HOW DO YOU USE YOUR QUILTS?
08-07-2010, 03:35 AM
#41
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Caddo Mills Texas
Posts: 291
I make mine to love and use My grandmother told me her hand quilted quilts were never to be stored in a plastic bag on a shelf she made them to be used and loved and I still feel her love when I cover up with one of her quilts or see my great grandbaby taking a nap on one in the floor , I just hope someday one of my quilts will be as cherished as hers are
08-07-2010, 03:36 AM
#42
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Caddo Mills Texas
Posts: 291
I make mine to love and use My grandmother told me her hand quilted quilts were never to be stored in a plastic bag on a shelf she made them to be used and loved and I still feel her love when I cover up with one of her quilts or see my great grandbaby taking a nap on one in the floor , I just hope someday one of my quilts will be as cherished as hers are
08-07-2010, 05:52 AM
#43
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 371
Originally Posted by cjomomma
Mine are made to be used and abused. I want to see them being loved to the point of falling apart that way I have an excuse to make more.
08-07-2010, 07:06 AM
#46
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Full Time RV'er
Posts: 485
Growing up a quilt was always a part of our bedding, like a blanket. Only a few of our quilts are "fancy" enough to be spreads. My children, however, use them as a comfort thing when you don't feel good as well as using them for covers. All of our quilts are made to be used.
08-07-2010, 07:21 AM
#47
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Grafton ND
Posts: 61
I love to make quilts of all kinds... so the ones that I keep are usually from swaps which I use or really pretty applique that I hang on my quilt ladder. I use a lot of them for decoration in my home, but if some one wants to grap one and use it it is okay with me... thats why I make them to use them....
08-07-2010, 08:00 AM
#48
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Brewerton, NY
Posts: 2,489
I make mine to be used. I consider anything I've sewn together as patchwork as quilts. I'm making just a coaster size for the girls at my doctors office to put their coffee cups on. I make wall hangings, to be hung on the wall. I make lap size to snuggle with, and bed size as the top quilt, and I don't fold it up, it's used. Gifts I hope are used. Why make something just to keep it folded up in the closet. I was affraid to use them when I first started hand quilting in the 80's, but mine have held up very well.
08-07-2010, 09:18 AM
#50
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 5
I am just starting out and I will make several small ones before I try a bed-sized one. I have an idea to make "seasonal" ones to change out and hang them as a wall hanging in the hall going to our kitchen. That way I can make lots of them and I don't have to make them too big. :D
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