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There are not enough WOW's to let you know what a great job you did with this quilt. Just returned from a quilt show and this quilt puts all the quilts I saw today to shame. You did this quilt proud.
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No words can match the WOW factor of this quilt. Just incredible.
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Absolutely beautiful....I definetly believe in machine quilting....I can't get over how beautiful it turned out.... :thumbup:
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Wow!!! Just beautiful!
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I know that I am hopeless at hand quilting and there is no way that I could get my quilt to look like that. That is a real treasure to have and you have done a beautiful job quilting it, I bet the lady will be thrilled and imagine how that will be treasure in future years.
Originally Posted by doowopddbop
Every once in a while, a client will bring me a quilt top made by a grandmother or great-grandmother that has been sitting in an old chest or box for decades. Maybe they picked it up at an antique shop. The fabrics may be stained or faded, torn or nibbled on by some creature. The seams may be hand pieced together, appliqued, or even machine stitched, but the quilt does not lie flat for some reason. These quilts are treasures, and deserve the extra care it takes to rescue them and preserve the love and effort that went into making it in the first place.
I just finished quilting one of these quilts. Yes, on my longarm machine. In this case, it was made by the woman's grandmother 50 or 60 years ago, and she wanted to give it to her mother. It had been pretty stained and she washed it to get out the stains, which ended up shrinking the centers of the pieced blocks, which puckered all the alternating applique' blocks. It was a true rescue effort with a lot of tugging and pulling, a lot of stitching in the ditch, and a lot of "quilting it out." I am pretty sure this will touch off a discussion regarding machine quilting vs hand-quilting antique quilts... what's your opinion? |
You did an absolutely wonderful job!! How rewarding to bring something back to life!
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Fabulous job! What a lot of work that must have been and you did it beautifully.
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I think the original quilter would say "WOW" is she could see it. You did an awesome job!
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Stunning, Beautiful, Breath taking, Jaw dropping gorgeous. I can't think of anything more to say about this fabulous quilt. I handquilt & I play around with our LA, but you just made this quilt all that it is, with your quilting! The background fills you used really set it off. Extremely nice work!
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You did a great job.
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