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dem in texas

(2,672 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 11:50 PM Feb 2017

Sharing my quilting project

I saw a quilt done by Jane Brocket on Pintrest, so lovely, I decided to make one. It is made with vintage embroidery cut from tablecloths, dresser scarfs and chair covers. So pretty and so easy. I am almost finished with my first one. I sewed it up making 6 inch blocks. I took it to the quilt shop and had it basted to the batting and backing and I am now hand quilting it. I am going to give it to my granddaughter for a wedding gift. Added benefit; lots of fun going to estate sales, flea markets and antique malls looking for the old linens.

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Sharing my quilting project (Original Post) dem in texas Feb 2017 OP
This is beautiful! CherokeeDem Feb 2017 #1
What an extraordinary treasure for your granddaughter! It's gorgeous. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2017 #2
Spectacular! Lucky grandaughter! cpamomfromtexas Feb 2017 #3
Beautiful... gblady Feb 2017 #4
I inherited some beautifully embroidered pillowcases Warpy Feb 2017 #5
Love it. pamela Feb 2017 #6
really adorable. mopinko Feb 2017 #7
Wow! frogmarch Feb 2017 #8
what a great idea! ginnyinWI Feb 2017 #9
So Simple, but so pretty. dem in texas Feb 2017 #10
I love this idea. badhair77 Aug 2017 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2018 #12
My Next Quilt - Blue Willow Plates dem in texas Aug 2018 #13

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
1. This is beautiful!
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 11:56 PM
Feb 2017

Coming from a quiltmaking family, I really appreciate this gorgeous quilt. My grandmother once made a quilt from embordered handkerchiefs. It was so beautiful.

Lovely work!

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
5. I inherited some beautifully embroidered pillowcases
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 12:18 AM
Feb 2017

I remember when my mother inherited them, they were in beautiful colors.

My mother bleached everything, so now they're white on white.

They're still beautiful.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
9. what a great idea!
Sat Feb 18, 2017, 12:17 PM
Feb 2017

I have some old tablecloths from my mom and grandma which are stained. I could cut them into squares and do this!

dem in texas

(2,672 posts)
10. So Simple, but so pretty.
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:21 PM
Feb 2017

If you are looking for a easy crafting project, this is perfect. I saw it in Jane Brocket's book, "the Gentle Art of Stitching". She tied hers. I was going to tie mine, but since it was for a wedding gift, I wanted to put a little more work into it. I quilted "in the ditch" around each block and then an "X" across each block, corner to corner. Didn't take small stitches, so it went fairly fast.

My sister has made one, too. She just finished the top and she said she is going to tie it after she gets it basted at the quilt shop. I am almost done with mine, few more rows to stitch, then add the binding around the edge. I will photo it again when I am done.

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dem in texas

(2,672 posts)
13. My Next Quilt - Blue Willow Plates
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 06:10 PM
Aug 2018

Got my thrift store shirt quilt top done. Just need to add border strips of natural muslin and medium blue solid. Hope to get the top done this weekend. This was such an easy pattern, took longer to cut than it did to sew.

I had decided that I wanted a blue willow quilt. I took a picture of one my plates and printed it on fabric. I couldn't be more pleased with the results. I decided to lay the blocks out in Diamond pattern. A blue willow plate block edged by a blue on blue print. The alternating block has a 16 patch block using all blue prints, edged in natural muslin.

This project will go fast, the blocks are 10.5 inches and I need 20 plate blocks and 16 patchwork blocks. I have all the fabric cut for the blocks and have all my plate blocks printed. Shouldn't take long to sew up.

Here are my sample blocks.

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