Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Main
Old chenille bedspread, found it packed away in the attic >

Old chenille bedspread, found it packed away in the attic

Old chenille bedspread, found it packed away in the attic

Thread Tools
 
Old 11-11-2010, 07:03 AM
  #11  
Power Poster
 
nativetexan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: home again, after 27 yrs!
Posts: 19,388
Default

I'd love to have it! you could put it on the bed and display quilts on top.
my mother had a bathrobe of chenille and only let me wear it when very ill. Talk about heavy!!!
nativetexan is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 07:18 AM
  #12  
Super Member
 
lauriejo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 3,164
Default

Originally Posted by nativetexan
I'd love to have it! you could put it on the bed and display quilts on top.
my mother had a bathrobe of chenille and only let me wear it when very ill. Talk about heavy!!!
I bought myself a chenille bathrobe, took me ages to find one I liked. Then they recalled it as a fire hazard! Apparently if you cook while wearing it and your robe get too close to the flame, WHOOSH! I refused to return it, I just don't cook in it anymore. LOL I love my robe!
lauriejo is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 07:20 AM
  #13  
Super Member
 
kwhite's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: North East USA
Posts: 4,949
Default

I had a rough one and I made myself a jacket out of it. I love it and I get lots of comments on it. Some great some not so much, but I love it and that is all that counts.
kwhite is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 07:24 AM
  #14  
Member
 
mysippycup2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Monticello, In
Posts: 86
Default

My grandmother had them on the beds at her house. I hated them while I was growing up. While at a yard sale this past summer I found one and just seeing it made me cry. Needless to say I paid the $25 and it went home with me.
mysippycup2 is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 07:51 AM
  #15  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Washington
Posts: 1,016
Default

Look on e-bay for ideas. There are all kinds of things that people have made. 8-)
M.E.H. is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 09:41 AM
  #16  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Posts: 8,095
Default

I have a chenille bedspread that I purchased in a cream color. When we were taking care of my mother in law at the end of her life, we had a live in to help her. The live in took the bedspread and bleached the heck out of it. After she was done, she very proudly told me that she had cleaned the bedspread and it was white again.

I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was supposed to be cream colored. Still have it, still love it.
cathyvv is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 01:35 PM
  #17  
Dix
Senior Member
 
Dix's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Posts: 596
Default

Originally Posted by judylg
It is typical of an old bedpsread, am soaking right now. Just wondering, depending on the shape when I finish this wash, if anyone has incorporated an old bedspread somehow into a quilt?
At the Houston quilt show, a lady had made cute jackets, both long sleeve and short sleeve out of bed spreads. Also childs sun dress or jumper.
Dix is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 01:46 PM
  #18  
Super Member
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,325
Default

Originally Posted by cathyvv
I have a chenille bedspread that I purchased in a cream color. When we were taking care of my mother in law at the end of her life, we had a live in to help her. The live in took the bedspread and bleached the heck out of it. After she was done, she very proudly told me that she had cleaned the bedspread and it was white again.

I didn't have the heart to tell her that it was supposed to be cream colored. Still have it, still love it.
Cute story, well as long as you love it and the person who washed it was happy, that is all that counts.
judylg is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 01:50 PM
  #19  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Baltimore,Maryland
Posts: 1,077
Default

I have made a couple of flannel and chenille rag quilts they are really warm.
Katts 14 is offline  
Old 11-11-2010, 01:53 PM
  #20  
Senior Member
 
sandyo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Appleton, WI
Posts: 902
Default

I have made stuffed animals out of one. They are real soft and cute.
sandyo is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
pigsinaquiltedblanket
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
8
04-09-2012 05:42 AM
craftybear
Links and Resources
4
10-25-2010 06:16 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



FREE Quilting Newsletter