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    Old 08-29-2010, 12:38 PM
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    quilt it and enjoy it !! It does have character and quilting it will really bring that out!!
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    Old 08-29-2010, 12:49 PM
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    What a great quilt to have. My granny used to quilt utility quilts/sting quilts - she hid her treasures away in an old wooden box in the atic - Granny was blind in one eye and color blind in the other and she didn't think what she had to offer was beautiful enough - how sad - I have one of the old lap quilts made from worn out flannel shirts, wool pants and suit coats - it's one of my favorites because Granny stitched it and stitched it with love.
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    Old 08-29-2010, 12:51 PM
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    To be honest I was expecting worst. in Fact I don't think its really that bad
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    Old 08-29-2010, 12:57 PM
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    I kinda like it. I grows on you.
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    Old 08-29-2010, 01:11 PM
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    Quilt it up, bind it, and use it for a great picnic quilt!! I had a customer bring me a similar one that her grandmother had made in the 60's-70's. Hideous fabrics to me, some of them 100% polyester. She had used newspaper to foundation piece it, and top-stitched all the seams... newsprint was flying everywhere!! So I spent an hour or two picking out the newspaper shreds, then quilted it with a large stipple, and it is surprising what a little texture will do to make a quilt come alive.
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    Old 08-29-2010, 01:17 PM
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    Originally Posted by grammiepamie
    I love it. You should name it Wake Up And Get Out Of Bed!!!! It inspires me to get busy with what I have to do today!!!
    This is great!!
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    Old 08-29-2010, 01:23 PM
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    I agree with doowopddbop. My MIL (God rests her soul today) made four or five of these double knit quilts. She hand tied them but two will soon be large machine quilted by me to add depth and durability to the quilts. Then, I will pass them on to her great grandchildren who remember her only as the lady in the picture. However, our son, dearly loves his grandma's quilt and when he went to college, he took two with him. Now one would think that young men out on their own for the first time would not appreciate such things from home but it was surprising the number of his dorm mates who went to his room, saying they needed a touch of home. Ten years after son's graduation, those old quilts still lay folded up within in his own home by the television where his children now fall asleep upon them. For goodness sakes, please finish the quilts for you never know when your children will want that touch of home..........
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    Old 08-29-2010, 02:08 PM
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    You know this looks like the perfect quilt to snuggle under on the couch (on a rainy our snowy day) and take a lovely nap :-D
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    Old 08-29-2010, 02:09 PM
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    I have to vote "like it". The turquoise border really puts it in it's time warp. Looks good.
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    Old 08-29-2010, 02:15 PM
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    Keep it and leave where you see it's beauty everyday - it will grow on you and you are right it does have attitude! I would put a backing on and probably no batting and tie it. My mother made similar quilts out of double knit and they last forever and forever......
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