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Old 02-12-2011, 09:46 AM
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The bag said, "quilt scraps'. The tag said 50 cents. I didn't look inside till I got home. You could have knocked me over with a feather. These 14 blocks are hand pieced. Now what do I do to finish them. Do you ladies think that they are feed sack, from the 40's? I don't know that much about this. I don't know how to go about putting them into aquilt worthy of their workmanship. Please help. I hope the 2 pix show, never did this before.
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Old 02-12-2011, 09:48 AM
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What a treasure!! You could make a very nice quilt with those.
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Lucky You!!!! They do look like 30's to 40's prints. You can look at the tutorials at Missouri Star Quilt Co for ideas to finish em!
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wow what a find
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They aren't necessarily made from feedsacks, but the fabrics look like they are from the 1930's. Feedsacks would have a coarser textures than regular cotton fabrics from that era.

This was intended to be an applique quilt. If I were you, I would learn how to hand applique. Later on you will want to find a good backing fabric, create oversized squares, applique these to the squares, and find either an authentic or repro 1930's fabric for the center circles.

Amazing find!!!
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I would learn how to applique real quick if I were you - this is going to be one beautiful 50 cent quilt!
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The fabrics are kind of grainier than LQS fabric. And not too bright and shiny. If you know what I mean. I can't seem to get my second close-up pix to upload. Some of the fabrics are very dull and lack-luster too.
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Originally Posted by Prism99
They aren't necessarily made from feedsacks, but the fabrics look like they are from the 1930's. Feedsacks would have a coarser textures than regular cotton fabrics from that era.

This was intended to be an applique quilt. If I were you, I would learn how to hand applique. Later on you will want to find a good backing fabric, create oversized squares, applique these to the squares, and find either an authentic or repro 1930's fabric for the center circles.

Amazing find!!!
Ditto. This is a great opportunity to learn hand applique, if you don't already know how. It's very easy and you'll get hooked on it like the rest of us appliquers :)
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WOWZA! Wish I could find something like that! This will make a beautiful quilt!
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Lucky You!!!
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