Gingham quilts ???
07-15-2012, 04:32 AM
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CoventryUK, lovely quilt! My sister made a Sunbonnet Sue for her DD out of many different colours of gingham. I have a box of it, that I 'inherited', sitting somewhere in my stash so shall be watching this thread.
07-15-2012, 04:42 AM
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The 'older' ginghams were 100% cotton.
Now one does need to check the end of the bolt to see what the fiber content is.
One can do a burn test to see what your older pieces are made of. One only needs a piece about 1/4 x 1 inch long -
http://quilting.about.com/od/fabrice.../burn_test.htm
That quilt that was pictured is lovely. Very fresh and bright looking.
Now one does need to check the end of the bolt to see what the fiber content is.
One can do a burn test to see what your older pieces are made of. One only needs a piece about 1/4 x 1 inch long -
http://quilting.about.com/od/fabrice.../burn_test.htm
That quilt that was pictured is lovely. Very fresh and bright looking.
07-18-2012, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by GingerK
CoventryUK, lovely quilt! My sister made a Sunbonnet Sue for her DD out of many different colours of gingham. I have a box of it, that I 'inherited', sitting somewhere in my stash so shall be watching this thread.
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