Originally Posted by veryvirginia
A case in point. A friend went to her local dump and found over 40 antique quilts that had been thrown away. Some were in bad shape (can always make pillows out of those good parts, right?!) and some were in beautiful condition. She donated them to a local quilt museum and now we all get to enjoy what someone didn't treasure.
Glad there was a rescue ! seems like any dummy would give the GOOD quilts to someone or Goodwill, or sell to an antique dealer ! Twice I've rescued quilts from roadside trash, I asked the owner, he didn't care, said sure take it ! The other time, no one was home, so we just took it. Cut one down and made a nice throw sz from the good part. The second just needed washing and a little repair, a pretty scrap quilt on my rack today :)