A friend of mine brought me a very old quilt she/family found one day last summer. Every hexagon was hand-pieced and had been tied with yarn and a very ugly strange fabric for backing that had become part of the edge of the quilt. I personally have never worked with restoring an old quilt but thought I could handle the task. It sat in its bag for many months. I wasn't sure what the best method would be for quilting it as I didn't want to distract from this amazing pattern but needed to re-inforce many of the seams that were coming apart and repair holes such as this one.
I traced each flower and added a flower swirl through each flower. It was definitely good practice using a ruler! Old quilts are pretty amazing. I am in awe of anyone who hand stitches that many stitches! I almost didn't want to ruin it with my machine quilting! Had to cut off the edges to get rid of the old fabric backing...
What a fun project! Almost makes me want to make a hexagon quilt...almost...maybe someday! ;)
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| The color is off on this...not really this bright! Just off the machine |
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| The back all finished! |
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| Finished!! |
I like this pattern. Restoring old quilts is an ART. I've seen good and bad ones. Your's looks good! The quilting stayed true to the pattern. Not an all over Panto.
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