Originally Posted by Shirlrh
Hello Everyone,
I would appreciate it if you could help me. My DD brought a quilt she purchased some time ago for me to look at. It is hand quilted with appliquéd hankies on it. Each hankie has a hand embroidered signature on it. It is just precious. I had hoped we would find a year but no luck. It does appear to be quite old. It needs to be laundered and I don’t know how we should do that. It is very well constructed. The hankies are very well anchored and none appear to be loose.
Can you please advise me? The quilt is mostly muslin and has a prairie point border. It is approx. 82X89. She wants to sell it but she nor I know how to determine the value. Any suggestions??
Thanks for your help. Shirley
Contact a qualified quilt appraiser to start with, to get an idea of the quilt's value:
http://www.quiltappraisers.org/
Before doing *anything* to clean it, contact a textile curator (you can contact the nearest museum with professional staff to ask for referrals).