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SIL Marilyn was given a big box and some shoe boxes of fabrics...for me.
Some bandanas that I will wash for napkins when we have bbq.
The shoe boxes have precut squares!! 2 1/2", 3 1/4", and 4" squares.
There's also two sets of blocks...4 patch and 9 patch.

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The big box had some small pieced items, quite a few scraps, the light color plaid is a 1 yard cut, the green just under it is 2 yards.

Very nice! Can't wait to see what you make with them.

Then there's the obligatory box of knit fabrics cut into 2 1/2" squares and looks like 6 1/2" squares. Any takers before this box is trashed?

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chuckles for the knits... you KNOW those will come back in the second you dump them....

What a fun box to look through!!!

What a treat!! I've seen some very pretty quilts made from those double knit fabrics. And you can rest assured that they'll last forever!

That poly stuff just goes on and on and on. It would look great in a charity box at the end of your driveway!

I have a friend that uses the polyester double-knit to make stuffed animals. They are so durable and are given to children in crisis by police officers. Is all of it cut into squares? I'll see her on Tuesday or can call her before then to see if she might want it.

YES! Lisa, it is already cut into squares!! Ask her when you see her Tuesday...it's not going anywhere...

chanlady, I live in a rural area...the neighbors' dogs would have it strewn from one end of the county road to the other, and I would have to pick it up piece by itty bitty piece...

Congratulations on your gift - all nicely sorted and everything Never would have thought to use the double knits for stuffing - great idea. I donated my collections of knit fabrics to a friend's mother several years ago when I thought I would never sew again - the sewing machine also went. Who knew I would get back into it in a different way. One way to get a new machine.

Nice haul! You should have fun with those.

Funny comments about the poly knits. I was half-heartedly moving things around in my cluttered garage yesterday and came across a box of 6" polyester strips I obtained as part of a lot in an auction. I thought I had donated all of it until I found this box lurking! Do I hear psycho music? Eeekk! Eeekk!

MIL had a red/white/blue double knit spread she pieced for her king size bed. When she died, I fully expected her DD to take the spread since she had a dance hall in Matagorda County that she decorated with a lot of patriotic stuff. Nope. She didn't want that heavy thing. I don't know what happened to it. No one wanted it...

My older sister, now no longer with us had a double knit quilt she loved. Said it always kept her warm when nothing else would. Wonder what happened to it? Guess he husband's family probable got it along with everything else when he passed away... Chris

A couple of years ago, we sewed knit squares together and made lap quilts for the nursing home patients. We used a solid back and tied the quilts together.

If you don't find any other takers, I'll take them. We are going to make some lap quilts and shawls to have in the church for people who get cold during the services.

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Meme, how do you make the shawls? That would be a great idea even for nursing homes.

Owie, I answered you on the other thread too. The one I've started is crocheted in a simple pattern. sc, hdc, and dc all the way across with 2 chains to turn. I don't remember how many chains in the beginning (just needs to be a multiple of three plus two for turning), but it is about 16 inches wide. The length is up to you but most of the instructions say 60 inches long and then add a fringe if you want to. I just searched Prayer Shawls on the internet and found several different patterns. You can find both crochet and knit patterns.

Somebody PM me with their address and I'll send these "pretties" on their way.

I went back and measured. They are 2" and 5" blocks.

Well I spoke with my friend and she would not be able to use the squares of the polyester double-knit. They cut the shapes out for the animals, so yardage would be great, but piecing the squares to cut would be too cumbersome.

Hopefully there is someone else just waiting for it!

Thanks for checking Lisa. I have an address to send them to.

Did I not say the minute you gave them up, you'd find they were back in again?

I'm just reading my new copy of Quilter's Newsletter (Aug/Sept 2012). There's an article (Collecting Beauty) about a serious collector and historian who is currently building a quilt collection "made from the polyesters, knits and prints of the 70's before 100% quilting cotton was widely available. That time period has...not been researched...it's new territory for historians and collectors."...

hmmmm...not too sure I'll be collecting those...probably for the younger generation's perusal...

nancyc20 - You are so prophetic!
It would take someone "serious" to collect knits. LOL

I'm not that serious...that's for sure!!! Polly (E) and I parted ways a ways back...

The collectors don't need to be in a hurry to collect them. Those beauties are going to be around and last for generations to come. Although my ex's DM made him a quilt out of wools, worsteds and polyesters and backed it with a blend blanket. He still has it over 30 years later and uses it. It is very, very heavy.

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