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Originally Posted by Jenni M
I found these hand pieced vintage quilt tops at a local antique store today. The owner sold all three of them to me for $70. I think it was a bargain and I am excited to have them quilted. One of the tops has some staining on it which I have addressed in the main section and asked for cleaning tips. However, I wanted you all to take a look at these little beauties and tell me what you think.
Also, would you back them with a simple muslin and bind with a solid color? Soak, squish up and down by hand then rinse until water is clear. dry laid out flat as best you can. Actually, what I do is put in my big stock pot, cover with water/oxy-clean and let soak a good while. My stock pot is just big enough that a dinner plate fits in it. I put the plate in (right side up or down--no difference) and push the plate down and let rise, repeat, repeat, repeat, maybe a few more times. Then rinse and dry |
to stay close to period--------what about just using the muslin to bind with too. Or if you are just bound to use color, maybe dye some muslin.
And the more I think about it, binding in muslin would not add anything "foreign" to the old tops. |
Originally Posted by Jenni M
It looks like the general consensus is that I should completely finish these quilts (layer, quilt and bind) before attempting to treat the stains on the one top. Is that correct? If I use unbleached muslin for the backing on these quilts, should it be washed first for shrinkage before beginning to quilt??
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I would definitely use muslin. I have some quilts from my grandmother and from my mother in law, they are from the 20's and 30's and they are all backed with muslin.
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What finds! I cannot believe the work in the most intricate one! All I can say is WOW!
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