What Qualifies as Trip Around the World?
04-07-2012, 01:04 PM
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I still think it's more like a TATW, with the squares set on point rather than straight across. It looks like this vintage TATW - http://annchampion.com/?tag=trip-around-the-world-quilt. The Boston Commons seem to be very much like a TATW, but without the center square from which the trip originates. However, I suspect that these names are used interchangeably, and perhaps the TATW is just a variant of Boston Commons, or vice versa. Whatever the pattern, it is a beautiful quilt and a real heirloom.
04-07-2012, 02:41 PM
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After the exhibit is over, I am considering a remake of this quilt. I would like to open the squares and take the nylons out. Then use it as a quilt top for a regular quilt. The reason for the modification is that the quilt is just too heavy. Right now I am not using it for that reason. I have a trundle bed that it would be perfect for.
Any opinions on that? I know some people think it should be left as it is, but I think my grandmother would rather see me using it -- she was a very practical person. Some of the scraps in the quilt come from clothing sewn by my mother for our family 50 years ago, so it is definitely a treasure.
Thanks for letting me share this with you!
Dayle
Any opinions on that? I know some people think it should be left as it is, but I think my grandmother would rather see me using it -- she was a very practical person. Some of the scraps in the quilt come from clothing sewn by my mother for our family 50 years ago, so it is definitely a treasure.
Thanks for letting me share this with you!
Dayle
04-07-2012, 03:10 PM
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While I understand your desire to make it more usable ... I would leave it as is. To open it and change it ... would change it! And I don't think you'd ever get it looking so beautiful in a re-worked life!
If you find it too heavy, could you use it as a bedspread, rather than the practicality of sleeping under it? JMHO!
If you find it too heavy, could you use it as a bedspread, rather than the practicality of sleeping under it? JMHO!
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