Fabric Tuesday/WOW

I helped with our local food pantry's yard sale - and amongst the things there was this:
Yes,  it is a mess - and this is after I washed it once.  But on the other side
 there is a lot of it that is not so bad at all!  It has a lot of interesting fabric. And it has a very interesting border I have not seen before on a Grandmother's Flower Garden.
Now I have to decide if I try to save a quarter of it or just some of the flowers, or if I should save any of it at all.  Some of the flowers seem to have just decinegrate, and the white is thin but holding up somewhat.  I am wondering also if I should salvage this by adding thin fusible interfacing or another layer of muslin.  What would you do.  As for the hexies, I plan to resew some by either ironing a piece of freezer paper to them and then  piecing, or using some of Beth Ferrier's disolvable template material.  What would you do?

9 comments:

  1. What an interesting quilt. I have seen a border like that--on an older quilt in Illinois, many years ago.

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  2. Part of it looks pretty bad, maybe you could make a table runner or placemats or something like that out of it? Was it is a fire or something?

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  3. Well that is certainly interesting...I have absolutely no experience in this sort of thing at all but was wondering if you could sew a muslin backing as well. It is very pretty. I do like the border. Wonderful find.

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  4. Great find...Hope you are able to save it... Have you used the disappearing sheets? If so, how did you like them???

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  5. Look at all the work in that! I wonder if you could save parts of it somehow.
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  6. Olá,eu uso nas minhas uma entretela fina e de colar,e depois um forro barato,e só então o definitivo.Uma judiação o que deixaram acontecer,isso é um trabalho árduo.Dá para aproveitar muito,é só muita paciência.Boa sorte .

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  7. I don't mind having old things with holes. If you can't save enough to use, maybe save some pieces to frame.

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  8. This is so charming, it's instantly attractive and one of those must have quilts.

    I would try to save the flowers and then re-make the background. But if they are really beyond saving, maybe try to get a table runner out of it, it would be such a pity to lose it all.

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  9. Yup - when I finally get caught up on your blog I find that you have indeed taken up quite the hexie project. I have never tried to repair an old quilt...it looks like just the edge and dirty area is damaged and mabye a little more on that "black" flower. If the white looks like it might hold I would try to repair what's missing or cut it off and add a new border treatment on that side. I also liked the suggestion of framing part of it.

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