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Posted by Bob & Kathleen on August 28, 2005, 8:36 pm
I have just finished a top made of Civil War reproduction fabric. I
vaguely remember someone on Simply Quilts or maybe a speaker at a guild
meeting talking about how to finish the edges without binding. You layer
the batting, quilt top, then backing (facing the top) and stitch around
3 1/2 sides, then turn it like a pillowcase, hand sew the opening and
THEN quilt. Does anyone know if this type of finishing was used during
the American Civil War era?
Kathleen in TX
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Posted by Mystified One on August 28, 2005, 9:10 pm
I doubt it. Seems the technique was invented to make sewing machines
easier.
For some information on Civil War quilt construction, check this site:
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/2926/Civil_War_Era_Quilts.html
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>I have just finished a top made of Civil War reproduction fabric. I vaguely
>remember someone on Simply Quilts or maybe a speaker at a guild meeting
>talking about how to finish the edges without binding. You layer the
>batting, quilt top, then backing (facing the top) and stitch around 3 1/2
>sides, then turn it like a pillowcase, hand sew the opening and THEN quilt.
>Does anyone know if this type of finishing was used during the American
>Civil War era?
> Kathleen in TX
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Posted by teleflora on August 29, 2005, 3:38 pm
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> http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/2926/Civil_War_Era_Quilts.html
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<sob> how many quilts are getting wet in the Quarter?
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Posted by Cheryl on August 28, 2005, 9:47 pm
I would have tought they would be more likely to use a wrap binding - what
you guys caled a "mock" binding in a post of a few days ago
I will watch for the answer from the experts
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> I have just finished a top made of Civil War reproduction fabric. I
> vaguely remember someone on Simply Quilts or maybe a speaker at a guild
> meeting talking about how to finish the edges without binding. You layer
> the batting, quilt top, then backing (facing the top) and stitch around
> 3 1/2 sides, then turn it like a pillowcase, hand sew the opening and
> THEN quilt. Does anyone know if this type of finishing was used during
> the American Civil War era?
> Kathleen in TX
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Posted by Phyllis Nilsson on August 29, 2005, 12:50 am
I don't know if it was used during the Civil War, but since the sewing
machine was patented in 1846, many would have had them in the 1860s, so
I would think it possible.
Bob & Kathleen wrote:
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> I have just finished a top made of Civil War reproduction fabric. I
> vaguely remember someone on Simply Quilts or maybe a speaker at a guild
> meeting talking about how to finish the edges without binding. You layer
> the batting, quilt top, then backing (facing the top) and stitch around
> 3 1/2 sides, then turn it like a pillowcase, hand sew the opening and
> THEN quilt. Does anyone know if this type of finishing was used during
> the American Civil War era?
>
> Kathleen in TX
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>remember someone on Simply Quilts or maybe a speaker at a guild meeting
>talking about how to finish the edges without binding. You layer the
>batting, quilt top, then backing (facing the top) and stitch around 3 1/2
>sides, then turn it like a pillowcase, hand sew the opening and THEN quilt.
>Does anyone know if this type of finishing was used during the American
>Civil War era?
> Kathleen in TX