Thread: Question about a vintage quilt

Totally unrelated, but I have a foreign-born daughter-in-law who cringes when someone tries to hand her a knife. She says it is bad luck (must be set down between hands).

So Interresting , I just got a quilt my DGM had,she hand pieced it . it was stored in a garage attic, in a plastic bag. I'am not opening till after Christmas ,when I can lay it out on a lg. table its from the 50's or 60's ,, DottieBug

I found this. The pulling through the ring seems to be a "hand" test, to guage the fabric.

https://books.google.com/books?id=3a...20ring&f=false

My mom volunteers at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah and I just called her. She said she's heard of a coin sewn in quilts before and she thinks it's for luck...she's volunteering tomorrow so will ask the historians the significance...but yes, she's familiar with the custom, just does not know the whole story. It wouldn't be a penny carried in the wedding if it was sewn in the wedding quilt because those quilts are made long before a wedding...most were kept in hope chests. But it could have been a later quilt using the wedding penny. Maybe we'll know tomorrow evening.

It is considered good luck. They do not know where the custom originates or much about it, but occasionally, you'll find a coin sewn in the corner of a quilt.