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Old 12-22-2023, 06:08 AM
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Snooze2978
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A friend of mine asked me to repair an old quilt for her. I looked at it and thought I saw only 30 2x2 inch blocks that needed replaced but once I got it home there were more than 60 blocks to replace. These were the old, old fabrics, that medium green you can't replace easily but I found similar fabrics and then faded them with a weak solution of bleach so they were about the same density of color. Hand stitched each little block back in place and then added a bit of simple quilting to tie all the layers together. Years later she asked me to fix it again but I told her the last time it was almost beyond repair so she asked me to make her a new quilt which I was happy to do. Sent her photos of quilts I'd made in the past and she picked out one she liked and loved the fabrics too. Luckily I still had most all that fabric and enough to make her the over sized lap quilt. And yes, I used up every bit of that fabric to finish that quilt.
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