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Old 08-16-2018, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by VickyM View Post
I just read an interesting article on quilt historian Barbara Brackman's blog, Material Culture, where she suggests that quilting very old tops is a bad idea.
http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/...a-5-quilt.html

well, to each his own. She can do as she wishes with her quilts. I have hand quilted many antique tops. I wouldn't have even paid $5 for the one in her post!! Old fabrics are going to disintegrate whether you quilt them or not, if they are unstable to begin with.
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