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Originally Posted by ragquilter
(Post 5353704)
What about putting it on a light frame, like a picture? Quilting it would add more weight and it would probably droop without it. Boy that old polyester is indestructible isn't it?
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I wonder if the same person made this one?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Hand-Sew...ht_1100wt_1163 |
Originally Posted by Prism99
(Post 5353829)
I wonder if the same person made this one?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Hand-Sew...ht_1100wt_1163 But I bought it from a different seller though. Mine was sent out of Texas. |
Is there a spot you old try a fusible fabric with a warm but not hot iron? If not then maybe you could make a stretcher wood frame like you wold make for a large painting canvas and staple the edge to the frame? It will be something o puzzle over until you can find the perfect solution. Until then, you can always fasten a length of clothesline to the top of the wall and attach your top to it with clothespins.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
(Post 5353946)
If not then maybe you could make a stretcher wood frame like you wold make for a large painting canvas and staple the edge to the frame?
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For the quilting, I think I would just quilt straight lines thru the squares to follow the diagonals. This was quite a find... you scored!
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My sister who is 90 has made dozens of these quilts. We sleep under them all winter. Too hot for summer tho. She tied some of them and had others quilted. I guarantee the quilted ones, the thread rots before the poly-knit wears out. I re-sew them a lot when they get old. I'm sure she used sheets and thin batting. Pretty heavy! I love your quilt.
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Don't think fusing will help. The seams are thick due to the polyester weight/thickness. It would be a nightmare trying to fuse--going up and down over seams and trying to fuse to the batt itself. Close quilting would be better. Good luck.
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Opps, goof. Meant to say going over the seams and fusing to the wrong side of the patch.
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I have a polyester 9 patch that was hand stitched by my grandmother and mother...they put a light batting and just a cotton backing ....it is heavy but light as well...i found it in my mothers sewing things to finish...i completed the quilt, which was only the binding..they hand stitched the whole quilt..i even have the quilting racks my grandfather built that they used....i sleep under this quilt during the cooler months and some summer months since my dh thinks he's part snowman...will always cherish this quilt and will be passing it onto my daughter .
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