awesome..I remember quilting like that! It wasn't that long ago!
as for not using fabric from different era's..hello...scrappy quilts used fabric from every era they could!
since it was never finished, it was never considered a quilt. once any vintage top is completed it is a quilt from that era. So even if you had found fabric from the same era as the original fabrics, unless you left it as a top it would never have been a 1980's quilt..it would have become a 2012 quilt just like it has now! So do not beat yourself up over that. I have a circa 1925 quilt top and should I quilt it, it will become a 201? quilt! A quilt is only as old as the LAST thing done to it! With the exception of adding a label of course.
Last edited by jaciqltznok; 12-14-2011 at 02:31 AM.