I finally get to show off a find!!!
09-10-2011, 09:37 PM
#31
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I think you fixing it is a great tribute to the original maker of the quilt. You now will have your love and her's in the quilt and it make you and the org. quilter have something in common the quilt.
09-11-2011, 08:26 AM
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Sounds like old all cotton batt that had to quilted about every square inch to stay put. Aren't you glad we have new batting that doesn't do that? She's a beauty and will be real nice with new batting.
09-11-2011, 09:10 AM
#39
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Originally Posted by gigi10
I am a little surprized. All of us agree......this must be a land mark post. Usually we differ on what we would do, but not this one. A new batting will give it new life.
I agree!!! Its nice that we all agree on this!
It's also great that we have this wonderful place to come & talk about our craft & have different ideas & tastes.
I love this board!!!
09-11-2011, 09:35 AM
#40
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Location: Montrose, Michigan
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Originally Posted by cminor
After a year or so now drooling over the finds that borad memeber have I finally found one of my own!
We went to a city wide rummage today in Saukville and look what I found. Only $20.00.
Like a true quilter I did ask if the woman selling it had any idea as to the history of it. Who made it or where it came from. No luck there.
So now as I get it home and washed and dried I see that the batting is very clumpy. There is some hand stitched quiling but not much which explaines what happened to the batting.
I am thinking about taking it apart and re sandwiching and quilting it. But then I think again maybe I should leave it how it is and keep the integraty of the person that spent so much time on it. Not that they will ever know - but I keep coming back to that.
I would like to fix the batting - do more quilting - and put a binding on it.
What would you do?
We went to a city wide rummage today in Saukville and look what I found. Only $20.00.
Like a true quilter I did ask if the woman selling it had any idea as to the history of it. Who made it or where it came from. No luck there.
So now as I get it home and washed and dried I see that the batting is very clumpy. There is some hand stitched quiling but not much which explaines what happened to the batting.
I am thinking about taking it apart and re sandwiching and quilting it. But then I think again maybe I should leave it how it is and keep the integraty of the person that spent so much time on it. Not that they will ever know - but I keep coming back to that.
I would like to fix the batting - do more quilting - and put a binding on it.
What would you do?
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