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    Old 02-27-2011, 01:57 PM
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    Since the colors are soft I would choose a soft green or blue for sashing. What a great find.
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    Old 02-27-2011, 02:06 PM
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    wow, this is a master of painting blocks ever! All are beautiful and am glad you got them instead...
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    Old 02-27-2011, 02:13 PM
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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.
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    Old 02-27-2011, 02:20 PM
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    Such a beautiful find. Please show us when you've decided what you're doing with them.
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    Old 02-27-2011, 02:27 PM
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    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!!
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    do you think I should hand embroider the flower name on the block?
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    Old 02-27-2011, 02:39 PM
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    As too any color's that you use, I would think maybe a wall hanging. There so pretty. Don-isewman
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    Old 02-27-2011, 02:50 PM
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    I like the framing idea in groupings. Or make small wall hanging in groupings.
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    Old 02-27-2011, 03:22 PM
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    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
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    Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
    do you think I should hand embroider the flower name on the block?
    That would be really pretty... in either plain black or brown if you end up sashing them in brown. Thank you for sharing. I'll bet it is TriChem, they were in vogue during that time...
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    Old 02-27-2011, 03:29 PM
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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!
    I like that idea, too.
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