Need advice - 100 year old silk from China
#12
I opened this thread with thoughts of 'ooohs' and 'ahhhhs' then I read "quilt for a 4 year old".
Broke my heart that she would consider using such a treasure for a 4 year old boy to drag around the house.
Aside from my personal feelings ... I don't think the fabric is well suited to further use. I would encourage her to find a way to have it professionally preserved.
Broke my heart that she would consider using such a treasure for a 4 year old boy to drag around the house.
Aside from my personal feelings ... I don't think the fabric is well suited to further use. I would encourage her to find a way to have it professionally preserved.
#14
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I would not make a child's quilt out of that precious wedding gown. It should be used in a wall hanging after taking it to someone to get rid of the mold. Put the wallhaning behind glass so the child has it for rememberance of grandma. make one of similar colors with some embroidery(copycat). something sturdy for a child to drag around and get washed many times.
#15
The part that is water damaged appears to be made of a different fabric,maybe cotton? If it is, can that part just be removed and not used?
As for the other, the silks are beautiful and look very fragile, so I think I would reinforce by hand the parts I could and then I would use an interfacing on the fabric before I cut it to make the quilt. It looks like it would make a beautiful crazy quilt, but I sure wouldn't give it to a child!!
As for the other, the silks are beautiful and look very fragile, so I think I would reinforce by hand the parts I could and then I would use an interfacing on the fabric before I cut it to make the quilt. It looks like it would make a beautiful crazy quilt, but I sure wouldn't give it to a child!!
#16
I can understand her wanting to make something special with this gown but not a quilt for a 5 year old. Most silk can't be washed and never something that is as old at this. I would never take on something like this. I would go crazy of something happened while I was working with it and there would be no way to replace it. This is too much for someone to ask as a favor.
#18
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Maybe compromise a bit. I would reinforce one of the collar pieces with an iron on stabilizer and incorporate it into the child's quilt. But the majority of the dress should be preserved and used for another purpose. A wall hanging would be wonderful.
#19
Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
i can't imagine a child dragging that around in a quilt. the wall hanging idea is a good one. maybe a small strong piece could be used in the label area so that the child can have a part of memory all of the time.
Silks generally aren't washable -- I don't use anything that isn't able to go in my washing machine, and I'm surely not going to give anything unwashable to my kids!
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