# Question for quilting Dopers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-quilting-dopers/417749>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 1, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-quilting-dopers/417749 "2007-09-01T20:58:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-quilting-dopers/417749/21 "2007-09-04T02:13:56Z")

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I’m vindicated. Curves are evil. I’ll bet it’s a pretty quilt though. Is there a picture? I’ve seen spool quilts but not spinning spools.

The sampler top’s done except for borders. It only measures 56 x 40. Good size for a baby quilt but the fabric isn’t right. [Here’s a photo](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/AuntiePam/sampler.jpg) of part of it. I like the sashing and will probably do that again.

I’ll put the same sashing around the edges, but the quilt’s still gonna need a big border to get it to a usable size. Any iideas would be appreciated – or photos of quilts you guys made that have wide borders.

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**Author:** ![PandaMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PandaMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaMom)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-quilting-dopers/417749/22 "2007-09-04T02:31:01Z")

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I should take a picture of it! Maybe I’ll have my son do that, and I will send it. Your quilt is very pretty! You are very good! I have seen other threads (no pun intended!! 😃 ) where you included pictures.

As for your smaller quilt. Why not finish it and give it to a nursing home for a lap quilt for a patient in a wheel chair??

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-quilting-dopers/417749/23 "2007-09-04T03:26:30Z")

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[QUOTE=PandaMom]  
As for your smaller quilt. Why not finish it and give it to a nursing home for a lap quilt for a patient in a wheel chair??  
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What a good idea!

And yes please, ask your son to do a photo. I googled “spinning spools”, and there are some spinning spools books and clubs, but I didn’t find a photo of a spinning spools quilt – not one with curves anyway. Looks like everybody’s being lazy with the spools quilts. Can’t blame them!

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