I found a double sized wedding ring quilt, hand sewn in a thrift shop near me. It happened to be half off day, and I got it for $2.50! I was so thrilled. It is in pretty good shape, we (gently) use it! I do need to re tuck some seams though! the background is white, it is very pretty.

One time I found one in the back of a pick up truck. I gave them a blanket in exchange for it and I love it. These are turtles and reminds me of my MIL who loved and collected them.

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what are the odds that you'd have something to trade?! And why in the world would this cuteness have been in the *back* of their truck?! wow . .

good for you!! it is cute!

I found an old quilt at a thrift store years ago that was frayed and tattered but was interesting to me. I took it to a quilt guild meeting where we had a member who was a quilt appraiser. She told me that it dated from the 1850's and in its current condition it was valued at about $750.00! I sold it several years ago for that amount to help pay for my long arm machine.

One never knows the story as to why things end up at Goodwill. Great save. I received a beautiful Bible from my son one Christmas. He had found it at the Goodwill and felt it just didn't belong there. Interestingly, it had so many notations and intensely underlined passages that we made up a story of who might have owned it and what may have been going on in her life. So keep rescuing, whether it be quilts or Bibles!

When we were buying and selling antique quilts I picked up several that were tied, that I then hand quilted. Also many tops that I finished with hand quilting.
There was also one with "Big Stitch" quilting that I wanted to undo and re-quilt by hand. Well, what I quickly found out was that every other stitch was a back stitch!! Not so easy to undo, but I got it done!

it prob was a donated kids hospital quilt at one time, and didn't mean that much to the patient. or maybe the child later passed away. good rescue. and no, i have never ran into any good deals on quilts.

I have never been able to find anything quilting related let alone a quilt at any of my local thrift stores.I would love to find something like this and would make it into doll size quilts for a charity Christmas party that one of our lqs sponsors every year. Some little girls would love to receive a doll quilt made from recycled quilts.

I found 4 quilt tops at a local thrift store and asked if I could take them home, finish them and re-donate them. They wanted me to pay for them, but I said I couldn't do that. I would be adding batting and backing and lots of work. So they let me take them home. In a few months I had them back at the store. The tops were all new, but not fancy. Just 6 in. squares sewn together. But I hope they keep someone warm.
Another quilt top I found another time was very poorly sewn. Also 6 in. squares, but I just wanted to go to the poor lady's house and fix the tension on her machine. I had to take out whole rows and resew. I should have taken the entire thing apart. An Amish friend ended up putting the ties on it and remarked how poorly it was sewn. She hadn't seen it before I "fixed" it. It was then donated.
I think a lot of these quilts you find at thrift stores, especially the unfinished ones, were donated after the maker passed away before finishing them. The family doesn't want to/doesn't know to finish them.

The giraffe fabric was just recently in the bargain section at Joann's. So this quilt was made fairly recently........
Glad you rescued it.