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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

do you think I should hand embroider the flower name on the block?

I think green sashing also. I would write the name with a marker I think. embroidery might look to heavy since they're painted. What a beautiful find. Gorgeous!

These are spectacular. I wouldn't embroider the names on them - I'd leave them just as the artist did. I think greens would be best... And I also go with hand quilting - something simple.

I would handquilt them in groups of 4, then frame in wood (no glass ) so they sort of "puff" out from frames.

How beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love them. I would put a border around each one so that it looked like it was framed, and then sew them together.

I'm a painter and a quilter. DO NOT WASH!!!!! They have been shaded and you will lose all the shading, as that paint has been thinned. It is beautiful now,but not if you wash them. I would lay a thin cloth over them and press good with steam, let dry and then do your sewing, what ever you want to do. Also, if you frame them, you do want glass on it. The non glare glass with spacers between the glass and fasbric. If left unglassed, the material will deteriate over time and and the paint would start to deteriate and flake off.

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Originally Posted by bizybess

I love, love, love your design for your quilt! So simple but showcases the blocks so well it looks complicated.
I bought some Sunbonnet Sue blocks at an auction several years ago that had been done in the 40's. They were on unbleached muslin and had some age spots. I serged around each square and washed with Oxiclean and dried in the dryer.I wanted them to shrink all they were going to right off the bat to see what I had to work with. Well, some had been appliqued on the squares parralell to the selvage and some were not. After washing and drying my 14" blocks were all sizes, mostly rectangular. Some rectangles were upright some were horizonal. I was able to recut then all to 10" squares.I added 30's fabric and I had enough to make my 2 Grandaughters each a twin size quilt.
Your back ground fabric lookes like it is a much better quality than what I had to work with but you might want to serge and wash to avoid any surprises after all the work of piecing and quilting.
I can't wait to see your finished quilt!

funny you mention SBS...I have a set of 48 SBS blocks that I had bought as an incomplete quilt top. Meaning they had all been sashed and some of the rows put together. However they were sashed in the brightest teal blue poly cotton the TG&Y must have had that year. I paid a lady to take them apart so that I can use the blocks properly. that was 2 years ago. I am still not sure what I want to do with them. Make 1 huge quilt or 2 twins. The SBS are all original 30-40's fabrics done with the finest embroidery around them. They are amazing... and there are 48 of them. They are about 12" right now!

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Originally Posted by ShirlinAZ

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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok

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Originally Posted by dakotamaid

Be sure and label the quilts as to their history. Your kids will appreciate that somewhere down the line! These are gorgeous.

I made sure to get all the info from the ladies daughter, as I want to make sure people who knew her or her family will see it at the fair and now it was her work that inspired me to create the quilt!

I like your EQ design but find the border a little over powering. I'd recommend a more subtle border, maybe a light colored small flower print. In the 70s we "set" fabric paint by pressing with a cloth soaked in vinegar. If they are painted with fabric paint you probably won't have a problem. Any other kind of paint (and it could be) and all bets are off. The blocks are beautiful. Good luck.

The EQ design does not really do it justice, because I had to use the colors in their pallette and the flowers in their applique selection. MY flower blocks are very bold, bright and vivid, a pastel color for the sashing would fade away and make the blocks look like bold blobs...I tried that...
as for the appliqued border, it was the best I could do in EQ, but I am leaning towards some sort of floral print. However, when I took the blocks to the quilt shop, NOTHING worked! It was all way too busy and totally distracted from the floral blocks. They competed too much!

Going to try and play in EQ and get an attic window setting done and see how that looks. Attic window quilts generally do not need a big border to finish them off.

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Originally Posted by gal288

They are beautiful.. be sure to heat set the paint,,it could fade if cleaned.

I would sash & border them in the green

Lucky you, have fun.

A pale seafoam sort of green would make these colors really stand out. I would definately hand wash one first before putting all the effort into a quilt only to find out they fade/fall apart. Maybe dry clean???

OMG ! Such foolish daughters to not recognize the wonderful gift their mother left them.
My GM made a quilt for each of her GDs to have after she died, but my uncle gave them all to a friend of his. The one GD who did get a quilt threw it in the back of her van for the dog. How sad!