A friend of my just came to work on my car. I'm a widow and a empty-nester. It's like 20-something degrees out. I am an apartment-dweller. So they had to work outside. They pull out a sheet of card-board and then this gorgeous ANTIGUE QUILT, and throw it on the ground to work on my car. You should have heard my reaction. My neigbors look out. It was hand pieced and hand quilted by their grandmother. I am quessing anywhere around the 1920's. This idiot is misusing this precious keepsake. My last words to them was have it professionally cleaned and put on a bed or hand it on a wall, but stop misusing it. It was a gorgeous quilt.

You should have ran out with an old rug, a pot of coffee and cookies and traded!!!! Most men will do almost anything for
caffeine and sugared treats.

I see beautiful quilts frequently thrown across windshields during snowy weather here. It really sickens me!! :thumbdown: :thumbdown:

Thanks that will help out in the future. The first peach cobbler that I make for the season, I will have to ditcker with them for that quilt.

So true!...........they would have traded without even blinking an eye..LOL

When my aunt passed away a couple of years ago, my cousins (read male and unmarried) had gone through her house to close it down. They invited my father and I to come over and pick out anything we wanted before a yard sale. To my shock there was a pile of about six quilts so I asked the boys what they were going to do with them. They confirmed that they didn't want them and were going to the sale and that I could have them....I haven't run that fast with anything in a long time.....They went home with me. I did give my mother a couple for her mountain house.

Several I know for sure were made by my grandmother. One was a pink sailboat that my father owns a matching blue sailboat (made in the 50s). I have plans for the pair to be passed on to my two daughters now.

I bet they had no idea what they had. Some very loving men have no clue probably thought it was store bought. Poor things I wish I had seen their face when you yelled :)

I got a real laugh out of your comment Ramona...and your are probably right! lol

that is terrible, you need to rescue the quilt

:lol: :lol: :lol: And those men probably would of thought they got the better end of the deal!

I'd have had a heart attack!!!!

I called him today and shamed him so bad that he decided to have it cleaned and gifted it to me. Since I know what to do with it more than he does. His grandmother made it. I really don't understand men.

The ANTIGUE QUILT has been professionally cleaned and now it belongs to me. I talked my friend into having the quilts cleaned and I paid him the cost for the cleaning. The cleaners' had to clean it in stages. Then, they sent it to a speciality laundry. It took three weeks to clean it. The cleaner's dated it around early 1900's. I'm going to take it to an appraiser, to see if they can dated it for me. I'll try to add pics of it to this thread.

Okay ladies, I finally got pic of the quilt. Let's see if I got the hang of this posting pic.

Wow! How pretty! So glad you saved it from a certain death.

Good for you..I think it's lovely !!

I am always in awe when I see an 'old piece of cloth' that someone lovingly made into a quilt. As a little girl, I watched my Grandmother sew the prettiest things.

You did good rescuing that quilt!

So glad the beautiful quilt has been rescued.

Cherrybsixty,

That quilt is pretty! I like the photo of the entire quilt on the chair. You have a very special quilt. Enjoy!

i know some people tend to become quite (indignant) when they drive down the road and see an old quilt draped over the wood pile= or over the truck load of crap going down the road...but sometimes it is (nicer) to just look away-
once you give the quilt away what happens next is not up to you= you gave it away-
people get mad that they give a quilt and the recipient packs it away for safe keeping- they don't see it being used so they are upset- then others see them being used- the kids having a picnic= making a fort===enjoying their quilt---and again someone is mad...seems to me--non-quilters can not win-what ever they do with THEIR quilts is going to be wrong in some quilter's eyes.

about 9 years ago we were on a roll creating what we considered wonderful (beach-quilts) they were colorful, fun had summer time appliques- made special for picnics and the beach---
on the 4th of july my wonderful 5 year old granddaughter who absolutely loved her beach quilt was just laying it out at the park when some horribly rude-nasty- badge carrying quilt police person actually yanked the quilt up off the ground right out of this little girls hands (i was about 20 feet away carrying stuff toward her)
and felt justified to Yell at this little wide-eyed 5 year old..."WHERE IS YOUR MOTHER? SHE SHOULD BE BEAT FOR SUCH DISRESPECT..."i arrived at this point- reclaimed the quilt- and told the woman off- other people had witnessed the beginning of this drama and had called the police after all a little girl was ASSAULTED on the 4th of july in front of hundreds of people..
my granddaughter ran with her quilt back to the van---and still 9 years later- will not go anywhere in public with her wonderful beach blanket because she is so afraid of the "quilt police"
she uses it for a travel quilt in the car- or at home- but to go to the beach---never again===

when i see a quilt i made being used i am happy---it makes no difference to me if it's on the lawn with tea cups and the dog= if it's on a bed or yes- even if it's covering the wood pile (which is where one i gave one of my brothers years ago lives) they found it useful for what they needed it for- i made it and gave it away- it is no longer up to me

I gave my daughter a hand quilted 1 inch pieced quilt from the 20's.. she used it for her dog in his day time cage/crate.. dog ate a HUGE hole in it ! It was torn along with the hole.. no recovery.

My heart broke that day. the start of a few other mistakes ..

:-(

That is so pretty!! I am so glad you saved it!

That quilt is beautiful. I'm glad you saved it. It cleaned up very nicely also.
Sue

Thank you everyone for their kind thoughts, and I plan on cherishing this quilt more than my own work of craft. I lost my grandmother's hand made work due to my carelessness and I would like to think this will replace it. This was just too gorgeous to settle for it to be misused. As a semi-crafter I know the love that can go into a work of art and almost quessingg at the age of this piece, my heart just couldn't let it continue to be mis used.