I have a quilt that my great grandmother hand pieced. She died in 1939 so I know it was done prior to that time. She made the quilt top for my father, but it was never quilted.
After he passed away, I had it hand quilted by the Post Oak Quilters. Daddy also had a quilt top his mother had made. I took it and tacked it together one weekend and gave it back to him for his birthday. Not long ago I brought it over to my house and washed it. Some of the stitches have come out so I plan to take out all of the tacking and repair it, then I will quilt it on my machine. I wouldn't trade either of these quilts for a box of gold.