storage room of my boyfriend's apartment! He thought it was an end-table
! I am now watching all these lovely videos on reviving old machines and hope to quilt this lone star on my new friend! As a beginning machine-quilter, am I likely to ruin this quilt top by getting too excited by an antique machine? I will definitely do a few small quilting practices (make a new set of trivets for the bf's mother).
Are these vintage machines as scary as they look? *I'm soo excited!*
Lastly, I can't find all-cotton batting (in Budapest). I have found what I believe is 80-20, but the shopkeeper can't tell me for certain, she just said it wasn't only cotton. I was hoping to make this all-cotton, I like the feel.
Any big difference between 100% cotton and 80-20 batting?
Thanks in advance!