Have some that was from the 30's and 40's, perhaps older, that was in my MIL stash, possibly her DM's stash. Most of these are scraps or UFO's.

One of the ladies at the lqs does doll quilts for chairty. today I gave her my quilt blocks my parent gave to me years ago, they are from my handmade dresses left over fabric, from the late 50s early 60s. They will go to good use and were well done.

I've got a 9 yard piece of authenticated 1930 fabric.

Oldest fabric I have purchased is from the late 1970's/early 1980's...it is from a line of fabric by Marti Mitchell and the company "Yours Truly"..very old fashioned looking calico's...I don't have much left, but work a piece into each scrap quilt I make.

Oldest fabric I own is some fabric that is from the 1930's...I have worked with the repro's, but have yet to use this fabric...waiting I guess to have JUST the RIGHT project to use it in....some day...I will know when I see the right pattern!

While my mother was still alive, I sold some 1960s fabrics on eBay. While looking for some more, I found a box that had older fabric. When I questioned her, she said it was from my grandmother and was from the 1940s. I almost sold some, then just couldn't. So, I still have it. I'm so glad that I found this fabric before I inherited the whole stash, as I wouldn't have known its origin.

I have some from the late 80's - that was when the first quilt bug bit me. But, aside from collecting eight or ten yards of fabrics that I liked and buying a couple of books, that's as far as I got.

When I realized that it was so complicated and that I was going to have to buy a much bigger variety of fabrics, I lost interest. I was really into "fast and easy" crafts back then - to have a pretty something-or-other to show for it at the end of the day.

kwendt - I remember Dacron!! My mom was a "beautician" & back in the 50's & 60's, by TX state law, hair dressers had to wear white uniforms and white shoes - they looked like nurses. In the late 50's Dacron was invented and my mom was thrilled that those white uniforms were being made of this new wonder fabric...it was drip dry, non-wrinkle, repelled stains! Wow! She finally didn't have to starch and iron those white uniforms.

I have some I received from my MIL that is probably 50 yrs old. I bought some in Mexico in the early 70's that I still haven't any idea why.

I still have several large pieces of red plaid flannel, several yds of taffeta, cotton shirting, various cotton fabrics & corduroy that came from my grandfathers fabric shop. He died in 1960 and had been retired for several years. I also have 6 yards of silk shantung (sp) and 6 yds silk sari fabric from 1966. Just can't seem to use it up.

I found a piece from my daughters 4th grade pioneer dress I made. She is almost 30.