my mom remarried and she found this in the closet of her husbands home
she thought i might like to put the binding on it and have it for my "collection".
Here are some of the appliques close up.. someone put alot of work into this.

Wow lots and lots of work went into this quilt...it's beautiful...lucky you

beautiful

Her new husband didn't know any of the history of the quilt ? It is a work of art - can't wait to see how you finish it :mrgreen:

That is soooooooooo pretty! Lucky Lucky You!~~

Sharon.. he didn't know if his deceased wife did it or his sister... that's a man for ya..
she also gave me a featherweight case.. I wonder where the machine is... I think the daughter took it not knowing there was a case..

That is flippin' awesome!!!!

I don't know what to do with it because it has the already quilted backing on it..so if i were to quilt around anything it would not look good with that backing... i have never had one like this before...lol

How could someone just stick it in a closet unfinished? Lucky you, congrats!

I reconize the embroidery designs ....I have the same ones...they came with my first Brother sewing/emb machine...and it did take a lot of time a love from the person that made it...!!!! I love to make emb. quilts...especially for children using a theme...enjoy and congrats !!!!

Beautiful!

Beautiful...love those design, they are so colourful.

Very interesting quilt, and very large. All you can really do is stitch around the squares and bind it.

That is a beautiful quilt.

the sq are all stitched around.. so I too thought I could only bind it at this point and leave it at that.

Wow, I was thrilled to see it, Thank you for posting it. I hope you will treasure it for the sake of the person who put all the time into it.

Some dorm room twins are longer than a standard twin?

What a beautiful, colorful quilt!

Wow! What a beautiful find :D:D:D

How beautiful!!

beautiful !!!!!

WOW! Lucky you!

gorgeous

very lucky that you get to help create the history of that quilt. Does it look like it's telling a story or is it a lot of things you think the person before you liked and thought were pretty? just wondering. Looks like you could have tons of fun finishing it up with you ideas.

Beautiful

Wow! What a gorgeous quilt, so colorful. So much work already has gone into it, it would be a shame not to bind it & show it off.

That is gorgeous,would love to own that one.

ditto!!!!
:) :-) :D dar

That is GORGEOUS. Very Lucky you.

I would probably add some echoing around some of the objects - add a border with some feather quilting and elements that somewhat match the appliques.

Pretty.

Beautiful

How came I never find good stuff like that in any closets???!!

Very pretty!

WOW what a beautiful quilt. Some one did a lot of work on that one for sure. Hope that you will enjoy having it in your collection.

Beautiful

since this is a long quilt top that has been sandwiched and sewn on the seams so far.. I am going to try to widen it and put a new backing on it.. wish me luck !

Great idea!

Wishing you MUCH luck :thumbup: Keep us posted

I was going to suggest just some small tacking stitches to hold it together , but am glad you are going to try to make it a better size .

I agree- MEN- they never pay attention ... well until they see a bill or find the stash :roll: LOL