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Originally Posted by MaryMo
(Post 5381390)
This looks like a utilitarian quilt made from scraps of fabrics and pieces of fabrics from shirts worn in the 1940's to 1960s. It looks very similar to one my great-grandmother made during that time .... just a thought, I'm no expert in this field.
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Recognizing I consider Jan in VA an outstanding contributor and resource to members of this board, I am pleased to say when I saw the blocks I thought 1890 primarily because they strongly reminded me of a quilt I used (and wore out, alas!) as a child. My quilt was probably done by great-grandmother BUT I do have a TATW top of hers that I quilted and some of the fabrics are similar. She appliqued "1906" in very center square of her fabrics.
P.S. As I recall, yes some of the fabric was very thin it faded while I had it on the frame, but it was hard to needle. P.P.S. Some of your blocks look like later seersucker shirt/dress fabrics |
I love the old fabrics but have never learned to "date" them. I do not recoginize them as being any of the 1940 feedsack prints that so many women used in that era. Jan in VA sounds pretty "right on" though. I think she is probably right.
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I agree with late1800 to early 1900s. I own a quilt from that era with some of those similar fabrics.
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Originally Posted by MaryMo
(Post 5381390)
This looks like a utilitarian quilt made from scraps of fabrics and pieces of fabrics from shirts worn in the 1940's to 1960s. It looks very similar to one my great-grandmother made during that time .... just a thought, I'm no expert in this field.
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Thank you for your thoughts, everyone. Now......what do you all think that they might be worth. I don't think that I would ever sell them. But am curious what you all think they would be worth if you were to buy them with the intent to do something special with them.
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