Can anyone read the date on this quilt??
 

This is a quilt my daughter picked up from a free shop in her town. Looks to be made from wool or old clothes??

Looks like 1703. By the looks of the date and how many used to date long ago. Maybe March of 1917. Or too old? Or maybe it's March 17. Maybe some one's birthdate. Any other dates any where else that may have been camouflaged? My neighbor often labels along (not on) the binding in the same color thread. My sister-in-law was looking for label on one of her quilts. It was a Dresden and the label was in a shade darker on a blade near the binding. Just ideas where you may find another clue.

It sure is hard to read. It may not be a date at all. Can you see what the batting is? That might provide a clue. How about the fiber content of the fabrics? Is it tied? That pink plaid looks like a patch to me. That embellishment certain is unique!

This is certainly an interesting quilt.

I think it is 1903. It was hard to make the nine. I have 2 that my DH Mother made many years ago out of woolen clothes. And they used them. I found them in the garage of her daughter with the dogs laying on them. I grabbed them and took them home and washed them. They are mine now.LOL

It looks like 1903 to me.

Not sure, batting looks like cotton, like old fashion type?? The quilt looks tied with wool but almost to look like old fashion buttons?

The fabric is dated - and looks similar to a quilt made by my grandmother dating back to the early 1900's, - I'd guess it to be 1903 also - using wool from old clothing - and tieing was very much used back then - actually I think the only way anything was quilted then, except for hand stitched quilts.

My grandmother made dozens of these from men's suiting wools. No clue where she got the fabric from as grandpa didn't wear suits. Usually tied with red like yours. This was during the 50's and 60's when they had dozens of foster kids and someone always needed a blanket or two. The pink plaid looks like house dress material from those decades.

these were called farmhand quilts, meant for heavy wear and tear and were not hand quilted. She sewed them on her Singer treadle.

Thanks everyone, very useful information. I appreciate all help I can get on it. It's well tattered but well loved I guess. It is an interesting piece.

The wool looks like turn of the century, the 1900s.