I spent some time this week working on repairing a friend’s antique quilt. It’s a slow process as the fabrics are quite fragile. The first step was separating all the layers, one stitch at a time. Thankfully it came apart with no further damage in spite of the batting being stuck in places. The next … Continue reading Antique quilt update
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Antique Quilt — Part Two
Yesterday I managed to get the batting secured between the new layers. To do this, I had to remove all the rotting fabric and secure it with basting spray between two thin (Request weight) battings. That makes this now a five layer work. 1 backing 2 QD Cotton Request batting 3 Antique carded wool 4 … Continue reading Antique Quilt — Part Two
Antique Quilt Re-do
On occasion a customer sends me an antique quilt top to recover. One particular customer sends me antique "carded wool" quilts to have a new top made for. Since it's been a couple years since I did one of these, I'm blogging my journey with this one in the hopes that I'll have a reference … Continue reading Antique Quilt Re-do
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