I got an old top that looks like it is from the 30s or 40s. The material looks like rayon. I haven't tried a burn test yet. It was hand stitched and some to the stiching is lose or gone so I plan to repair it. My dilemma is should I fix thee orginal mistakes in the quilt? Some of the points don't match and there are puckers in a couple of the seams, that can't be quilted out. If the points were only a bit off I wouldn't care but the are way off.
Also, how do you quilt rayon? I plan on hand quilting it, would it make it more stable to machine quilt it? I have always heard to hand quilt older tops, as machine quilting takes away the value.