Karen Hansen brought a wonderful quilt to guild this week. She made it using old blocks - cut from this Kansas City Star 1934 pattern, saved in a little candy box. She wanted ideas about how to keep the pattern with the quilt. I told her I had seen pockets stitched to the backs of quilts especially to keep special information with a quilt for safekeeping.
During show and tell, Karen asked all the guild members the same question. One member said to be sure not to put the newspaper clipping directly into the pocket, as the old document could stain the quilt over time. She advised placing it in a plastic bag. Another member wondered if laminating the pattern would work.
One of the things I enjoy about my guild is that I often learn something new. And now I'm sharing it with you.....
Karen does fantastic machine quilting on her regular Bernina machine. I can't wait to see this beautiful quilt hanging at our quilt show in April.
In today's society, it is easy to scan the pattern and print it on fabric ... sew that to the back ... adapt it as a label.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I was going to say the same thing - scan it onto fabric and sew it on the back.
ReplyDeleteI would scan the pattern, print it on muslin and stitch it to the backside of the quilt. The real paper pattern should be kept separate.
ReplyDeleteI had also wondered about that. And now I know!
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful pattern. And great ideas about saving the information with the quilt.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that all the centers are different sizes shapes,or is it the way it is photographed? This could not be English Paper pieced, did they just cut pieces and fit them together? love reading about the finds, unfortunately, have not found anything interesting lately in Calif.
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