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Welcome from Georgia

hi everybody!
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Welcome to the board and congratulations on having choices about old quilts. If you want to keep and display them intact, strategic folding can often conceal the bad places, but you probably need to do a little more research on cleaning and restoration before you make a decison. How fortunate you are. I would give a lot to have even one of the quilts my grandmother made.

Hi John and welcome from NE Ohio.

since they are quilts, and you are asking quilters, most of us will say there is value there. i have 3 that my grandmother handpieced and no way would i give them up, altho' my mom wanted to throw them away. i have plans to re-batt them and use them as intermediate level quilting practice. then they will be put to work keeping g'kids warm, as soon as i have some. even falling apart, my kids loved them!
oh, how rude of me! welcome from philly!! :oops:

Welcome from Ireland

Haven't read through all the posts but another idea if not already mentioned and you are interested in the memory is to cut out the good/fairly good parts and frame behind glass making sure fabric doesn't touch glass. Everytime you look at it you'll think of grandma. that' a nice way to remember her.

fabric_lover

I used an old quilt from my grandmothers farm and made a tree skirt and Christmas Stockings from what was usable on it.

Hi John, welcome from northern California! I hope you can find some way to use at least parts of the old quilts. I like the idea of framing some of the blocks.

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Originally Posted by rock0sock0

Looks like a lively site; great!
I've inherited a lot of quilts from my grandmother and some are definitely worth keeping but a few were made in the 30's during the depression. She used her kids old shirts to make some and some of that material is still ok while the rest has practically dissolved, leaving something that really can't be used anymore.
What's a reasonable outcome for old quilts like this? Burn it like an old flag that's served its purpose or what?
Thanks for any insight, been hanging on to these for a decade now.
John

By all means, I would try to find a way to at least preserve the remainders by either finding a good area that you can cut and bind of it and put it in a sealed frame for a wall display.... also, I have a friend who did "teddy bears" from them with the moveable joints, and she gave the bears to the grand kids ( also, do label with the info you know)... I have seen some great blocks framed on display at some quilt shops in our area....