My friend, Myra's, grandma.....who made the parachute wedding quilt.....also made this velour quilt. I thought it would be a lot of trouble, but it really wasn't.
It is 68" "square". notice the word square is in quotes. haha
I first used black thread and stitched on each side of all the seams. Grandma had pressed the seams open.....and some things were coming apart....so, first i made sure i stabilized everything.
I did some feathers in the middle...and some lines.
And some ruler work in the squares around that.
And some good old meander in the red and green sections surrounding the middle.
Setting triangles got lines....kind of an inch apart....just eye balled it. need cataract surgery, so the 'eye balling' is off. hahahahaha
and some simple cross hatching in the corner squares. White spots are where I marked with chalk.
The back is a muslin. it looks a bit 'dirty'...but that is because there is a black batting.
And...there is a black batting because the top has several moth holes in it and i tried to hide those.
I matched thread colors....Glide Ruby, Cobalt, Black, Jade, and Highlights Purple. Bobbin was Bottom Line Cream.
I used black for the binding.
All in all....I rather like it.
1 comment:
I'm astonished at how great that looks. You did a marvelous job with a piece that had some issues. I'm sure your friend was grateful to you.
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