Rescuing A Quilt

 A friend brought me the quilt her Grandmother made for her as an infant so it's close to 80 years old and has had good use. Consequently the binding is frayed and the area at the top of the quilt has deteriorated to the point that it really isn't useable. 

                      As you can see some of the damage is extensive and had to be removed. 

                      The binding also was not salvageable, the quilt needed a strong new fabric. 

      I went on a hunt for a pink fabric to replace the binding and was fortunate to find one very close.

Unfortunately I had to remove two of the borders from the top of the quilt the damage was just too bad.

After removing all the old binding I sewed on the new giving this quilt a new life!

                            Below you can see it displayed on my KS bed, looking fresh and new.

                                

              My friend was of course delighted to have Grandmother's quilt in it's restored condition.

                    The quilt below was also a commission, for Erica and Rick's daughter's birthday. 

The request was for black and white squares which can be very stark. 

The black and white theme is softened by the addition of a dark grey, 

retaining the modern concept without the harshness of simple black and white squares.   

Quilted with a the traditional Baptist  Fan design which works well for simple, repetitive block quilts.

This grey, white and pink baby quilt was for a baby girl. Simple 5" blocks using left over fabrics from other projects- adding the applique pink flowers,  flange and bindings make it the simple, modern style so popular now. And, it's super fast, easy and thrifty what's not to like?!