Next to Dresden Plate I LOVE the Victorian Crazy Quilt best. I made a BAG NOT A QUILT years ago and used my sewing machine to do the embroidery and it took forever. What a wonderful old quilt you have and it distresses me that it's disintegrating. Does anyone know how it can be salvaged and how to prevent it's disintegration.
When these old quilts were being embroidered it was at a time when there was no TV or radio for entertainment and the men-folks always retired to the drawing room for a smoke and brandy so the women were left to their handwork. The quality of their handwork (and cooking) were their pride and their joy, like their children and their spotlessly clean homes. I read an article about the handiwork of the Victorian women a few years ago and it was very, very interesting. I think I found the info in a book from the library.