What do you do with a quilt top you don't want to finish?
10-02-2014, 02:55 PM
#42
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I once found 4 quilt tops at St. Vinney's and asked if I could take them home and finish them. They wanted me to pay for them, but I said I was going to bring them back finished. So they let me take them, and in a few weeks I had them back ready to sell.
10-02-2014, 03:13 PM
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10-03-2014, 07:13 PM
#48
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I am just finishing one up that is like that to me. I like the top, but the print in the Batiks on it don't let the quilting show. I wanted to do it heirloom, but decided to just meander it, put an over/under feather in one border and a swirl in the last border. It is now utilitarian and not what I wanted at all. Sure disappointing after all the money and work. Oh well, lesson learned
10-03-2014, 07:32 PM
#49
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As part of a challenge, I was given a bag of fabric to make a twin sized quilt top. Some of the fabric was cotton and some polyester. I finished the top but have no desire to spend any more time or my own money on it. I don't really want to throw it in the trash, don't feel anyone would want to buy it since it has polyester in it, and don't know what to do with it. Any ideas?
I keep one in the trunk of my car it has come in handy many times.
10-03-2014, 08:08 PM
#50
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You could conduct experiments upon it. Use new threads in quilting it and then wash repeatedly to test how they hold up in comparison to your tried and true fibers. Do experimental stitching designs on it to practice. When you're done, back it with a durable substance, bind it quickly, and call it a picnic quilt, or a dog quilt, or your emergency supplies in case of this apparent trend of zombie population that the young speak of so continuously. Or you could just leave it on a park bench somewhere as a random act of art and see what happens. I sometimes find that to be a wonderfully amusing solution to the unloved creations -- but then I live adjoining a large park and can espy the outcomes.
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