Who makes scrappy quilts?
03-23-2010, 08:46 PM
#142
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I love scrappy quilts and prefer to make them over other types. I think a scrappy quilt reflects our American heritage of "making do" with what we have on hand and is a great challenge to put together odds and ends and create somethiung beautiful. :)
03-23-2010, 10:31 PM
#146
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Sara--me! me! too--and I love your quilts. I learned to quilt from my grandmother some 50-60 years ago. She and her neighbors and relatives met regularly to quilt, and I played under the quilt frame with my cousins. It's amazing what you can learn from beneath a quilt frame.
Their quilts were all scrap quilts--leftover pieces from garments, and many were leftover feedsack pieces from dresses, aprons, etc. they'd made. When I began quilting, my mother-in-law, aunts, older cousins loaded me down with frabic scraps. I'm still working my way through that huge stash.
I am now going through my mother-in-laws estate. Recently I opened a huge trunk to find it filled with feed and flour sacks. I am delighted, but I will have to share this stash. I'm in my late 60's. No way could I quilt my way through all of this.
Their quilts were all scrap quilts--leftover pieces from garments, and many were leftover feedsack pieces from dresses, aprons, etc. they'd made. When I began quilting, my mother-in-law, aunts, older cousins loaded me down with frabic scraps. I'm still working my way through that huge stash.
I am now going through my mother-in-laws estate. Recently I opened a huge trunk to find it filled with feed and flour sacks. I am delighted, but I will have to share this stash. I'm in my late 60's. No way could I quilt my way through all of this.
03-24-2010, 03:54 AM
#149
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Originally Posted by kwhite
Here is my favorite quilt.
3 1/2", or 5" Scrap Therapy squares. Thanks for posting.
03-24-2010, 04:00 AM
#150
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Originally Posted by deedum
I got to get in on this! I get so thrilled when "scrappy quilts" are mentioned anywhere! Scrappies are my all time favorites ever! Here is some of mine!
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