How old is the oldest piece of fabric in your stash?

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05-26-2010, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wvdek

I have some (many) original feed sacks and other fabric from the 30's that were my Grams'.

That is sooooo cool!!!!! I envy you that! My Gramdma made me quilt using pieces from dresses that she made & some from clothes I made in high school. I love looking at it & remembering the clothes each piece came from.

05-26-2010, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JJs

I just started my stash after we moved here and then got back into quilting - so after 2004 ... I did have some stuff that I had gotten for grandkid clothes that is cotton and can be used and that's from the 90s...
then a lady gave me a huge stack of one yard pieces and I'm not sure when they are from - maybe 60s/70s, not sure...
I think I'm going to make hst blocks out of that ...

That will be fun! I hope to see a picture when you make it.

05-26-2010, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Melinda in Tulsa

I have knits from the mid 70's!

polyester??? I lived in that stuff & thought I was soooooo fashionable. It sure was easy to sew :-D

05-26-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ForestHobbit

Have my Mom's stash now and there are fabrics from my wee childhood and I am 66. That makes them late 40's.

That is priceless. I'm sure you cherish them.

05-26-2010, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen

I have fabrics in my non quilting fabrics from the early 70s. My oldest quilt fabrics would be around 11 years old.

That's my era! What do you have left?

05-26-2010, 12:47 PM

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*sigh* I can't make myself do that. But I'll dumpster dive next time YOU do!!!

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Originally Posted by Melody

I pitched mine years ago. Out with the old and in with the new! ;-)

05-26-2010, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by quiltilicious

I have 5" squares from fabric my mother was going to use in a quilt but never did - these were leftover scraps from clothing she made for us in the 1960's!

I love that! Talk about atrip down memory lane. Will you make the quilt?

05-26-2010, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ghostrider

Nineteen-fifties, 100% cotton, mostly ginghams and calicos.

Excellent!!! Love to see a picture of those!

05-26-2010, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ctsgjs

I know I have fabric in my stash left over from making clothes when my oldest daughter was really small, and she's 31 now!

Maybe you could use it for a granddaughter? It's never too late, right?

05-26-2010, 12:55 PM

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I have fabrics in my non quilting fabrics from the early 70s. My oldest quilt fabrics would be around 11 years old.

That's my era! What do you have left?

The one fabric I know for sure I still have is a woven poly "fake silk" type fabric. It's a cream color with large pink roses. I still like the fabric even if I never do any thing with it.