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My 2nd place machine quilted quilt

Well it has been a busy April. Our quilt show is over and it was a success. Anytime you can raise money for a good cause, it is always a success. I entered one quilt to be judged and I won a ribbon. I was proud of this one because I free motion quilted it by myself on my machine. Anyone who knows me knows I am a hand quilter at heart but sometimes  I will machine quilt and this one pushed my limits.

Older quilt with embroidery, some stitches are missing

One of the pillowcases, isn't the embroidery pretty

The other weekend I helped to empty my hubby's aunt's house. I brought lots of goodies home with me including a 1918 Singer Sphynx treadle sewing machine(that needs some TLC),household goodies and several  large tubs of yarn. I also saved some older embroider pillowcases.I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them but after washing them and finding one pair shredded because of age and idea came to me. I have this older quilt, that I was given by my mother,it was sandwiched between two pieces of more modern fabrics to make it usable. I removed the outer fabrics to find this treasure but the binding was ragged  and I wanted to repair the it and didn't have similar fabric to use.The older pillowcases I got are just about the same fabric so I cut two of the better ones up  to make binding. Don't scream and yell at me, I saved the embroidered part to make a small doily or something. I could have gotten enough out of one pillow case but it was really yellow in spots so it took two cases to do the binding. Very please at  least now I can display the quilt and enjoy looking at it.

Yesterday was cleaning day in my sewing room. I have been just dumping things into it and I was barely able to enter the room. So today I am stepping back into my two mystery quilts that I am teaching at the guilds I belong to.
Well got things to do and the girls are coming over this afternoon to knit so the morning is going to go by fast! Have a great day!!