If you study closely, you can see the hand stitches that were lovingly placed, joining together this lively array of feedsacks and vintage fabrics. The top was purchased by a friend of a friend. She machine washed it (!!) before I received it for quilting. The stitches were strong and the top sturdy enough for a trip through the washer. I carefully pressed it with Magic sizing and squared it up the best that I could. 
Once loaded onto the rails I gently quilted an open, modified clamshell design. The result speaks for itself, I thought that the overall effect was just perfect. The quilt's owner plans to use it for display.
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Oh, if this quilt could only talk!
6 comments:
Oh, what a treasure! And the quilting is spot on.
It is a beauty, and the pattern you quilted respects the past from whence it came.
It is indeed gloriously scrappy and now it is beautifully quilted as well. If only these older quilts could tell us their stories.
Lovely quilt, special to be able to quilt it
a real beauty....
The clamshell motif was wonderful for this beautiful quilt.
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