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Patchwork anyone?

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Ilovecheese Fri 26-Jul-24 19:32:46

I tack my quilts in sections, on the table, spreading one quarter or eighth at a time, starting from the centre, moving outwards. Once the tracking is in the quilt is stable enough to quilt.

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Ilovecheese Fri 26-Jul-24 19:30:33

I think they used to meet up in a larger space and tack the quilts communally.

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watermeadow Fri 26-Jul-24 18:56:42

I sew patchwork by hand, using only recycled materials as far as possible. I find hand-sewing a quiet and peaceful time and take pride in my millions of even little stitches.
Just finished the patchwork for a throw. I haven’t got space anywhere to spread out a bed-sized one for adding the backing and wadding then doing the quilting.
Does anyone know how our peasant ancestors managed to make bed quilts in overcrowded cottages?

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