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#21
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I would not change color of thread...do all in natural/off white....and keep it simple....just maybe diagonal line thru squares in two directions...that will keep with the age of it...and back it w/natural muslin...
#23
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That looks like a whole bunch of work. Just fantastic. I think meandering sounds like it would look good on this project. I am just learning this and am happy to get the thread info from Prism. My practice swatches have been a little stiff. Good luck!
#25
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I was given a TATW hand-pieced by my great-grandmother, or possibly great aunt, worked up to be about 70 inches square and I actually hand-quilted 1/4" inside each 2 1/2" square. I was younger then!!! Anyway, the hand quilting got better and it actually was what started me quilting nearly 30 years ago. It's got "1906" appliqued on the center square and I finished it in 1986.
#29
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Consider, too, that once an antique quilt top is quilted, it loses its monetary value as an antique. A fellow quilter who also does restoration comments that the age of a quilt is gauged by the latest work put on it. You might decide you simply want to display the quilt top as it is so that the hand work of construction can be seen.
Please, please, please don't machine quilt this beauty.
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