Thanks for all your tips! As far as the fabric stash that I found (probably was my grandmother's, & she was born early 1890s), I washed it all up, and hope to incorporate pieces into wall hangings for family members. I also found a small tocacco tin stuffed full of newspaper patterns for doll clothes!! One paper had the date of 1899 on it, and a few were in german. I sure wish I new the history of those patterns...