Birthing Method on Antique Quilts
I was at Houston Quilt Festival last weekend and I was very surprised to see antique quilts that appeared to have been finished using the birthing method. There was one from the 1800's (I think) that was described as having "no binding". When I looked at it closely it looked like they had used the "birthing" method to finish it. I had no idea that quilts were made that way so long ago. The quilt I'm thinking of was also a summer quilt with little or no batting which makes sense for this method of finishing.