what would you do with these?
#93
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Originally Posted by busygranny
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.
#95
I think that would be really nice...like those enveloppes you buy with seeds in them...you are so lucky...thy are really wonderfulll....i love painting....these give me inspiration!!
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
do you think I should hand embroider the flower name on the block?
#98
i wonder if she used tri chem paint? if she did that paint lasts forever i too wonder why the daughters didnt care to keep their mothers blocks to make a quilt for their family to hand down i guess some people dont care but im sure the mother is smiling down at you while you finish it
#99
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
do you think I should hand embroider the flower name on the block?
#100
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Originally Posted by Rose L
Being a cottage style decorator, I would frame them and hang them all together on a wall in a large, even grouping. They would look gorgeous on a green or yellow wall!
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