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Repurposing a "Well Loved" Vintage Quilt - Looking for Ideas

Repurposing a "Well Loved" Vintage Quilt - Looking for Ideas

Old 09-13-2018, 08:13 AM
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The first cut is the hardest! I cut a ragged quilt that my grandmother made for me. I am framing pieces for my children - and one for me, of course. They remember wrapping in it when they didn't feel well. Grandma was so pleased that someone used a quilt enough to wear it out that she made me another. After I get my 6 cuts, I may just bind the rest for my youngest daughter. She's having her knee replaced in a few weeks. There are lots of ideas if the quilt suits your decor. I would use three blocks for a table runner.
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Old 09-13-2018, 09:43 AM
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Love your quilt. I would try to preserve the blocks as much as possible. I have one that my grandmother and her future mother-in-law made before grandpa and grandma got married. It is not in good condition but I will never take it apart to make something else and I hope one of my daughters will treasure it as I have.
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Old 09-13-2018, 12:44 PM
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I rescued a tattered mess of a quilt from a garage sale for 25 cents one time, questioning my sanity as I walked off with this treasure. I had to put it into a mesh bag to wash it because it looked and smelled as if they'd let the dog whelp on it and cotton batting fluffs were falling out. I was able to salvage enough to make a good sized teddy bear, and it sits in an old doll crib in my sewing room and smiles at me when I walk by. I've had it more than 20 years.

That said, I regret that I didn't just frame some of the better parts of it. A teddy bear doesn't go with the general decor in a house as well.
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Old 09-13-2018, 01:47 PM
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That looks exactly like a quilt I received from my mom (it was great grandma's). Right down to the color of the sashing.
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Old 09-13-2018, 05:57 PM
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My children all received a Christmas angel when they were young from a vintage quilt from a grandmother's ragged quilt.
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Old 09-13-2018, 06:57 PM
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I think it is beautiful. I would try to keep intact if any way possible to do it.
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Old 09-13-2018, 07:06 PM
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I found 1/2 of a beautiful handmade quilt at a thrift store, some of it ragged, don't know why someone cut it in half. but I cut the good pieces into approx 12 inch squares & had those pieces framed, a friend took one & one hanging in my sewing room, love it, adds character. I think whoever made would be happy that it is still loved.
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Old 09-14-2018, 09:01 AM
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IMHO, the pattern for that lovely quilt really doesn't lend itself to be cut up. The pattern is way to big, except for maybe displaying the blocks individually in frames. I think those that suggested that it be displayed on a quilt rack or displayed just for decoration is a really good idea. You could fold it in such a way that only the good blocks show.

Your quilt has 3 generations of quilters behind it and I think that it would be sad to destroy it by cutting it up. But as I said, that is just my opinion.
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Old 09-14-2018, 01:57 PM
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It's a beautiful quilt even though it may be showing signs of wear. I hope you do Not cut it up. It's way too special for that. I vote for displaying it on a quilt rack or something similar.

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Old 09-16-2018, 01:38 AM
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I was so dumb, when i was younger. let my kids use my grandma's quilts, then, when they got raggidy, i thru them out. i hope you are smarter than i was, and just display it, and not use it. or if you have to put it up, till your kids are grown. maybe store it in a plastic container inside a pillow case. then display it, when you have the room.
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