Very nice :!:

Love the fan quilt pattern.. it is on my someday list ! Great Job :thumbup: What kind of machine do you have... I would have thought using another quilt inside would be too much for a regular machine :shock: Glad it worked

I loooove your quilt. I"ve been kind of scared of dong that fan but sounds like you found a great way of making it. So what stitch did you find on your machine that you used to applique?
I also love your Pansies on the border. What a pretty quilt.
Also the recycling was a great idea. I love scrappies.
Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

That is exactly what they did in days gone by. They recovered quilts. Put new tops and backs on old quilts. Always thrifty. Your fan quilt is lovely.

I have a 15 year old Bernina 1230 that I used for the blocks and the machine applique and a Baby Lok Quilter's Pro that I used for the straight stitch machine quilting. Because the quilt was so old and it was a low loft anyway, I machine quilted it with no problem and in fact could have used my Bernina but the Baby Lok has a 9" bed and MUCH faster stitching!
The machine applique was done by cutting the pansy design into 3 shapes and layering one shape on top of the other. I used deep seam allowances (about 1/2 inch) so the edges were easy to turn under. The stitch was a blanket stitch on the Bernina which I had to reverse because the straight line side of the stitch was on the left side!
Oddly enough, the whole project came together very easily - the pansy blocks were simple because they were large (12" square)and the fans were easy as well - cutting the pieces was tedious (I usually strip piece with a rotary cutter) but I just cut them while watching mindless TV!

Great ideas for used quilts and I like the current quilt.

What a great way to recycle!!! I love the whole concept of this quilt, beautiful job :D:D:D

My maternal grandmother did that to a quilt that was worn our that my paternal grandmother had done. It is now in my possession. I was born in 1937 and I know the encasement was done before 1943, the year my paternal grandmother died. I don't remember the quilt being other than the way it is now. I haven't been brave enough to undo it to find out what the original quilt's pattern was. My maternal grandmother tied it instead of quilting it, as she only quilted by hand.

Do you have a picture of it? I would love to see it. Its really hard to find old quilts these days - like anything else that is well-used, eventually they do start to wear out.

Great quilt. Every time I cut a quilt I wonder what am I going to do with the leftovers as I put them in my tube. This has inspired. Thank you for sharing.