I can't keep all of history, and the four 2 by 2 boards with cloth attached are old and dirty. They were connected at the corners and held in place with clamps and the quilt was stretched inside of the square opening and hand stitched to the frame to hold it out and keep everything flat. As she finished quilting a row, she would unclamp the one side and roll the quilt on to the one side so she could reach the next row.
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That's so cool, Larry! It reminds me of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Neat clamps and story to go along with them!
These are good things to keep. Would you believe, I have my grandparent's little wooden threshold to the old house. It was removed when double-glazing was fitted.
One day, I may have it carved into something I can pass down.
Makes a good Marcel Duchamp object d'art, Larry.
Great description of a proper quilting frame!! I have one too and four little stools to balance the quilt frame on. I have these clamps too!! Now a days we do us lots of other clamps to hold it to the boards and even safety pin the top batting and bottom together..years ago they used thumb tacks..I bet if you looked closely at the boards they have hundreds of little holes in them. You can't keep everything..it is just impossible ..so you just keep the memory! :)
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