I read the post on scrap quilting and thought I would share this. There are two things to note on this quilt;
1. A Grandmother's Fan pattern is a great way to use scraps. I am very bad at curved piecing so I simply turned the curved edge under and sewed it down. I taught myself later to use one of my machine stitches for machine applique which is what I did for the pansies on the borders.
2. The quilt has a surprise inside! I had an old Ohio Star that was so faded and worn, it was beyond repair but I couldn't throw it out - so I used it as the batting! If anyone ever took this quilt apart, they would find the old quilt inside, which I thought was a neat way to recycle. If you quilt by hand, I wouldn't recommend using the old quilt as a batt - it would be pretty hard to sew - but it machine quilted just fine!

cool!

Very pretty quilt! What an ingenious way to recycle old things!

Very pretty, I don't use anything old in my quilts. Old quilt as batting may work if it doesn't show through.

smart thinking!! looks beautiful.

very pretty

you're so good at this! Love the colors & adding the pansies made it more eye catching.

Fan quilts are my all time favorite!

nice job! great use of an old quilt. :D

Thanks to all for the nice compliments!It was fun to make.
Responding to Jingleberry about the old one showing through - I was worried about that as well. Fortunately, the old one was faded enough and the pattern busy enough that it doesn't. However, I did consider turning over the old quilt so that the old quilt top was facing the back of the new quilt, which was white. I figured that even if it showed through, it might make an intriguing design.

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.

I am always fascinated by scrap quilts. I found 2 good ways to use scraps;
1. When you do any project (even if it isn't a quilt), make a block with the leftover pieces. Don't worry if all the blocks aren't the same size - you can always add borders to the smaller blocks. I have already gotten 6 blocks for my nascent sampler quilt by doing this.

2. String piecing makes some beautiful and unusual blocks using scraps.You can even sew small pieces of fabric together to make a 'string' and really end up with some cool patterns.

If you can't tell, I have a LOT of scraps!

Oh, its really pretty! I love the colors!

What a pretty quilt. It's a stash buster and I love the way you recycled the old quilt. Great job.