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    Old 03-11-2012, 06:33 PM
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    My grandma told me when she was a little girl, that her little brother set a broom on fire, and then ran through the house and caught her grandma's hanging quilting frame on fire.
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    Old 03-11-2012, 06:47 PM
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    Yep, I'd grab them up too...
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    Old 03-11-2012, 07:07 PM
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    Crossing my fingers she still has them in the morning. I found the ad too late to call tonight.
    I have an idea of how I might use one as a sort of canopy/headboard in our spare room...
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    Old 03-11-2012, 08:20 PM
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    Originally Posted by dixie_fried
    Can anyone make heads or tails of these? I'm tempted to call about them because the price is so low, but I can't even identify them!
    http://louisville.craigslist.org/for/2874871714.html

    Thanks for looking and anything you can add.
    I didn't see any uprights for the ends----------maybe they were not shown
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    Old 03-11-2012, 10:14 PM
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    This had to be a hanging quilting frame.....they hung from the ceiling and were ratcheted up to the ceiling when not in use. There's no historical value, probably, as there were hundreds and hundreds of these things all over the US, used as recently as the 1980s that I personally saw in Alabama and Oklahoma.

    If you have chairs with a back that isn't rounded or that have a short ladder back, then you also use those to support the frame instead of hanging it.

    See if you can get it for less; I wouldn't pay even $15 if I could help it.

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    Old 03-11-2012, 10:44 PM
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    It looks like it is just the poles with the leaders attached. But no frame or anything.
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    Old 03-11-2012, 10:45 PM
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    oops! just saw Jan's reply. I wonder how they work?
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    Old 03-12-2012, 05:42 AM
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    Wow, call on them! make sure that they are all there. I don't see the legs in the pictures. I just bought a new one for $130.00. It took about an hour and 2 arguments with the DH to get it assembled, but worth it. Ask if the instructions are included. That is a terific price.
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    Old 03-12-2012, 05:48 AM
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    I hope you are able to get it.
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    Old 03-12-2012, 06:12 AM
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    It looks to me like the kind that you do hand quilting with. It looks like mine when taken down.
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