Blisstree » old quilts http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Using Old Quilts for Filling http://www.blisstree.com/articles/using-old-quilts-for-filling/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/using-old-quilts-for-filling/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:00:15 +0000 Mary Emma Allen http://www.blisstree.com/?p=95730 Post from: Blisstree

Using Old Quilts for Filling

]]> Have you ever wondered what to do with a worn and tattered old quilt?  It’s not worth repairing…there are too many worn and torn pieces.  However, you don’t want to throw it out.  Perhaps you decide to cut it up and convert whatever is usable into pillows, toys, or wall hangings.

Quilts within quilts Image:sxc.hu

Quilts within quilts Image:sxc.hu

Why not use it for the filling of another quilt?  It wouldn’t be a quilt you sell, but one for your own or family use.  The older quilt, even though it isn’t seen, would still have more years doing “undercover work.”

Lisa at her Lisa’s Sew Fun blog, tells about doing this in her post, Behold Old Things Become New. 

How have you used old quilts so that they don’t entirely disappear?

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Using Old Quilts for Filling

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Quilters’ Questions – Can You Identify This Quilt?

]]> I’ve received a number of questions about identifying quilt patterns various quilters have acquired.  I don’t have pictures, but from the descriptions, does anyone have an idea what it might be.  It’s simply fascinating, too, to learn some of the stories surrounding the quilts you own.
Ruthie asked:

Recently i was given a rather strange unfinished quilt. It was made of scraps of fabric, I think mostly of old clothing. The fabric is a real mixture of texture and colors and probably from th depression era. Going through it is a white 2 inch wide curving strip. It continues through each square. I don’t know that it is a pretty quilt, I find it sad but fascinating. Apparently it was from a grandmother that has either died or is in a rest home. It was given away along with others by the family because it isn’t finished or pretty. I have fallen in love with it. I can’t send a picture of it as I don’t know how to put photos on the computer, Does anyone out there have any idea of the name of this sad little quilt? Thank you.

Can you help Ruthie with identifying this quilt?  I’m searching through some of my books but haven’t found it yet.

For more information about identifying quilts, patterns and fabric, check out my page, Resources for Identifying & Dating Quilts & Fabrics

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