My dh's gm made a stack of fan-shaped pieces about 100 years ago, and he would like for me to use them in a quilt, but I am not sure how or whether there are enough to use for a quilt. "Any ideas? I have only made one baby quilt and those squares were of embroidered Peter Rabbit figures, so I could just stichthrough the seams of the squares to "quilt" the designs.

I do want to learn but I am an "older beginner" so I must learn something easy!
thanks, gramfel

Im sry I dont have any tips for you, but Im sure other ladies here will and I wish you luck!!!

A picture of some of the pieces might help. You could applique them onto a square on point (AKA a diamond with right angles) and attach them with some sashing

Here are a few ideas and how to put the block together.

http://www.oregoncoasthistory.org/whatsnew/?p=150

http://vermontquilts.com/grandmothersfan.shtml

http://www.rickrack.com/quilt/fq.html

http://www.rickandpatty.com/quilt_fan.html

http://home.howstuffworks.com/tradit...uilt-block.htm

Whatever you do, I'm sure your husband will love it. He has to be a nice man to care about quilt pieces his grandma made.

If you really don't have enough pieces to make a quilt, you could either make a wall hanging or buy some repro. fabric and add a few more blocks.

I also want to suggest a wall hanging and you may want to tea dye some muslin to make that look old. Look at quilt history books for a design that she may have used. Good luck....

you must have two posts, I didn't forget to hit submit LOL

Thank you for posting these wonderful sites to look at!!

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