Originally Posted by
Silver Needle
As for appraisals....My mother in law gave us her dolly quilt made by her grandmother out oh her childhood clothes. Our guild had an appraiser come so we signed up for an appointment. She was able o tell he age of the quilt by the fabrics in it and valued it at $350. The quilt is only 20" square!!!
Oh, that would be fun! I have some quilts my grandmother made. I do know when they were made (mid 1950's), but I'd be interested to see what an appraiser said since the fabrics look more like 30's to me. I never really thought about value on them since to me they are priceless but it would be interesting to see. My grandmother did all her quilts completely by hand and was a much better quilter than I could ever hope to be. Little tiny hand quilting stitches. OMG! I'd be blind after a couple of quilts.