@Oakley….Your Inspiration Made Me Do It

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Back around the first of the year, Oakley posted a photo of a project made from an old quilt. I decided to cooy this idea using an old quilt that was made by my great grandmother. It definitely had seen better days and was languishing in a box. Here is the end result.

I plan to give them to family members along with a copy of photos of my GgM and GgF, their dates of birth, death, etc during the holidays.

I also salvaged a few squares, enough for a couple of small pillows and if i get around to it before the holidays I’ll stitch those.

Here was the original quilt and the inspiration photo Oakley posted.

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Oakley

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They are simply gorgeous, quaint, and just darling. Keepers!

You can make a wall hanging with the quilt too. I don't have a picture of the one I did, so here's one I found online to give you a general idea.

This one's a bit more intricate than mine, same pattern but I didn't do double stitching around each block or quilt around each heart. It's real easy.

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OutsidePlaying
Original Author
last year
Oh Oakley, that quilt is so cute! That would be right in DD’s wheelhouse. I’ll show it to her and maybe we can figure out something. I have at least one other quilt I might be able to do something with.

I gave one to my niece for her son’s big boy bedroom. It was in pretty good shape and only needed a couple of repairs. She wanted something vintage and all the quilts her DH inherited were too feminine.
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nekotish
last year
What an amazing idea!
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Oakley
last year
Outside, I had to look up wheelhouse. Does she have a boat by chance? :) Take a look at some of these craft ideas made from old quilts. If my arthritic thumb behaves I might have to do something.

Crafts made with old quilts
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Olychick
last year
Wonderful way to preserve a worn out quilt and honor the stitcher when it might otherwise end up being tossed.
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Oakley
last year
So true, Oly. Most of the time we don't even know who stitched the old quilts we bought here and there. Which reminds me, I'm ready to give my sons a quilt, one from my late mother and one from my late MIL.
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OutsidePlaying
Original Author
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Very true, Oly. While I usually don’t go for much craft activity, this seemed like a good way to do ’something’ to preserve a bit of family history and share it among the family. I ended up with several quilts after my mother died. A couple were in good shape, but as we know, they were well-used back in the days when they were made.
party_music50
last year
Wonderful!
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Bethpen
last year
What a lovely idea!
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mtnrdredux_gw
last year
So sweet!
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Kswl
last year
Wonderful repurpose of that heirloom quilt, Outside!
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Jilly
last year
Beautiful! What treasures. :)
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User
last year
OMG! Beautiful! A true family keepsake! And...I sew...those do NOT look easy to make. YOU ROCKED IT!
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pudgeder
last year
Outside, that will be such a blessing to your family members.

I have several quilts that I treasure, that are also frazzled. I;m going to file this away for a winter project.
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orchidrain
last year
Lovely and what a wonderful idea to share with family members.
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Annie Deighnaugh
last year
Very sweet and thoughtful. Well done!
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jsk
last year
I love this. So thoughtful. I'm sure your family is going to be thrilled to have these keepsakes.
OutsidePlaying
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Thanks for all your kind & sweet comments. They really were not too hard to make. A few suggestions in case anyone wants to tackle a similar project.

1. I found a heart template easily online. My choice of size was based on the quilt I was using and how I was cutting the hearts to make the most of the pattern of the quilt itself. YMMV, but I’m happy to share dimensions if anyone needs it. if you have a good printer you can enlarge or reduce most anything slightly

2. Use good, sharp pinking shears to cut the quilt. The old cotton batting is harder to cut than I expected. Mine had batting that shifted due to washing over the years and was not even by any means.

3. I used embroidery floss and a heavy duty needle to stitch together. Again, the 2 layers of quilt plus batting was difficult to sew through in places.

4. I think the sample photo shows a heart with stuffing. I chose not to do this, but a puffier heart would be cute.

5. Any buttons can be used (or not). I sewed those on prior to sewing the 2 heart halves together. Then attach the ribbon.