New Life from a Vintage Calendar
05-16-2011, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jpthequilter
Originally Posted by n2scraplvr
Originally Posted by QuiltE
Originally Posted by n2scraplvr
Thanks everybody!! Thank you, QuiltE, for that great idea of the calendar on the back! I loved the rust calico I chose for the back to coordinate color scheme with the front. I thought of using the 'hearts and arrows with the year' at the bottom to use as mini holder for the top! It would've been the right touch! But anyway, here's a pic of the back:
Great idea that you had ... and now we'll all be looking around for our collector tea towels that we stashed because we didn't know what to do with them!! :)
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/...ry=1&year=1975
I always thought that the calendar changed every 11 years but according to this site, it's 38 years. Well, 2011's calendar will be the same in 2022 so that's 11 years. Anyway, it will be lots of fun using these old numbers in a quilt. I think they will blend perfectly with all those selvage edges I've been saving, mixed in 'week by week,' haha. (one week on one selvage, another week with another selvage). Yes, it's time ladies to dig thru our oldies and put them to good use! What good are they doing laying in the moth balls? I just can't wait to use all the numbers in something! I know you all will have fun digging through the old linens to add new life to and the sequined calendars would be beautiful as blocks! Can't wait to see what everyone does with them! I just finished looking at your 3 quilts real quick and they are just adorable! Those sheep are so cute and love all 3, especially your avatar! Thank you sooo much, QuiltE!! You have great ideas!!
:-D :-D :-D
Look at a new calender to get the days right.
Take January and put a set of weeks that has the same starting day as this year's does, with it.
The same for February, and so on - but be careful because February has an extra day every four years
Match up March and all the rest.
Now you have a calender you can use now!
:-D :-D ;) ;)
05-17-2011, 07:46 PM
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Here's an update with this little mini after getting matching binding on the banner, ;)
next it got a coat of fabric stiffener! We want it to look tough!
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it's hanging out to dry for the next 24 hrs. We'll see tomorrow if it's stiff enough!
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05-18-2011, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by roseOfsharon
What a cute litle quilt hanging!
:D :D
05-18-2011, 07:56 PM
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Well, gang, the stiffener did the job perfectly! I'm so pleased with the stability of it now. If you notice in the pic of it hanging out to dry, on the left side, a little of the muslin is showing :oops: so I had to get my acrylic paints out to match the fab and it worked well too. You probably wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't told you!
Also, I want to show a pic of the back of the banner and what I did BEFORE I stiffened the fab yesterday! Good thing too! lol ;)
Also, I want to show a pic of the back of the banner and what I did BEFORE I stiffened the fab yesterday! Good thing too! lol ;)
already stiff enough! needs no further coats!
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diet soda tab top worked perfect for a little hanger! (this is what I sewed on before I stiffened it! haha!)
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05-18-2011, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by skydiver70
How cute is that!
I have a lot of cloth calendars that my Mom and I collected that I want to do a quilt of someday.
I have a lot of cloth calendars that my Mom and I collected that I want to do a quilt of someday.
;) ;) :D
05-19-2011, 11:14 AM
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Here's some more of the progress.
and then here it is in the final stage of painting
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this is when it had its first layer of yellow paint along the margin
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I'm trying it out by laying the nameplate on the calendar. You remember I had to cut into the letters before for a 1/4" seam allowance so now I need to add some margin back in.
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