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Old 03-28-2011, 05:50 AM
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catmcclure
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Originally Posted by Anna.425
I jumped on ebay to look for quilt panels and jumped into the handmade quilts page. There was a "vintage" section that I spent sometime looking at. I came across one quilt that I know was not handmade as my mother purchased one for me when I was 8. As I continued to look through the various quilts I realized that many of them were from my childhood and they are labeled vintage. Now that official definition of an antique is 50 years or older. I am 51 and the realization came to me OMG I'm vintage! LOL I have the soul of a 30 year old.
I had the same epiphany when I started seeing items in antique shops that I'd received as wedding presents.
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