Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Main
Old School Quilting >

Old School Quilting

Old School Quilting

Thread Tools
 
Old 07-30-2011, 07:42 AM
  #81  
Banned
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Liberty Hill - Central TEXAS Hill Country
Posts: 1,040
Default

Originally Posted by sixfootroad
That's the way I learned from my mother 40 years ago, and that's the way I still do it! There are many of us out there, believe it or not. I come from the "old school" of "keep it simple".
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Great-great granny is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 07:42 AM
  #82  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 471
Default

I remember a story (true story) that mom told about some cousins. Many years ago 2-3 ladies were working together and decided to make a double wedding ring quilt. They cut their cardboard templates and proceeded to trace around them with pencil. Then they started cutting out the pieces with scissors. After sewing some parts together they discovered that the sections didn't fit together! What they finally discovered was that they had used the same cardboard templates for ALL the tracing and pressing the pencil along the sides gradually wore away the sides and the last pieces traced were small than the first ones traced. I don't know what they did with those useless pieces of fabric. I doubt if they knew about crumb quilts! Moral of the story, when using cardboard templates...make several sets and don't use each set too long!!! Long live plastic templates!!!!
Novice.for.now is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 08:11 AM
  #83  
Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Maine
Posts: 39
Default

that was very interesting..amazing work
El'sgrandma is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 08:12 AM
  #84  
Senior Member
 
thelondonzoo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 861
Default

What a FANTASTIC film! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I noticed that she never used pins to hold the fabric together when she sewed. Her patterns were so beautiful!
thelondonzoo is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 08:17 AM
  #85  
Senior Member
 
Nikki and Co.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Big Sky Country
Posts: 894
Default

That's the way my mother quilted, always from scraps or old clothing. I am in awe of the beautiful quilts she made, her eye for color and what she had to work with is totally amazing, oh how I admire those who started us on our journeys.
Nikki and Co. is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 08:18 AM
  #86  
Junior Member
 
beksclen's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Crossville TN
Posts: 182
Default

That was awesome!!! Great memories of simpler quieter times for me.
beksclen is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 08:20 AM
  #87  
Super Member
 
New Quilter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: In the boonies of So. Jersey
Posts: 1,198
Default

I am 61 yrs young...this brought back lots of great memories of how my Grandmom and her best friend made their quilts...and all of our family are still using them...thank you ...Naomi :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
New Quilter is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 08:23 AM
  #88  
Super Member
 
SherriB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Quilting somewhere......
Posts: 2,591
Default

Thank you for sharing that with us! Such a treasure to see, for me anyway. That is how my grandmother's quilted many years ago. I remember the wooden quilt frame that hung in my grandmother's living room from the ceiling.

I am in awe of those who still hand cut templates and fabric with scissors. I don't have the skill or patience to do it that way. And if I did, my arthritic hands and elbow would slow me to a crawl. I am very grateful for the modern methods of quilting today. It lets me join in on a wonderful and creative hobby.
SherriB is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 08:31 AM
  #89  
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Elk Ridge, Ut
Posts: 105
Default

Did any of you scroll down and click on the link "Quilts in Women's Lives"? Also very interesting. Thank you for sharing a link to our heritage - and memories of our mothers and grandmothers (and also the men who took part). I'm reminded that it's not what method we use to make our quilts - it's the joy they bring to ourselves and to others and the opportunity to share a this joy.
Joyce29 is offline  
Old 07-30-2011, 08:43 AM
  #90  
Super Member
 
grandma Janice's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,227
Default

that's the way I always did it. I resisted all the new ways until the old fingers started to get arthritis. I still use templates and scissors so I can take advantage of all the small pieces of material. Can't do that with the rotary cutters without wasting material. I do love using the rotary cutters etc. now, especially for big cutting jobs. I still hand quilt.
grandma Janice is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
chergram
Main
27
08-12-2013 07:32 AM
tothenci
Pictures
21
11-27-2012 03:47 PM
tothenci
Pictures
11
11-12-2012 06:58 PM
SouthPStitches
Main
76
10-04-2011 03:47 PM
quiltingsavta
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
5
03-12-2011 07:30 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



FREE Quilting Newsletter