Welcome from Maine. Glad you caught the bug..... Just beware it's very contagious.:D I'm pretty much a daily reader, and have learned so much. Enjoy, and hope to see some pictures of your projects.

Welcome from northern CA!

Welcome from Portland, OR

Hello from Texas & welcome to the board. You will get lots of help from lots of people here. It's great to have you here as a new member & look forward to seeing the things you do.

Evening Folks,

Thank you so much for the lovely warm welcome and greetings.

Here's a snapshot of the patchwork quilt. Material used was cotton-poly with polyester batting and tied (Double/Queen size - circa late 1970s). Binding (torn), seams (frayed), batting (not much left). The quilt was well loved and washed in a machine with an agitator. Lots of repairs.

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Big stitched one side of horizontal and vertical seams with 12 wt Aurifil thread and 100% Warm & Natural Cotton batting.

Next step is to machine quilt for extra strength. The existing quilt blocks were not square. Therefore, I had two thoughts: 1) cross-hatch one direction on the royal blue blocks and then the off-white flowered blocks. This would create a triangle on four blocks; or alternatively, 2) a few straight stitch lines horizontally and vertically shadowing the hand stitched lines (not too many because seam lines are a bit wonky).

Concern: cross-hatch design would be sewn on the bias with poly-cotton fabric?:shock:

Suggestions welcomed.

Cheers, :)

P.S. First time machine quilting with my Christmas present! If you hear screaming, you'll know where it's coming from in Canada. :D

a lot of work but beautiful flowered fabric! I know what you mean with fraying fabric and wonky seams. I re did a top for a friend where all the squares and lozenges were not properly cut... you quilt is going to be well loved again.
I have no other suggestions than what you intend to do . I think cross-hatch quilting would be my preference.

Hi Helou,

Thank you for confirming my cross-hatch idea. It is a lovely way to show off the checkerboard pattern. The royal blue is quite bright and goes well with the flower lattice fabric.

I have to agree that it's a pretty quilt overall. Although, I probably will not fix another old quilt in the future.

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