Originally Posted by kay carlson
I had a quilt appraised last month. It was made from sugar and flour sacks, no feedsacks. The woman who appraised the quilt put it at circa 1950. If I put new (reproduction) fabric for a repair, the quilt automatically becomes circa 2010. I suggest looking for vintage fabric. Just my humble opinion....
This is good to know. I wanted to find vintage fabric to start with, as the fabric is pretty worn and I didn't want it to look like there were just these glaring new fabrics in it! I'll have to do some checking. Even if I can only find small pieces I would be happy, just so long as I could do each block. I think they are about 5-6in finished.