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12-24-2010, 09:45 AM
#833
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Ahhhh! but the 'old time ladies' had a family that wore calico's and gingham...all women and girls wore dresses...every cook had a colorful apron. When they were worn out, all fabric was carefully inspected to see what could be used in a quilt. If the garment was still too good to be cut up for quilt pieces, it was passed on to a cousin...a neighbor...or whoever. And then there were colorful feed sacks and flour sacks. Many times the ladies couldn't collect enough of one pattern to make a dress or apron, so it went into quits. It was a very rare quilt that had a color theme, but they were beautiful!
12-27-2010, 07:00 PM
#835
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Originally Posted by Quilting Mom
I use used dryer sheets & just sew on whatever scraps I have, crazy quilt style, then square it off. Laundry days are fun because I "get" more sheets with which to sew. I have made several twin size quilts for our Union Gospel Mission Family Shelter plus some flannel baby quilts for Life Choices. If I ever figure out how to attach pix I will do that.
12-27-2010, 10:22 PM
#836
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I belong to a quilt group for the past 3 years and this is exactly what we do. We meet once a month and get the pattern for that month, most of them are lap size. The first year i made 11 of the 12 quilts, the last 2 years not so good. If you need some patterns let me know and I will mail patterns to you.
12-28-2010, 10:11 AM
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Hi from another Nana!! I would love patterns. Lap quilts are what I want to tackle first so hopefully I can manage to finish a project. There is a quilt guild that meets at my local library but I cannot plan to be there much because of my health so it's great to have something I can work on at home when I'm feeling ok.
12-30-2010, 09:50 PM
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I've done a lot of scrap quilts, but that's one i gotta try.
I used to use freezer paper foundations for my scraps but it's a pain to remove. These days I back with batting squares. A fellow guild member backs hers with cheap (washed) muslin.
I used to use freezer paper foundations for my scraps but it's a pain to remove. These days I back with batting squares. A fellow guild member backs hers with cheap (washed) muslin.
12-31-2010, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by QM
I've done a lot of scrap quilts, but that's one i gotta try.
I used to use freezer paper foundations for my scraps but it's a pain to remove. These days I back with batting squares. A fellow guild member backs hers with cheap (washed) muslin.
I used to use freezer paper foundations for my scraps but it's a pain to remove. These days I back with batting squares. A fellow guild member backs hers with cheap (washed) muslin.
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