Starting the remake of an old quilt
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Starting the remake of an old quilt
So I've finished the t-shirt quilt finally and starting on the remake of an old quilt. This old quilt had 12 embroidered Muppet Babies blocks that were not damaged by moths when the quilt was packed away years ago. The original quilt was made by my SIL for my #2 DD when she was born 27 yrs ago.
For her 28th birthday in Oct, I'm remaking the embroidered quilt squares into a new quilt with updated fabrics. Moths ate through the binding and wool blanket used as batting, but the embroidery was left 95% undamaged. Yeah!
Attached is a pic of the embroidered squares. This pattern is a variation of FABRIC CAFE's snowball quilt, except I'm alternating pinwheel blocks and the embroidered blocks. Thanks to Donna at FC for her help with the cutting directions, I can start working on this tonight. More pics to come. - stitch124
PS FYI - attached a pic of the completed t-shirt quilt and also a yellow brick road quilt I made for my sister for her birthday this month.
For her 28th birthday in Oct, I'm remaking the embroidered quilt squares into a new quilt with updated fabrics. Moths ate through the binding and wool blanket used as batting, but the embroidery was left 95% undamaged. Yeah!
Attached is a pic of the embroidered squares. This pattern is a variation of FABRIC CAFE's snowball quilt, except I'm alternating pinwheel blocks and the embroidered blocks. Thanks to Donna at FC for her help with the cutting directions, I can start working on this tonight. More pics to come. - stitch124
PS FYI - attached a pic of the completed t-shirt quilt and also a yellow brick road quilt I made for my sister for her birthday this month.
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So I've finished the t-shirt quilt finally and starting on the remake of an old quilt. This old quilt had 12 embroidered Muppet Babies blocks that were not damaged by moths when the quilt was packed away years ago. The original quilt was made by my SIL for my #2 DD when she was born 27 yrs ago.
For her 28th birthday in Oct, I'm remaking the embroidered quilt squares into a new quilt with updated fabrics. Moths ate through the binding and wool blanket used as batting, but the embroidery was left 95% undamaged. Yeah!
For her 28th birthday in Oct, I'm remaking the embroidered quilt squares into a new quilt with updated fabrics. Moths ate through the binding and wool blanket used as batting, but the embroidery was left 95% undamaged. Yeah!
A few years ago I did the same thing with blocks from a quilt I'd made my middle daughter for her 15th birthday. After 25 years of use, the fabric surrounding the blocks was mostly in shreds but the embroidered blocks were almost intact. I took the quilt apart and remade it, as you plan to do.
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Interesting that pinwheel blocks figure in both our remakes!
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Daffy -- When you quilted the embroidered blocks, did you do anything other than iron-on stabilizer on the blocks? Just wondering if they will need to be 'quilted' or an outline stitch around the embroidered areas....or leave it alone. What would you say?
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In the photo, the fabric of your embroidered blocks looks like it may be heavier than regular muslin. Is that true? I think that's why my blocks survived.
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