Sometimes, today's "archivally correct" processes puzzle me, when I see that something has lasted for DECADES in the Eastern part of the USA and is still readable and usable ... I am not sure, but I always have thought the the east part of the USA is humid ... humid in western states means "everything rots" ... but, the East has so many antiques and good stuff that has last historically for HUNDREDS of years!
I don't get it!
But, I am glad that you have the newspaper quilt experience, Tippy <wave>
Originally Posted by Tippy
I have a quilt made by my grandmother and great grandmother with a foundation of newspaper, and I remember clearly my grandmother saving papers and cutting shapes to stitch "strings" to.
some were triangles, some squares. I'm not sure if the paper is still on there or not. but it doesn't rustle at all.