I'm needing help with nearly antique quilt
Nearly 50 years ago we received a quilt from an elderly friend (in her late 80's at the time) of the family as a wedding gift, it was totally hand pieced and quilted by her. A year later when visiting with her she handed me a flimsy that she had hand pieced which is an over-sized Queen sized quilt (it drapes over an over sized deep mattress and hangs yet over the bed skirt a bit.
I've carefully stored this flimsy quilt all these years. As you can see it is definitely 50's ~ 60's fabrics which appear in wonderful condition. I'm NOT a hand quilter so will be taking this to my long arm person. I'm perplexed and I'm asking for suggestions from the board membership here.
What batting would you suggest, as it will be on a guest bed for me to admire, but removed and replaced with another quilt when we have company so no one will be sitting on it. I'm leaning towards W/N white, but suggestions please.
Of course I don't have fabric that old as I've only been quilting maybe 10 years should I make bias binding in one color or scrappy from multiple strips, more seams???
I'm totally freaked out with binding this myself as I usually bind my quilts by sewing to the front by machine and hand binding the back. Never dealt with inny-e corners that the four patch pieces that are between the wedding rings are going to require.
I'm considering looking for someone that I could 'hire' to bind the quilt. I've pondered, don't faint here trimming the edges of the quilt to square it up the edges and not have to deal with "what I don't know how", but I really want the scalloped edges.
I've pulled this quilt out, put it back in storage because of my perceived complexity of binding it, off and on for a couple of years. Because it is special to me and I've been told the that the hand stitches are remarkable considering she was nearing 90 years old when it was pieced.... I really, really want to get it finished and out of storage.
I will try and post the pictures here if they are too big I will apologize in advance.
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