The quilt had taken some hard abuse over the years and here is a reminder of what my son's dog had done to it
I was able to salvage the binding from three sides. What was I thinking when I made this honking 1" wide binding?
The outside edge of the binding was very worn. Here you can see holes in the fabric.
Since I was going to cut the new binding only 3" wide it worked out perfect! The worn part was cut away so I could reuse the binding!
The fabric was very limp so I pressed it with some Best Press and that was enough body to help the hand of the fabric. I did have enough left over fabric from when I made this quilt in the late 1990's to replace the binding the dog had ruined with the same fabric! I also had plenty of length as back then I folded the binding corners under and not miter them like I now do. As my Mom would say "that's a good job done!". I thought I had taken a picture of the back, but I only had a close up. I also forgot to measure it. The pasta fabric with the white background was left over from the original backing I had used. The white print is the crib sheet I found at my parent's house. All that zig zag stitching was to hold together a shirt that was coming apart, but I wanted to save it. Yes, the quilting on this quilt would not win any prizes, but I was happy that I could salvage most of the quilt and save my son's memories.
I also made flatbread this weekend from a recipe I saw Martha Stewart make on her baking show. I did change it a bit and added Italian seasoning that Glen of Quiltswissy had sent me and I used Feta Cheese and parmesan cheese instead of onions (yuck), and tomatoes. I didn't want to bake all the dough, so I took the leftover pieces, wrapped them individually in plastic and put them in the refrigerator. I let the dough warm up a bit then rolled and baked it Sunday morning and this morning before work. It baked up just like fresh. It was yummy!
I received an early birthday present from my sister. It is a beautiful olivewood salt box! I will use it to keep my special Himalayan pink salt in.
3 comments:
I am so glad you were able to save that quilt for your son. Special things need to be repaired and saved and cherished! Your mother was right, you did do a good job!
Love that salt box. I brought some olive wood spoons and spatulas back from Italy and Greece when we went, I love them!
I am craving some of that flatbread too! I am doing a 3 day Dr. Oz cleanse right now and everything looks good.......and it is only Monday morning.
What a great job you did salvaging this quilt! Pretty cool that you were able to reuse the binding by cutting it down. Love the salt box!
You are a good Mom!
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