The "Trash Quilt"
#52
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 443
So sad that someone so carelessly threw this out. Many years ago I found two on top of some trash buckets. Family was moving and I will post pictures soon. The fabric was very old and was shredding so need to do a little repair work.
#57
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Posts: 8,101
Love it! One of the fabrics in picture 2, next to the navy blue, looks very similar to one in a quilt top that my Grandmother made in the late 1930's or early to mid 1940's. I inherited the top from my mother, who inherited it from her mother. My Mom then tucked it into a drawer for 30 years! When my Mom gave it to me, I rented some time on a longarm machine and quilted it before I had any idea what I was doing. It looks it , but I am very satisfied with it anyway, because it looks better with my quilting than it looked in the drawer. We use it when my 'grands' are here. My niece and I pick our favorite fabrics as part of her 'tuck in' ritual.
So glad you quilted this for your MIL. You created a memory! Write the story of the quilt down and ask your MIL to keep it near the quilt so the story isn't lost.
So glad you quilted this for your MIL. You created a memory! Write the story of the quilt down and ask your MIL to keep it near the quilt so the story isn't lost.
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