Originally Posted by adirondackgrl76
Oh the Washington Pavement Civil War quilt! I have the pattern for the block in a Fons and Porter quilting magazine. I have been saving scraps of civil war reproduction fabrics to make this quilt. I am not saying this is reproduction quilt as the pattern is a bit different. There are no solid blocks in the quilt from the magazine the blocks are seperated by sashing. The pattern is from the March/April 2004 magazine. There is a whole section on Civil War quilts and history in this magazine. I you may want to look around on some auction sites and see if you can get your hands on this magazine.
Just to point out though, I have that brown material with the white dots on it in my reproduction stash. Again, that does not mean yours are reproduction. Just out of curiosity, is this hand or machine pieced?
Either way, you have a beautiful quilt! One which I intend to have one similar too with my repro stash!
the actual blocks are hand stitched but the sashing s are not.
I am happy with the appraisal.
Had it appraised by someone prior to that that dated it to the 1850's. Second appraisal dated it between 1850-1880.
The fabrics are the real thing.
I have a few cases of old brown fabrics from the 1950's-1960's
in storage that would make an interesting civil war quilt.
The lady I bought them from bought them to do exactly that...4-boxes later and many years sitting in her attic. I'm not sure if she understood you didn't need that much fabric for one quilt. Just thought it cute to have so much for one quilt. Not sure what will be done with them .