New Ohio Star Quilt

In my ongoing campaign to use up some of the solids that I have, I
came up with this Ohio Star variation that I am making for a long time
friend. It, along with another one as yet to be produced, will be sent
off to keep the cold at bay during next years winter chilly season for
the wife and husband. It is filled with Harriet Hargrave Wool Batting
and that should chase the winter chills away. Size: 66" square. I
washed this one after construction, for that old timey look, and am
quite pleased with the results. I have done a couple of quilts with
the after construction wash technique, and I must say, it does soften
the look and mates well with a traditional pattern. The sashing is
actually a different color than the points in the star pattern, but it
doesn't show up as well on this picture. Kind of a greyer blue than
the star points. Anyway, Here you have it.
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...00692635hnqHUD

John

Wow! You go, guy!

--Heidi

http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b

In article
,
John wrote:

In my ongoing campaign to use up some of the solids that I have, I
came up with this Ohio Star variation that I am making for a long time
friend. It, along with another one as yet to be produced, will be sent
off to keep the cold at bay during next years winter chilly season for
the wife and husband. It is filled with Harriet Hargrave Wool Batting
and that should chase the winter chills away. Size: 66" square. I
washed this one after construction, for that old timey look, and am
quite pleased with the results. I have done a couple of quilts with
the after construction wash technique, and I must say, it does soften
the look and mates well with a traditional pattern. The sashing is
actually a different color than the points in the star pattern, but it
doesn't show up as well on this picture. Kind of a greyer blue than
the star points. Anyway, Here you have it.
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...00692635hnqHUD

John


A lovely, soft look for this one, John! I'm sure your recipients will
love it. One question about the wool batting: did you machine wash
and dry this? Or did you let it air dry? Oops -- I guess that's really
two questions! G

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

On Mar 17, 8:33*pm, Sandy wrote:
In article
,



*John wrote:
In my ongoing campaign to use up some of the solids that I have, I
came up with this Ohio Star variation that I am making for a long time
friend. It, along with another one as yet to be produced, will be sent
off to keep the cold at bay during next years winter chilly season for
the wife and husband. It is filled with Harriet Hargrave Wool Batting
and that should chase the winter chills away. Size: 66" square. I
washed this one after construction, for that old timey look, and am
quite pleased with the results. I have done a couple of quilts with
the after construction wash technique, and I must say, it does soften
the look and mates well with a traditional pattern. The sashing is
actually a different color than the points in the star pattern, but it
doesn't show up as well on this picture. Kind of a greyer blue than
the star points. Anyway, Here you have it.
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...00692635hnqHUD

John

A lovely, soft look for this one, John! I'm sure your recipients will
love it. One question about the wool batting: did you machine wash
and dry this? Or did you let it air dry? Oops -- I guess that's really
two questions! G

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)http://www.sandymike.net

I was very concerned about the wool batting and did not want to ship
it off to them and then have it shrivel up into an unrecognized mass
the first time they tried to clean it. Nor did I want to insist that
it be dry cleaned. (too expensive), and of questionable value. I did
some checking with the vendor, and they assured me as long as I didn't
exceed 2" it would be fine to cold wash and air dry. So that is what I
did. I think it is called "Washable Bonded Wool Batting", so it must
have something that will hold it together through cold water washes. I
did use delicate cycle for the wash, and I used a large drying rack to
support the quilt while drying. It is now (finish drying), hanging
from the display clip strip in a warm area of the living quarters of
the house, to make sure it is completely dry, before I put it away
until the second one is done. I feel that if you can do 2" or less,
stitching profiles, you can get away with cold water washing and air
drying, and achieve the old timey look without fear of creating a
colorful shop cloth or painting drop cloth. That, at least is how I am
going to do it from here on in. It better work because I have about 18
yarss of king size batting and I would hate to think it was suspect
for most uses.

John

Gorgeous! What a lucky recipient.

Happy quilting,

Lenore


"John" wrote in message
...
In my ongoing campaign to use up some of the solids that I have, I
came up with this Ohio Star variation that I am making for a long time
friend. It, along with another one as yet to be produced, will be sent
off to keep the cold at bay during next years winter chilly season for
the wife and husband. It is filled with Harriet Hargrave Wool Batting
and that should chase the winter chills away. Size: 66" square. I
washed this one after construction, for that old timey look, and am
quite pleased with the results. I have done a couple of quilts with
the after construction wash technique, and I must say, it does soften
the look and mates well with a traditional pattern. The sashing is
actually a different color than the points in the star pattern, but it
doesn't show up as well on this picture. Kind of a greyer blue than
the star points. Anyway, Here you have it.
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...00692635hnqHUD

John

Really like this one, John. (not that I don't the others, but something
really appeals to me here).
..
In message
,
John writes
In my ongoing campaign to use up some of the solids that I have, I
came up with this Ohio Star variation that I am making for a long time
friend. It, along with another one as yet to be produced, will be sent
off to keep the cold at bay during next years winter chilly season for
the wife and husband. It is filled with Harriet Hargrave Wool Batting
and that should chase the winter chills away. Size: 66" square. I
washed this one after construction, for that old timey look, and am
quite pleased with the results. I have done a couple of quilts with
the after construction wash technique, and I must say, it does soften
the look and mates well with a traditional pattern. The sashing is
actually a different color than the points in the star pattern, but it
doesn't show up as well on this picture. Kind of a greyer blue than
the star points. Anyway, Here you have it.
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...00692635hnqHUD

John

--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

In article
,
John wrote:

I was very concerned about the wool batting and did not want to ship
it off to them and then have it shrivel up into an unrecognized mass
the first time they tried to clean it. Nor did I want to insist that
it be dry cleaned. (too expensive), and of questionable value. I did
some checking with the vendor, and they assured me as long as I didn't
exceed 2" it would be fine to cold wash and air dry. So that is what I
did. I think it is called "Washable Bonded Wool Batting", so it must
have something that will hold it together through cold water washes. I
did use delicate cycle for the wash, and I used a large drying rack to
support the quilt while drying. It is now (finish drying), hanging
from the display clip strip in a warm area of the living quarters of
the house, to make sure it is completely dry, before I put it away
until the second one is done. I feel that if you can do 2" or less,
stitching profiles, you can get away with cold water washing and air
drying, and achieve the old timey look without fear of creating a
colorful shop cloth or painting drop cloth. That, at least is how I am
going to do it from here on in. It better work because I have about 18
yarss of king size batting and I would hate to think it was suspect
for most uses.

John


Thanks for the reply, John. I know the wool batts are supposed to be
washable, but I was really most concerned with the drying. I have a
small house and no good spot to get things dry unless they can go in the
dryer. I really love wool batting, but I guess I'll have to rethink
whether I can actually use it for anything other than very small pieces.
:S

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

On Mar 18, 12:58*pm, Sandy wrote:
In article
,



*John wrote:
I was very concerned about the wool batting and did not want to ship
it off to them and then have it shrivel up into an unrecognized mass
the first time they tried to clean it. Nor did I want to insist that
it be dry cleaned. (too expensive), and of questionable value. I did
some checking with the vendor, and they assured me as long as I didn't
exceed 2" it would be fine to cold wash and air dry. So that is what I
did. I think it is called "Washable Bonded Wool Batting", so it must
have something that will hold it together through cold water washes. I
did use delicate cycle for the wash, and I used a large drying rack to
support the quilt while drying. It is now (finish drying), hanging
from the display clip strip in a warm area of the living quarters of
the house, to make sure it is completely dry, before I put it away
until the second one is done. I feel that if you can do 2" or less,
stitching profiles, you can get away with cold water washing and air
drying, and achieve the old timey look without fear of creating a
colorful shop cloth or painting drop cloth. That, at least is how I am
going to do it from here on in. It better work because I have about 18
yarss of king size batting and I would hate to think it was suspect
for most uses.

John

Thanks for the reply, John. I know the wool batts are supposed to be
washable, but I was really most concerned with the drying. I have a
small house and no good spot to get things dry unless they can go in the
dryer. I really love wool batting, but I guess I'll have to rethink
whether I can actually use it for anything other than very small pieces.
:S

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)http://www.sandymike.net

You might try a pole or rod suspended by a rope in the garage as an
alternative. The water will drip on the floor and not be a problem to
clean up on a concrete floor. Actually, the spin cycle of my washer
got enough of the water out of the quilt, that it didn't drip when I
placed it on the drying rack, in the basement. If your garage is like
a lot of the garages I see, (Stuffed to the gills with every extra
that the people that own the house have), then all bets are off.

In article
,
John wrote:

You might try a pole or rod suspended by a rope in the garage as an
alternative. The water will drip on the floor and not be a problem to
clean up on a concrete floor. Actually, the spin cycle of my washer
got enough of the water out of the quilt, that it didn't drip when I
placed it on the drying rack, in the basement. If your garage is like
a lot of the garages I see, (Stuffed to the gills with every extra
that the people that own the house have), then all bets are off.


When did you see my garage??? g We have a small house -- emphasis on
the "small" -- so storage in the garage is our only option. :S

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

Sandy, I know people who have washed and dried wool batts by machine.
I have done some. Will try to get a picture up of a small piece I hand
quilted with wool, but neither the fabric nor batting had been
prewashed (prestamped mini quilt, marking come out with water. G) It
did get "crinkly" and old looking, but that is sort of what I was
going for. I think that if you were really concerned you could soak/
spin the batting, then dry it in the dryer to pre shrink. (I did that
with some small pieces..... the cats had found them, and I decided
that it couldn't hurt at that point. They did shrink some. But I dried
them on the permanent press cycle of the dryer. )

Pati, in Phx

On Mar 18, 9:58*am, Sandy wrote:

Thanks for the reply, John. I know the wool batts are supposed to be
washable, but I was really most concerned with the drying. I have a
small house and no good spot to get things dry unless they can go in the
dryer. I really love wool batting, but I guess I'll have to rethink
whether I can actually use it for anything other than very small pieces.
:S

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)http://www.sandymike.net