Help! Should I tie or quilt this?
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It's a great quilt and you certainly have put a great deal of thought and energy into making it the perfect gift (not to mention love). Please show us when you are done....you know how we love pics.
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Remember Scarlet in "Gone with the Wind" making her green dress from the draperies. Granted, she was poor at the time, but even if she had plenty of money, she would probably have had difficulty in finding the fabric she needed right after the war.
Dayle
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Definitely tie it and maybe use a dark tan or brown thread/perle floss for even more authenticity.
A cotton batting such as the Quilters Dream Deluxe loft would be slightly thicker than we normally use and would more closely replicate a heavier utilitarian quilt of the period. Your dad will just love this!
By the way, has he been back to Appomattox in the past 10 years? It's really looking so nice, and the town has just received a new museum about the War.
Jan in VA
A cotton batting such as the Quilters Dream Deluxe loft would be slightly thicker than we normally use and would more closely replicate a heavier utilitarian quilt of the period. Your dad will just love this!
By the way, has he been back to Appomattox in the past 10 years? It's really looking so nice, and the town has just received a new museum about the War.
Jan in VA
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