My garage sale find
 

I found this full size quilt, hand made at a garage sale for.....$3.00.

HOWEVER thus is the best part of. I don't know that I could even get a twin size out of it, due to the multiple tears/rips& missing parts of it.

I just loved it though & the fact that it was hand made!

But now, what to do with it?
Thoughts? Suggestions?

WOW - that quilt is so lucky to have found you! A lot of work went into making that quilt by hand.

i`d put it behind an old window and put it on my wall

That design, Grandmother's Flower Garden must have been a really popular design way back when. The ones I have of my mom's are that design. It's so neat to see something so old and how it's help up over the years. I agree with putting it behind an old window and hanging it. What a find.

I have an old window frame and a couple old quilts--I am going to do just that with them.
Thank you so much for the idea.

Well that was a good find for $3. I feel so sad when I see hand done quilts in estate sales or auctions knowing no one in the family must've wanted it. (Of course I also feel bad about old photos too). That quilt is lucky to have you rescue it. I'm sure whatever you do with it will be fabulous!

I just finished making a queen size all by hand. Took me almost a year working on it just about every day. Depending on how badly torn it is, you could make it into a table cloth or a jacket. Or you could hang it where the damaged portion does not show.

Oh ladies that's a GREAT idea. I have an old wooden paned window just waiting to be used! This is an Awesome idea!
Thank you all.
I'll post a picture of it when I get it done!

I have seen pillows and cat shaped pillows made from old "Cutter Quilts"

Love Great Garage Sale Finds:) Beyond Excellent Get!

my granddaughter brought an old photo at thrift shop in her home town turned out to be her great great aunt my gfathers sister

She was ready to come home!!

I've seen jackets or vests made out of old quilts, also stuffed animals.

I was going to say Christmas ornaments, cut little trees and things out of it, embellish with beads or whatever, tie with an organza bow and voila!

I'd hate to see this cut up--------do you have anyplace that you could drape it just to be seen?

I'm sleeping under another Grandmother's Flower Garden that's about the same age as yours right now. Mine just has a single row of yellow hexes between the flowers. Yours is the fancy version. Mine is pretty tattered but it's so soft and comfortable that it's also my favorite quilt in the house. I'll retire it after I make a new quilt to fit the bed.
You have a great find there, enjoy it. Textiles don't last forever and there's worse fates for quilts than to be used completely up.
Rodney

Ideas for this lovely quilt:
If you have a large enough table, it would make a great tablecloth. I love the scalloped edges.
If you simply don't have any place to display it and would be willing to part with it, a women's shelter or community senior citizens center or library would Love to display it. I know it would bring a smile to the faces of anyone who sees it. I know it made me smile.

You can cut it down, and use it as a table cloth ( I have had a piece of glass cut to fit my round kitchen table - and I use that on top of special table clothes like old quilts that could not be salvaged as bed quilts).....

beautiful find. lucky you, lucky quilt

If you can find/mend a few good areas make pillows to match.

I have the same pattern except where the white blocks are mine are blue. My grandmother used a blue dress that she had outgrown and being the youngest she could use it for her quilt. She was 13 or 14 at the time. My grandmother died in 1984 at the age of 90 and I have had it ever since. It is over a hundred years old and only has a few places where the stitching has come loose. My mother and I repaired them and it is now just a look at quilt. I'm looking into an acrylic box but need to research if it is a viable option for storing it.

I have a quilt from that pattern made by my grandmother about 1920. It is draped on the back of a chair in our guest bedroom.

I cherish her old works of art.

What a find! I have been piecing hexies for over a year and still have a long way to go to finish my GFG. Sure hope it isn't sold for $3.00 100 years from now.

Many useful suggestions already given you. Again, wonderful find.

Wow! Great find!

You can also make yourself a purse from some of the smaller good areas (areas which are large enough to be a side of the bag). It would be a lovely purse!

I've seen Christmas ornaments made. Also Christmas stockings with old fashioned lace added - corduroy backing.

Don't you just feel bad for handmade items that are just languishing in the corner of a second-hand shop? I always feel like I need to rescue them. I handle them, and examine them & think of all the times & trials they have survived. I think of the hard lives of the women/men/children who worked on these items, or used them & the stories the items could tell.It really makes history come alive for me!

Whoever made that quilt is silently thanking you for rescuing it. $3, the person obviously did not know what a gem it is, even in it's present condition. I'm glad you rescued it, as it's really beautiful, and it was obviously well loved and used.

Hello, I just wanted to tell you I found a picture of a Flower garden's Mennonite quilt from the Shenandoah Valley, very similar to yours; The book’s name: ‘Quilts from two Valleys’ by Phyllis Pellman Good. I’ll try to post the picture from the book.
have a nice time with your quilt!
Patricia

WOW.. Looks like the two twins I was gifted.. We use ours on our bed - one for him and one for me as i he says i steal the covers.. lol...

Great save !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a gem you have found. Thank you for sharing.

OK, being dense here, what do you mean "display it behind an old window/frame"? Do you cut it down to fit the window?

Cut out a portion and frame it. Give other portions framed as gifts, especialy to quilting friends.

I have a wonderful rabbit made from muslin that has a dress made from an old quilt that sits on my guest bed. She always gets great reviews.

Parts could even be used in a paper frame for a greeting card.

The best thing is that you found the quilt, knew it value, and rescued it!