Helped to refurbish an old quilt for a friend

last month

My friend asked if I would re-quilt an old quilt that she was trying to refurbish for a friend. The quilt was evidently a childhood treasure of a woman whose mother, the quilt's maker, had recently died. Before she died, she had started to repair the quilt, but was unable to finish it. The quilt was incredibly worn for a quilt that was only 20-30 years old. It must have been loved and washed almost to death. It had a very thin batting, and the backing was shredding at all the quilt-in-the-ditch lines. My friend had prepared new backing, and she asked if I would provide the batting and quilting, for a fee. I waited to start until I had bought a glide foot for my longarm, because I knew my regular foot would catch on tears in the quilt top. I chose a flower panto that was quite dense, thinking that it would hold the disintegrating top in place better. It came out a lot better than I thought it would. I would not have spent money to repair that quilt myself, but I guess sentimental value is worth more than money sometimes.

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Comments (5)

KW PNW Z8
last month
Beautiful work loisflan! What a wonderful project to work on - restoration of a beloved quilt. My mom. also a ’Lois’, was a quilter. My most treasured are her earliest creations that she hand quilted. She discovered that what she loved most was creating the designs and coming up with the color schemes. Hand quilting of full sized & queen sized quilts took way too long so she started having her quilts machine quilted. Treasures still but not the same as the hand quilted ones. Mom was a stickler about the corners in all patterns. To this day, my sisters and all of our husbands, examine the corners of any hand made quilt we happen to see. My mom taught us all well! This quilt you repaired appears to have nice crisp corners!
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nannykins
last month
What a lovely quilt, love the colours. and your quilting pattern is excellent

You are a good friend to tackle that project.,it should last many more years.

Theresa
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polardream1954
last month
Wow! You are one brave woman to take that on. It turned out beautifully and I am sure your friend is more than pleased with the results. I have a couple quilts that need tiny repairs from my grandmother and I keep putting them off. They are NOTHING as complicated as that so I guess I just need to do it! The quilting is beautiful.

Sue
msmeow
last month
Great job, Lois! I hope it lasts many more years.
Char
22 days ago
I think it turned out splendid, Lois. I agree with you that a more dense quilting pattern was best to increase longevity. The tears are not visible to me at all in your photo. Nice job!