Old wool batting
06-11-2011, 07:41 AM
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Well, that's what I would really like to do but I don't have the time right now (we're getting ready to move)--and I have to admit to myself that I haven't found the time for the last 30 years, even when it's been available!
Thank you for responding to my query.
Thank you for responding to my query.
06-11-2011, 05:03 PM
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If you just want to know the value of them, I would think you could take a picture of them (showing their condition) and include the size and potential age, then contact the St. Peter mill by email and ask if they could give you a value. This way they could see the pieces of batting and may even recognize them. It would be worth a try.
Originally Posted by RuthCars
My mother saved two wool batts from the 1940s that were in the tied quilts we had on our beds as kids. I, in turn, saved them all these years but never used them. They're about 87x62 inches. I believe they were purchased from the St. Peter (MN) woolen mill, at least that's where my mother would send them to be recarded occasionally.
I'm hoping that someone on this message board will advise me about their value. Besides their sentimental value to me, do these batts have any commercial value if I were to try to sell them?
I'm hoping that someone on this message board will advise me about their value. Besides their sentimental value to me, do these batts have any commercial value if I were to try to sell them?
06-13-2011, 04:33 AM
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Wool batting is wool sheered from sheep once a year. Then it must be taken care of in cleaning it. I`m sure there will be some one on this board that raises sheep. I use raise them, but only sold the wool. As a child I carted wool. You take clean new wool and put it between 2 wood squares (about 12" sq. )These boards have a handle on one side and many little spikes (nails) on the other. Then you pull the wool thru these nails many times till it is soft, fluffy and has no lumps. These blankets are so warm that the army issued them to their men in war. I have one my Dad used for hunting in winter, and one fluffy one that is new for at home when the lights go off in winter!
06-13-2011, 08:01 PM
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Wool can be used over and over. I just bought some cleaned wool from a shop in Langlois, Oregon and they say it can be reused indefinately. If it gets lumpy it can be re-carded, it can be washed. If it has been taken out of a quilt, put it in another one.
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