Originally Posted by Marjpf
Those are both beautiful. What an incredible undertaking to hand piece and hand quilt. I would not cut up the second one, just continue to use it until it's completely dissolved.
LOL. Just saw your reply or it just registered. Some of the fabrics on the sashings on the left side of the quilt as you face the photo are so badly worn that I can't even wash it and it does need to be washed after sitting on the shelf for several years now. So far though, I just can't bring myself to cut it up. Even when I do pull it out to show people, it is striking and people compliment and praise it and I don't think they are just being polite either although one lady (a decorator type person) told me it was "dog pad material now, cut your losses and cut it up." Thank goodness I did photograph it. This photo had an ugly vacuum cleaner hose showing under the bed that I cloned out before posting. LOL. Like my avatar, the 38 year quilt, I keep thinking that one of these days, I'll do something with this quilt. I do have a friend who has a business of restoring old quilts but so far I haven't had the courage to ask her what I can do as I honestly don't want to pay her to restore it - the back is way too big a mess thanks to my stupidity at trying to machine mend with a zig zag stitch. Now, on the rare occasion a quilt needs mending, no matter the nature of the need, it is HAND MENDED. I'm good at hand stitching and can handle that. Live and learn. Thank you for your sweet input and I am thinking about what can be done with this as it truly is a treasure to me even if it is rolled up and held in place with a bungee cord at the moment.