Need help and or advise on finishing someone else's top..
07-13-2011, 10:38 AM
#71
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You could add kind of wide borders and then cut them a little wonky to square it up, and it would draw the eye from the wonky blocks to the border, and would maybe look intentional. So sorry for your loss, and I am sure, no matter how you finish it up, your daughter is going to love it. Good luck with it, I hope it isn't too much of an emotional trial to finish up.
07-13-2011, 12:06 PM
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I wouldn't change a thing except to use the advice of others about putting on a border and squaring it up. I helped a group of ladies learn to quilt a few years back. When it came to the quilting (by hand) one of the elderly ladies who had been a wonderful quilter in her younger days, was embarassed because her quilting was uneven, wobbly and the stitches were long. She called them "toe-hook" stitches. She said that I would probably want to remove her stitches later before giving it to the wounded Marine it was made for. I could never have removed her stitches; they made the quilt all the more meaningful and I let that Marine know how special it was.
07-13-2011, 12:29 PM
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I agree with QuiltnCowgirl, the quilt is a treasure just as it is. Would love to see the completed quilt....
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Originally Posted by QuiltnCowgirl
You know - I found a quilt top that my mom "pieced" in her rough, zig zag stitch method. I am going to do nothing more that add borders, backing & bind it as is. It was handled & touched by her in her own way. I can't & shouldn't change that. It is a part of her; the history she left behind.
I think your Aunt's quilt top will be just fine finished as is. Like you say - every stitch was an effort for her, but I'm betting that it was an effort made with love & determination during a rough time in her life. It deserves to be finished, cherished and loved in memory of your Aunt.
I think your Aunt's quilt top will be just fine finished as is. Like you say - every stitch was an effort for her, but I'm betting that it was an effort made with love & determination during a rough time in her life. It deserves to be finished, cherished and loved in memory of your Aunt.
07-13-2011, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltnCowgirl
You know - I found a quilt top that my mom "pieced" in her rough, zig zag stitch method. I am going to do nothing more that add borders, backing & bind it as is. It was handled & touched by her in her own way. I can't & shouldn't change that. It is a part of her; the history she left behind.
07-13-2011, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by wolfkitty
Originally Posted by amma
Put a wider border on it, and then square up the whole top... that way you can leave her portion as is, and still have a square up top :D:D:D
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