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10-16-2011, 09:14 AM

#41

pippi65

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Lovely find!! I love the depression era fabrics! Great find along with the quilt shop.

10-16-2011, 10:03 AM

#42

littleone

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Great find.

10-16-2011, 11:49 AM

#43

sherian

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Location: Take time for God today

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godd news! How about that!

10-16-2011, 11:53 AM

#44

Luv Quilts and Cats

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Location: New Hampshire

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They are really pretty. Make them into a quilt or wall hanging. The person who began them meant them to be something. Can't help with the washing advice, but I am sure someone can.

10-16-2011, 12:41 PM

#45

damaquilts

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Location: Barnesville GA

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What a great find. I usually soak mine in Oxyclean in a bowl so far not problems. The only thing I have found is there is an awful smell that comes from the old fabric. I never put them in the machine or dryer.

10-16-2011, 02:08 PM

#46

grannypat7925

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Sounds like you had a great day! Aren't days like that a blessing!

10-16-2011, 02:09 PM

#47

plmsmith

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Nice find

10-16-2011, 02:13 PM

#48

luce321

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You are so lucky to have found these. I especially like the butterflies.

10-16-2011, 02:37 PM

#49

Quiltbeagle

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Location: Florida

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Love that old fabric! Please post the finished project.

10-16-2011, 03:08 PM

#50

travelinggramma

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They remind me of my first "quilt".
I was given my grandmothers butterflys that she had cut and started to stitch them to muslim. I follered her buttonhole stitch around each one and put on the antenna. Turned it into a quilt with sashing inbetween blocks. She loved it. And I was hooked~!
Oxy would be my thought and soak in bathtub, drying on white towels.