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An heirloom is just something that is valued and passed down for years through a family ;) the function, style, design, color, etc does not make it an heirloom....... :) what you may term your "utility" quilt can very well end up an heirloom. And if you use said quilt often enough with your kids, they will want to keep it.....making it an heirloom.

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Originally Posted by Bneighbor (Post 6719921)

THANK YOU! I hate when people think that "Heirloom" only means "I spent lots of money on this fabric and spent thousands of hours making it , so don't use it. Put it in the closet." I have a true "heirloom" quilt. Grandma used fabrics she had or was given. My star quilt has grandpa's dress shirt, my sister and mine sun dress fabric, grandma's dress fabric. Most of the star sections are pieced. I can go through the quilt and see fabrics from my life and remember where I was or what I did. I got the quilt when she passed as it was intended as a wedding gift. It was draped over my bedroom chair, and 10 years after I received it , it was on my bed on our wedding night. It was draped over our newborn babies crib for his first family picture. Later it held me as I cried when my divorce was final. The day I met my present husband, I again wrapped myself up to giggle about this new love. The evening he asked me to marry him, we sat on the front porch, wrapped in this quilt. I told him about my quilt, he said he would be honored if he could sleep under it. And on our wedding night we did. Is it made of fancy expensive fabric? Heck no, it is made of PRICELESS fabric. Make your quilt with what you have. Sew love into it and it IS an heirloom when it is used and loved back.

CarolynMST - love your description of "heirloom"
Bneighbor - love your story of your Grandma's quilt

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Originally Posted by bearisgray (Post 6731838)

CarolynMST - love your description of "heirloom"
Bneighbor - love your story of your Grandma's quilt

thank you, it is one of my most prized possessions. If my house were to catch fire, it would be the first thing I grab. Even all my most loved pictures are scanned and burned onto a cd which is located in the vault at my bank. No need to grab them. I hope some day to present the quilt to my son when he marries.

Just because two fabric are from the same line, its highly unlikely that the blank yardage they're printed on was woven and processed at the same time. Also, after printing, the fabric is sprayed with fixatives and starches while being pulled over large rollers, then thru a heat press which irons and folds it. This process alone, because its done under firm tension and affected by chemicals, can often 'stretch' the yardage somewhat. When you prewaah you're removing this 'stretch' and all the chemicals, along with allowing the natural shrink of the fibres.
Even knowing this I still prefer not to prewash my fabrics (unless the colour is a possible 'runner') because as some have already mentioned, once quilted into a sandwich it all shrinks pretty evenly anyway. Honestly, if you're quilting 10" apart you're not quilting, you're asking for trouble. Batting manufacturers might sprout that spin in their advertising and it will appeal to those who want the quilting part over quickly. But it really is a good example of 'just because it SAYS it can be quilted 10" apart, it doesn't mean you should'.