Originally Posted by lydia coffman
For another thought....read a article on old quilt tops a while ago and their suggestion was to NOT quilt it, but rather but a back on it, no batting, and bind and hand tie it. The reasoning was that you would have less weight and less tension on the threads that way. I did that with a couple of quilts, using flannel as the backing and it worked well.
Tie it - GREAT IDEA!!! - hadn't thought of that. That would also really fit the era too