Good for you, Rogue Quilter. I applaud your sensible reasoning and purpose.

Have seen few of these fabrics in grandmas quilt so it should be from 1935 to 1980's depending which quilts we're talking about . Nice saves they did on these though!

Nothing I enjoy more than finishing the old quilts (before they are laundered) and enoy them. After they are quilted they can be washed carefully. Then you nice old clean quilts. My family are garage sale people and my brothers are always bringing me tops they have found. I would use 80/20 batting not all cotton.

I suppose it all depends on what the owner values. Is a finished quilt of more value to you? ...or is it of more value to have a museum showpiece. Personally, I would choose finishing it. Then it would have more history to it because another generation valued it enough to finish it. Those are gorgeous quilt tops. The work seems awesome.

Lovely tops! You have real treasures here. Many, many ladies owned sewing machines by the late 1980's and early 1900's, so you could perhaps use a sewing machine on most of them. They will be prettier when quilted and they will not deteriorate as much. Post the history on a label on the back.

What beauties!! I would be so tempted to hand quilt the gfg especially. The other two I could go either way, hand or machine quilting.

What a treasure you have. I'm not an expert on older fabrics, but they look like 30's or before. I would check on Quilter's Cache to try to ID the last block. I think I would try to finish them or find someone who will.

I love the bow tie one! I see some really great fabrics in there...

I would definitely finish all three of them. It would be personal preference as to how you decide to finish them that is hand quilted or machine. They are beautiful quilts and really deserve your attention so that they can be finished.

I would definitely get them quilted.