a grandmother quilt

A friend from church gave me a quilt to FIX. One that her grandmother had made and now it had become really worn and wanted me to fix it, it wasn’t in too bad shape actually, the quilting was pretty much gone though, so it was easy to take the 3 layers apart.

 

 

 

The white floral fabric is VERY thin and delicate. It also had lots of seams that had come undone, so I sewed those by hand.

It seemed like the outer row was very skewed and maybe added later or measured off, it wasn’t lying flat, maybe just from time and stretching and pulling?

I ordered a light blue solid fabric for the backing and binding, it needed 8 yrs, this thing is HUGE, it’s about 92” by 78”

I told her that an allover design would help keep everything together better, instead of straight lines (stitch in the ditch) and I didn’t want to go on top of the seams too much.

I did the best I could and tried not to have any folds, I think I only got a few near the edges.

 

I added a chunky binding to match what was there before and also because the quilt was not straight or square anymore, so it covered up the unevenness.

I do think it turned out fine, at least now it’s usable again 🙂

Have a look at more Accuquilt GO! BIG blog hop fun today – it’s the last day!

Monday Feb. 23^rd: Bea Lee – http://www.beaquilter.com/

GO! Big Snails Trail – 12” Finished

Tuesday Feb. 24^th – Haley Pierson Cox – The Zen of Making – http://www.thezenofmaking.com/

GO! Big Circle – 4”, 6”, 7”, 8”

Wednesday Feb. 25^th – Lee Monroe – http://www.maychappell.com/

GO! Big Double Wedding Ring – 12 ½” Finished

Thursday Feb. 26^th – Angela Pingel – Cut To Pieces – http://cuttopieces.blogspot.com/

GO! Big Churn Dash – 12” Finished

Friday Feb. 27^th – Jodi Nelson – Pleasant Home – http://www.pleasant-home.com/

GO! Big Square – 10” (9 ½” Finished)

Saturday Feb. 28^th – Connie Campbell – Free Motion by the River – http://www.conniekresin.com/

GO! Big Snails Trail – 12” Finished

Sunday March 1^st – Sherri McConnell – A Quilting Life – http://www.aquiltinglife.com/

GO! Big Churn Dash – 12” Finished

Monday March 2^nd – Belinda Karls-Nace – Blue Ribbon Designs – http://blueribbondesigns.blogspot.com/

GO! Big Square – 10” (9 ½” Finished)

Tuesday March 3^rd – Karen Way – Sew Many Ways – http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/

GO! Big Double Wedding Ring – 12 ½” Finished

Wednesday March 4^th – Elizabeth Evans – Simple Simon and Co. – http://www.simplesimonandco.com/

GO! Big Churn Dash – 12” Finished

And if you want to read a little bio about the designers, look here