Quilt same as on Walton’s Show?
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2016
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Oh, now I understand. That's what is commonly called a "cheater' quilt. It comes already quilted and ready to go. All you have to do it put a binding on it. Here's one that I found quickly. You can buy it by the yard at a fabric store or sometimes find them already made and for sale. It's unlikely that you can find more fabric with that print, since it was probably made/for sale at the time of the filming of the show.
Unless you are particularly attached to the quilt, it's probably not worth your time and effort to repair it. I'm speaking of monetary value, not sentimental value.
Bkay
Unless you are particularly attached to the quilt, it's probably not worth your time and effort to repair it. I'm speaking of monetary value, not sentimental value.
Bkay
#13
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
Posts: 6,164
Hooray for posting pictures and I'm joining in on the idea that is simply a mass produced 1970s cheater top for set dressing and not one made by Ellen Walton, or anyone by hand. That we as quilters may not be so excited does not mean that there aren't Walton fans out there who would be just thrilled by the discovery!
The Bicentennial and the 1970s were an interesting period in quilting, it's when I started just before what we now call the "rotary revolution". The Bicentennial and the hippies both had movements about handcrafting in general as well as quilting and embroidery and other such things were also popular.
There was a bit of controversy with the Smithsonian having "American" quilts made in China...
https://worldquilts.quiltstudy.org/a...iancontroversy
Other controversies including designers using quilts to turn them into clothing.
The Bicentennial and the 1970s were an interesting period in quilting, it's when I started just before what we now call the "rotary revolution". The Bicentennial and the hippies both had movements about handcrafting in general as well as quilting and embroidery and other such things were also popular.
There was a bit of controversy with the Smithsonian having "American" quilts made in China...
https://worldquilts.quiltstudy.org/a...iancontroversy
Other controversies including designers using quilts to turn them into clothing.