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mellytu74
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Cool story for quilters

#1 Post by mellytu74 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:17 pm

For our quilters, a story from Philadelphia:

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainm ... _cool.html

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#2 Post by christie1111 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:32 pm

Thank you for the article.

Gee Bend quilters are quite famous now.

The green part of quilting is true of many traditional quilters.

Of course some describe quilting as cutting up a big piece of fabric into little pieces and then sewing the little pieces into a big piece of fabric.

:-)
"A bed without a quilt is like the sky without stars"

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#3 Post by mellytu74 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:40 pm

My cousin makes purses out of old jeans (all sizes) and sells them at local craft shows and flea markets.

We've given her some material for the lining of the purses. Nothing exceptional.

But some of her neighbors gave her such nice material that she didn't want to use for lining.

She ended up making a couple of child-sized quilts which sold right away.

She'd quilted in the past and had forgotten how much she liked it.

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#4 Post by ksbirchtree » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:41 pm

christie1111 wrote:
Of course some describe quilting as cutting up a big piece of fabric into little pieces and then sewing the little pieces into a big piece of fabric.

:-)
And what's wrong with that?????? That's all the fun!!!

Love the avatar. Working on any interesting fabric quilts?

Thanks for the article, too!

The other Quilting Christy
Live simply.... eat, sleep, quilt!

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