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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I was looking for photos of window quilts (wasn't sure how different they are 
from regular quilt, not being from North).  Anyweay.  I found this Lehman's 
forum, where they tell about making window quilts.  I don't know if it is of 
any use to anyone .......bobf


http://countrylife.lehmans.com/2007/10/10/making-old-time-window-quilts/

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--- On Tue, 10/28/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] I know I can't be a Yankee..
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 7:00 PM
> Hi Keith! I've never made window quilts, so I'm
> making it up as I go 
> along. I know they should be weighted on the bottom so they
> hang against 
> the window frame. I'm not getting very fancy. The front
> is a real quilt 
> because being cheap...er..frugal...I'm using remnants
> I've been 
> collecting from the $.25 table at Goodwill. There are two
> quilts, 5'x 9' 
> each, to cover banks of windows in my enclosed porch. They
> let in lots 
> of warmth on a sunny afternoon, but lots of cold at night.
> 
> I'm thinking of wool batting as insulation, because I
> have lots of it 
> and it's free. I have a table carder, so I can make
> batts pretty easily. 
> Add a cheap sheet on the back and tie the whole thing every
> few inches 
> to hold the wool in place, like an old-fashioned quilt. I
> plan to add 
> rings in the back to thread a rope and pull it up to open
> it.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> 
> keith bellinger wrote:
> > I have a book in one of the dozen unpacked boxes in my
> office, about how 
> > to make window quilts and such. Until I dig it out,
> got any pointers? 
> > You aren't using milkweed fluff are you Lynn?
> > 
> > 
> > Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> >> Today encouraged my to get working on my window
> quilts.
> >>   
> > 
> > 
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