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05-25-2010, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by jljack
Originally Posted by lucky_alf2
I learned recently that a quilt is dated by it's newest fabric/materials, so if you are trying to preserve it's antique-ness then try and find old fabric to match.
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The fabrics in this quilt are most certainly mostly from the 30's, with a few from the early 40s. Most people don't think there were "modern" prints in the 30's, but there really were some quite modern looking fabrics back then.
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05-25-2010, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by hazeljane
I see one fabric that I would put as early 50's, but all the rest look like 30's or 40's. There were lots of very modern fabrics in the 30's and 40's, but there is a black with circles that looks really 50's to my eye. I collect and love mid-mod fabrics. I would say its a quilt made in the early 50's or late late 40's, with earlier fabrics as well. It's beautiful. Quilting it will actually help to preserve it and stabilize it. What a great find!
05-26-2010, 06:23 AM
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That's a beautiful quilt and I would machine quilt it (maybe because I have a long arm). Better done and useable than forever put away.
Maybe this will give you an idea of the time period. I have 120 blocks that were made by my great-grandmother. My grandmother showed them to me a long time ago, they were kept in her hope chest. When I received them after my parents passed away, I opened the bag and there were the pattern pieces cut out of a newspaper called Home and Farm in Arkansas. There was a date in one of the articles of 1936.
Maybe this will give you an idea of the time period. I have 120 blocks that were made by my great-grandmother. My grandmother showed them to me a long time ago, they were kept in her hope chest. When I received them after my parents passed away, I opened the bag and there were the pattern pieces cut out of a newspaper called Home and Farm in Arkansas. There was a date in one of the articles of 1936.
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