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Restoring a 1930's Quilt

What do you do with an old quilt top? My step Dad's wife had a quilt top her mother made that she wanted me to create two quilts with for her daughters. The sashing was coming apart and the top needed a good cleaning.  It looked like it had some type of glue on some parts of it. At first I thought I could repair the sashing and divide the top into two as she suggested.  But the sashing was partly machine sewn and hand sewn.  Very strange. So I decide to take it apart instead. After it was apart I soaked the whole thing in Retro Clean for a day.  Man the water was brown when I went to pull it out! I nice cold rinse and I quick toss in the dry on a cool setting. I then Ironed and starched every piece.  After that I trimmed everything even.  The sashing was different sizes.  No wonder it looked weird.  I don't have any pictures of the before quilt top. I had a couple of sashing pieces that were damaged by the glue that I didn't want to put back in the quilt.  Because I

Accuquilt Gone to the Dogs Pattern

Wow it looks like I haven't posted anything new in two years. My life is crazy busy. I work full-time at an awesome company as a Information Analyst and I work part-time creating quilting patterns. Lately I have been writing patterns for our local quilt shop.  The patterns are theirs, I am just creating the final product.  I have also been writing patterns for Accuquilt. I design the patterns, choose the fabric and submit it for consideration.  If they like it then I create the pattern for them. Recently Accuquilt put the pattern and video out on their website.  It is called Gone to the Dogs. You can see the video here on Youtube.  Gone to the dogs video .  You can also find the pattern on the Accuquilt site for free! Pattern . This is a super simple quilt to make.  It is made using Accuquilts amazing Qube dies for the Go! Cutter.  This quilt uses the  GO! Qube Mix & Match 12" Block and the  GO! Qube 12" Companion Set-Classics . You will need the rectangle die