I love giving new life to old quilts since it feels like I'm somehow honoring the person or people who fashioned them. This one has been hanging in the closet for awhile and I thought it was time to begin. But of course that's the question...how to begin.
It was easy to see the repairs that it needed but it went beyond that. How do I convey that this is something that wasn't cut from the fancy templates we use. How do I highlight that some of the quilt pieces had to be pieced because of not having the correct size available.
I have read over the years that old clothes and other pieces of random fabric were used to make quilts. Not as masterpieces but for practical reasons....to stay warm in bed. I imagine this is what this quilt was originally made for. Some of the fabric was worn thin but it was still incorporated into the quilt. My first instinct is to use it as it is so I will go with my gut and begin the repairs and see how things shape up. However the backing is similar to a heavy gauze fabric. That will be replaced with muslin but I would like use some of the backing somehow but I have no idea how or where to incorporate it.
So the journey begins!
