Can anyone read the date on this quilt??
#12
I agree, looks like 1703 but maybe 1903 and one piece of embroidery is missing. Very interesting with the starburst design in the center. The "buttons" are the way wool yarn ties get after washing and use. They make like fuzz buttons. What are you doing about washing it?
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Interesting info about wool yarn/ button......indeed a strange looking quilt, but must have served its purpose at the time...
When was the domestic sewing machine invented? Made practical for many to own? This certainly seems to be made by someone who maybe didn't have the $$$$ to purchase new so did with what was available. That star motif was machine sewn on as were the seams(s) so had to be after invention/mass production of sm....I would think anyway. And, probably used in a colder climate being all that heavy fabric pieces........see it's talking to us!
Wonder if down the road someone will try decipher one of ours.....
When was the domestic sewing machine invented? Made practical for many to own? This certainly seems to be made by someone who maybe didn't have the $$$$ to purchase new so did with what was available. That star motif was machine sewn on as were the seams(s) so had to be after invention/mass production of sm....I would think anyway. And, probably used in a colder climate being all that heavy fabric pieces........see it's talking to us!
Wonder if down the road someone will try decipher one of ours.....
Last edited by Geri B; 08-06-2015 at 07:11 AM.
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Looks like 1903 to me....what an interesting and charming quilt....love the star burst design. We call them waggas here...simple quilts made of old clothes (and often filled with old clothes)...Swaggies and shearers used sacking.
#16
I think this quilt might have been made with samples of men's suit fabrics? Someone in my family used to sell suits and had lots of samples of fabrics. My grandmother would make quilts out of the samples, always tied with red too. This was probably when that fabric was discontinued?
I say this like I really know, but this is an old memory and may be entirely inaccurate.
Dina
I say this like I really know, but this is an old memory and may be entirely inaccurate.
Dina
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Kalama Quilts, peddlers and tailors frequently had sample books to take with them or show to prospective customers. These sample books contained squares of fabric sewed or glued in the books. They enabled the customer to feel the fabric to check the weight and "hand" of the fabric. When the new books came out, people could buy, or were given, the sample books. These pieces from the books were then used in quilts.
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