Sewing Sunday
28 Nov 2021 09:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ursulas_alcoveI am back to working on recovering the old psychedelic quilt. It is possible my husband's mother made it. It is also possible that she bought it from a quilting friend for him. I'm guessing mid-sixties for a time frame. The fabric is cotton. The batting is synthetic. The acrylic yarn ties held two pieces of fabric together with blanket stitched edges. It is so shredded. I think we used it to cover the conures when the power went out one winter. That is another story for another day. Conures love to chew on things so additional holes were created.
The Stash
Holes had to be tacked down first. The acrylic ties get removed only when patches are added to that spot. This is not a project I want to re-pin. I am doing it kind of like the Japanese Boro style by adding patches and reinforcing. Where the batting is totally gone, I have added acrylic felt patches on the reverse side. Right now, this project has become a fabric stash reduction project. I am reclaiming space in my attic, one scrap of fabric at a time. I am hand stitching because I don't think the quilt could stand up to a sewing machine, too much stress. Some of the blocks I have machine stitched.
The Start
The present
There is a lot of green fabric going into this quilt. Here's this week's pinnings:
If I had the time to work on it every day, I estimate it would take 20 weeks to complete the top side. I don't have that kind of time nor do I have AC to even want to touch it in summer. However, since it has gotten a bit chilly, I am spending more time on it. I still haven't figured out what fabric to use on the back side. I'm not anxious to tear apart the cupboards just right now. I have loose scraps in a laundry basket which is brimming with fabric. Once I get that down to a small roar, then I'll consider the backside.
The Stash
Holes had to be tacked down first. The acrylic ties get removed only when patches are added to that spot. This is not a project I want to re-pin. I am doing it kind of like the Japanese Boro style by adding patches and reinforcing. Where the batting is totally gone, I have added acrylic felt patches on the reverse side. Right now, this project has become a fabric stash reduction project. I am reclaiming space in my attic, one scrap of fabric at a time. I am hand stitching because I don't think the quilt could stand up to a sewing machine, too much stress. Some of the blocks I have machine stitched.
The Start
The present
There is a lot of green fabric going into this quilt. Here's this week's pinnings:
If I had the time to work on it every day, I estimate it would take 20 weeks to complete the top side. I don't have that kind of time nor do I have AC to even want to touch it in summer. However, since it has gotten a bit chilly, I am spending more time on it. I still haven't figured out what fabric to use on the back side. I'm not anxious to tear apart the cupboards just right now. I have loose scraps in a laundry basket which is brimming with fabric. Once I get that down to a small roar, then I'll consider the backside.
