Show Us Your Quilts Using Muslin!
02-18-2013, 01:51 PM
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Shazeeda, I love the fresh clean look of your quilt -- and the muslin is so perfect in it.
Jeanne, what a beautiful quilt and so touching that it was made by you and your sister. A family treasure!
Dhanke, what a gorgeous quilt -- and the quilting is fabulous!
Katie, love those leaves! That is a design that would probably look wonderful with unbleached muslin.
ShabbyTabby - the cost of fabric is what often sent me to estate sales. I was so blessed to find those two bolts at a quilter's estate sale for far less than $1 a yard. While I don't know the maker, it is top quality muslin as was everything else she had. Sad she didn't get to use it, but lucky for me! My husband also picked up a hardwood cutting table and that was one of the few things that survived the flood. I thought he was nuts, but I use it all the time.
Jeanne, what a beautiful quilt and so touching that it was made by you and your sister. A family treasure!
Dhanke, what a gorgeous quilt -- and the quilting is fabulous!
Katie, love those leaves! That is a design that would probably look wonderful with unbleached muslin.
ShabbyTabby - the cost of fabric is what often sent me to estate sales. I was so blessed to find those two bolts at a quilter's estate sale for far less than $1 a yard. While I don't know the maker, it is top quality muslin as was everything else she had. Sad she didn't get to use it, but lucky for me! My husband also picked up a hardwood cutting table and that was one of the few things that survived the flood. I thought he was nuts, but I use it all the time.
02-19-2013, 05:41 AM
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I asked you darling QBers about using muslin as a backing in this thread and you provided such wonderful advice that I'm hoping you'll share photos of quilts using muslin on the back, as wholecloth and as background. Please share!
I wish I had the muslin I bought for a friend of mine who recently had to break up housekeeping and go to a nursing home. I know her kids and grandkids do not quilt and so it is lying in somebody's attic somewhere. Maybe I should get up the courage to ask for it back, but have been shy to do that. What would you do?
Now that I remember my own mother's and grandmother's quilts, they all had muslin backs.
02-19-2013, 10:18 AM
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Isn't it strange that we hesitate to tell about our 'frugal' sewing only to find out everyone is doing it? I'm drawn to the unbleached muslin just because it looks old and I can use any other colors with it in scrappy quilts. My mother always used sheets for backing in her later years. When she was younger feed sacks were used. As far as I can tell mother never bought any fabric for quilts - everything came from dressmaking scraps. I've been considering dying some muslin using Kool-Aid in a spray bottle like we did at Vacation Bible School a few years back. Think it would work? I know it wouldn't be solid but I'm curious to see what it would look like. Everyone knows Kool-Aid is almost impossible to remove from clothing.
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