sewlinzi Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Here is one of my rescue quilts. Got it on ebay from North Carolina. It looked like cheap bras sewn together out of calico and old dresses. I just quilted all over it to ease in the bumps (used Hobbs Polydown), gave it a nice hot wash in lots of Oxy stuff. Impressed myself by making and attaching curved bias binding and now it looks OK! ;)LINZI x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Close-up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Nice rescue!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeAnn Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I think it looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaG Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Nicely done Linzi vg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I think those are feedsacks, Linzi, looks like it from here! Oh course I'm 5 thousand miles away..... You really did a good job, tamed all those D cups, it's really pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyc Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsktsn3cats Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Really pretty Linzi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Aww Linzi, you really made that old quilt shine! Super job hun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jans Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 It turned out great! Thanks for the close up of the quilting. I'm impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmiequilts Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Looks wonderful Linzi, you did a great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Really pretty!!! Thanks for "saving" this and making it into the quilt it wanted to become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollyrw Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 It looks terrific Linzi. I really love DWR's from the 1930's. I may have even bid on that one LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Just how big is this rescue? I've never seen a DWR with ten patches in the arcs like that. Was it machine pieced or by hand? You did a lovely job of quilting it. Did you miter the dips in the binding? or just leave it in folds? Great looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewlinzi Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 This DWR is big enough for a double/queen bed - about 6 foot each way at a guess. I just squished the binding round the inner curves. The Alex Anderson book said to pull the curves until straight and use lots of pins. I just pulled it straightish and didn't use any pins. This isn't a show quilt but I did at least sew the binding on the back by hand. The binding is quite wide because some of the edges had worn away so it just holds everything in. I've got another one but it has been made into a square. I've also got 2 ugly feedsacks. They were bought to practice feathers etc but they tend to be too lumpy to actually do that. The thing is, when they are finished they all look great - really worn and interesting. Lots of non fabric shop stuff - shirts, linens, crimplene etc. The quilt police would never let them out in public! LINZI x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnysnowden Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Linzi You did a wonderful job on that DWR. I have done several family quilts inherited and so forth. The shirting, and all the odd fabrics always look so odd. Then when you quilt them they come to life. I am always amazed how pretty they are. Ginny in Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Linzi, Great job. You really made that quilt shine. Dianne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriasews Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I'm certainly impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebm Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Pretty quilting, lucky quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I love all those old fabrics and it is wonderful to give new life and beauty to an otherwise abondoned piece of someones life. It is like bringing it back from the grave to be loved and cherished. You did a wonderful job and should be very proud. Jeanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbi Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Linzi - great job! I really didn't like the feed sack prints when they came back.... I had to do a baby quilt of them, and all I could think of when looking at them was "old linoleum". Now I spend lots of time collecting them too! You did an awesome job of quilting this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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