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September 4th, 2015, 12:25 PM
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Old quilt tops
I'm curious to see what others think. I quite often will buy a quilt top if it is reasonably priced and in good shape and it's something I like. At some time in my life I became the main keeper of several tops of questionable origin, maker, time frame, etc. Some were partials, some were complete. I recently donated all my hexagon quilt tops to a wonderful lady who collects, tours and lectures on geometric quilts. She was ecstatic and I found some new space to stash some more . . . well, stash.
While looking through these pieces that I donated, I came upon two tops that I'd completely forgotten about - my memory doesn't even share where I got them. Once is a partially complete periwinkle and the rest of the blocks are there to make a twin size quilt. I have no qualms about finishing that one, quilting it on the long arm.
The second top, however, I have not been able to come totally to grips with how to finish it. It is a postage-stamp quilt of sorts, individual pieces may be 1 1/4 inches square (I'll have to take pictures later and share) and part of them are set on point. It is all hand-pieced and I am guessing the fabrics are probably 40's. I would love to use this quilt but it seems sacrilege to machine quilt and I sure don't have the gumption to hand quilt it. Quilt appraisers say that you date a quilt by the last materials used in it and this definitely isn't a museum piece . . . I know what I want to do with it . . . but . . .
what would YOU do?
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