news paper quilt?
11-06-2009, 06:17 PM
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it is a great experience, Omak, but the best part is my oldest grandson (he's 12 now) has traveled with me since he was 6, and enjoys visiting with his cousins. They do their thing and my sister and I...especially the one who quilts...do our thing!
11-06-2009, 06:23 PM
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LOL, and then some! From newspaper quilts to catalogs to lack of TP...and speaking of outhouses...one of my sisters has a brand-new 'necessary' a nice walk from their family cabin. Catalogs? Probably...they ARE biodegradable!
11-07-2009, 11:39 AM
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Your quilt is beautiful. I love the way you put the blocks together. My mother used newspaper to sew her string quilt blocks on. I use thin muslin or other thin fabric as a base for my string quilts, but 70 years ago when Mother was making her string quilts, any fabric, even worn out sheets was precious.
11-07-2009, 11:39 AM
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Your quilt is beautiful. I love the way you put the blocks together. My mother used newspaper to sew her string quilt blocks on. I use thin muslin or other thin fabric as a base for my string quilts, but 70 years ago when Mother was making her string quilts, any fabric, even worn out sheets was precious.
11-07-2009, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by amma
One tip is to use a dry iron on any paper first if it has ink print on it. It will help set the ink and it won't come off on your fingers....
:roll: rich people's butlers do this to keep their fingers/hands clean while they read it :roll:
:roll: rich people's butlers do this to keep their fingers/hands clean while they read it :roll:
10-06-2013, 05:25 PM
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An "inlaw" gave me a quilt top several months ago that she bought at a garage sale "just because it was different". We have speculated on why the newspaper was on the backside (insulation was one of the guesses); so it is good to finally have the real answer.....thanks the for original post and thanks to my BFF for bringing this post to my attention!!!
10-06-2013, 05:47 PM
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You might check at your local newspaper office. My Mother went on a certain day of the week and got the end of run roles of paper. Her first ones were free, but they got wise and started charging a minimal fee.....still cheap.
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