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Old 03-01-2011, 08:35 AM
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Jan in VA
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Originally Posted by cuppi duke
I went to a guild meeting and someone was showing their quilts (whole cloth) that they made and were so proud of. One member kept insisting they weren't real quilts. It caused such an uproar I never went back
They were called quilts in 1876 in Texas when one of our family wholecloth quilts won a premium in the state fair at Waco. And I have the microfilmed copy of the newspaper to prove it. Gee whiz, who died and appointed her chief standard maker? :?

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