Old Blocks

Posted by Laura in Chesapeake, VA on August 7, 2009, 7:50 am

My sister found some hand made star blocks among our aunt's belongings
and they need to be put into a quilt. The background is a lightweight
muslin type of fabric and I am wondering if I should sash them or just
sew them together, and then put a couple of borders on the quilt. The
stars appear to be made of feed or flour sacking.

Have been gone for a while, lurking for a few days, I am back and look
forward to your responses.

Laura in Chesapeake, VA

Posted by Louise in Iowa on August 7, 2009, 8:21 am

I'd probably include both sashing and borders, but it's really a personal
decision based on the size of the blocks and how big you want the finished
quilt to be. A friend had some old Dresden plate blocks made from feedsacks,
and she put them together with light yellow borders and sashing, and they
were just beautiful. In her case, she had only four blocks, and she made a
wallhanging from them. Regardless of what you decide, it sounds like a great
project - will you share pictures when you're finished?

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Louise in Iowa
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on August 7, 2009, 11:02 am

Hi Laura,

Whatever you decide, have you considered using material from the same
time period?
I realize that may not be easy, but if it were me I might at least
look into it or give it a try.
(We have a similar dilemma with some tops my grandmother appliqu=E9d
from old bedsheets. We haven't been successful yet, but we haven't
given up either.)

Doc

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Posted by Roberta on August 7, 2009, 12:58 pm

IMO use sashing. Maybe a 30's solid (they used distinctive shades of
pink, yellow, blue and green.) Unless of course the blocks form an
interesting secondary pattern.
Roberta in D

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Posted by Laura in Chesapeake, VA on August 7, 2009, 4:25 pm

Well, I have made my decision. I found some older muslin, nearly the
same cloth value as the blocks were set in. I will probably use a
solid border & binding so that I don't take anything away from the
blocks themselves. I want them to be the focus of the quilt. I will
be using a 1 1/2 inch sashing (finished) with a 4 1/2 inch solid
border. I worked on it today and I have 7 rows of 6 put together.
There were 60 blocks in all, should make a nice quilt when finished.
I will keep you posted.

Laura in Chesapeake, VA

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