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Some quilts need a little "face lift" as they get older to help keep them going strong for a lot more years. Others need immediate repair because of the age old
excuse, "my dog ate it." Whatever your quilt needs can be found at Quilted Lovelies. Below is a portfolio of restorations, transformations and repairs
completed over the years. Contact us for a quote if your quilt requires a little (or a lot!) assistance. Quilting and binding services are also available.
excuse, "my dog ate it." Whatever your quilt needs can be found at Quilted Lovelies. Below is a portfolio of restorations, transformations and repairs
completed over the years. Contact us for a quote if your quilt requires a little (or a lot!) assistance. Quilting and binding services are also available.
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Grandmother's Flower Garden
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My grandmother made Flower Garden quilts for all her children when they were freshly married. Each hexagon was hand cut, and no two flowers were the same.
She used up every piece of scrap fabric she could find, and some of the neighbors’ too. Grandmother even made flowers from my grandpa’s old boxer shorts! This
quilt belongs to my aunt whose is a master quilter herself, and was made before I was born.
She used up every piece of scrap fabric she could find, and some of the neighbors’ too. Grandmother even made flowers from my grandpa’s old boxer shorts! This
quilt belongs to my aunt whose is a master quilter herself, and was made before I was born.
| Close-up views of the quilt. It's so frail, that I think it has reached the point of displaying it only on special occasions. |
| Damaged flower |
| One of the boxer shorts flowers. |
| Anew flower pinned and basted over a damaged one, left. Applique complete, right. |
| One of the undamaged flowers. My aunt said the print used to be one of her dresses. I would have loved to have seen it! |
| Ta-da! A "new" quilt. There are 72 flowers, and 12 needed replacing. While I was marking the flowers that needed to be fixed, I noticed the binding needed a lot of TLC too (left). However, Grandmother bound each side of the outer hexagons with its own separate miter. Can you imagine hand sewing the binding to the quilt 1" at a time, then mitering? My mind reeled. Before I fainted completely away, I asked my aunt if she wanted me to replace the binding too. Luckily for my heart, she said no because it would be too hard to match the fabric. What was left of my sanity thanked her. |
| Meet the quilter, my grandmother, Lillian Fields Patton, in 1943. |