Originally Posted by
quilting cat
I have several of those prints in my stash, and they are not all as old as the 1960's. (I started quilting with the Bicentennial era.) You won't be remiss in using a bonded polyester batting, which is what we used in the 1970's, but W/N would be even nicer. Any 100% cotton in a compatible solid color could be used to bind it; I'd try to match the green.
I agree with this, the mint green with hearts, I remember seeing that on the Concord Fabrics sample folder which is how we picked fabric in the late 70's. I am surprised to learn it was made earlier. Also there are other fabrics I recognize from when I started quilting in 1978.
I cast my vote for hand quilting, but then I am biased in that direction as I have been hand quilting for myself and other for the last 40 years. I have also bound DWR quilts with edges like that, and even once a GFG with tiny hexagons, where the owner wanted the binding to follow the outline of every hex on the edge. NEVER AGAIN!!!!!