Originally Posted by
nycbgirl
I might try this on a very small doll quilt just to test it....but I just cannot see using newspaper or any kind of paper and washing it...
I don't know that the intentions of the pioneer quilters were to wash those quilts. They were made for insulation (especially for the soldiers).The quilts were probably given a good shaking and perhaps hung in the sun and wind to air out. Times have changed. We are a generation obscessed with cleanliness. In those days, priorities were different.
Re: a previous post in this thread,
I remember something from Alex Anderson's show where they showed how the quilters used a whole sheet of newsspaper, started in the middle, and crazy patched it until the whole sheet was covered.