What to do with a really ugly vintage quilt top?
#41
Originally Posted by tortoisethreads
here we go with a few pics. I added the turquoise border just to see how it looked...it helps a little.
#46
I don't think it's bad at all---and it's family treasure! I'd finish it and use it as a throw or a TV-snuggle quilt. Thanks for sharing the photos....I'd expected MUCH worse! (Like the Log Cabin quilt my grandmother made with red/white pindots and pink/white mini-stripes...all sewed with DARK GREEN THREAD THAT SHOWS!!!!!)
#47
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ugly quilts are just as warm as beautiful heirlooms on a cold night. I have one on an extra bed and love looking at the fabrics and combinations. Such quilts seem to connect us with past generations. I grew up sleeping under such quilts. For me the thing that destroyes the beauty is pantograph machine quilting. They should be quilted in the style popular when made.
#48
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Just think about the stitchin that went into it...and the possibility that they used what they had.
We love our pretty quilts but think about where quilting began and why...you have to appreciate it for the time effort and love put into it.
Don't ya?
Add some fun appliqués to each square or every other and see if ya like it any better.
We love our pretty quilts but think about where quilting began and why...you have to appreciate it for the time effort and love put into it.
Don't ya?
Add some fun appliqués to each square or every other and see if ya like it any better.
#49
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Originally Posted by kit'smamma
How is your relationship with the DMIL? If it is as bad as my relationship with mine just throw it in the trunk of the car. They sure are handy when you are having a skid problem. If you like her go ahead and quilt it for the sake of the relationship. Just do diagonal lines across it to hold it together and chalk it up to your good deed for the month.
but none the less I quite like the affect, I think if it was mine I would have sewn the squares together differently to make 4 look like a square,
but you must admit it is colourful
#50
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I like it...it is definitely a scrappy original. I think I would do croos-hatch, using beige or gray thread to give it some demension and then bind it in either black or navy blue.
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