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| Aunty's Polyester Quilt |
My aunty has lovingly stored my Babachan's sewing projects. Recently aunty gave me some polyester quilt tops Babachan had constructed. I backed and tied one of the tops for aunty and delivered it to her this week.
I chose a bright warm Minky Cuddle fabric at Fabric Depot to back the polyester quilt top. It was a bit of a challenge to work with the pieced polyester top which does not lay flat and the slippery minky. So I pinned all around, with a pin every couple of inches.
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| Pinning |
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| Pinned |
I hand basted before sewing the top and back together with the sewing machine.
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| Hand basting |
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| Hand basted |
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| All Sewn Together |
Then the top and back were tied together with embroidery floss at the centers of each of the pinwheel blocks.
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| Pinned for tying |
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| Top before tying |
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| Back after tying |
The quilt was laundered and was then ready to use. The colorful quilt and I made the trip back across the ocean to Hawaii and to the north shore of Oahu to aunty.
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| Aunty's Polyester Quilt, Ready to be Delivered |
What a gorgeous quilt! You did a fantastic job finishing it. I hope you have a wonderful time in Hawaii. Aloha!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet story.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job finishing the quilt. You aunty will be proud.
I just found your blog through Sherri Lynn Wood. I loved this post. I think I met you at Stitch Modern earlier this year. Now I have a new blog to read !
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