Kayla's Valentine Quilt
A quilt for my granddaughter - twin bed size. You can't really tell from the photo but I used a flannel sheet with pink hearts from the thrift store as the backing. At $1.65 the price was right and it made for a cozy quilt.
Isabelle's Valentine Quilt
And this is for my other granddaughter. I used a red cotton sheet for the backing. Again, the sheet was from the thrift store, in excellent condition and at $1.25 I thought the price was right. Some people say you shouldn't used sheets as backing - they don't sew right, don't wear as long, etc. I have had no problems. My grandmother used flannel sheets as batting, old clothes as the basis for all her quilts and I am still using one of hers.
My Valentine Quilt.
Last year I made a quilt for myself from old valentine hankies. I have it on the bed in the guest bedroom now.
3 comments:
Love the quilts..your grand daughters will be so excited and the quilt you made last year...wow.....well done on all your finishes Cathy, you are on fire.
What a wonderful example of repurposing perfectly good sheets. They're beautiful. The girls are lucky to have these beauties.
lovely quilts! I like the hankies idea and sheets as backing, it looks great!
my favourite quilt is the vintage valentine I've seen in a patchwork magazine, ,it looks like that would take me years to complete!
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