Would You Have Bought This?
01-13-2011, 06:58 PM
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What exactly do you mean by felting it? When you use it for applique does it ravel if you don't turn it under? It had a tweed look too.
I think I am heading back to the Goodwill tomorrow :-D :-D
I think I am heading back to the Goodwill tomorrow :-D :-D
01-13-2011, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ewecansew
I am in Canada, and the Hudson's Bay Company (oldest company in Canada, I think) was a fur trading company and had wool blankets with stripes on the ends on them. Most were white with red, black, green and blue stripes. Some were red and are considered quite rare and worth quite a bit of money. The red ones only have a black stripe on each end. Worth several hundred dollars.
Edit to add - I checked, it is not a Hudson's Bay blanket, but IS pretty much exactly as you described. It's made by another Canadian company, though - Horn Brothers. Some quick searching tells me that these blankets are often mistaken for HBC blankets because the label on it has a big "HB" on it. lol
01-13-2011, 08:10 PM
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When my oldest daughters left home they left me with a closet full of wool jackets, skirts, slacks, etc. I cut them apart and washed them in batches of the same or nearly the same colors. If they shrunk I ditched them. If they washed well I cut them into blocks and made quilts. They were the warmest, cuddliest quilts you could imagine.
01-13-2011, 08:58 PM
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My Mother has her Grand mothers quilt that was made back in South Wales back in the 1900's. It is very heavy, scrappy quilt. It's innards is made from a wool blanket that was from the shipping yard that was close by. If I remember the story correctly.
01-13-2011, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by deema
Originally Posted by ewecansew
I am in Canada, and the Hudson's Bay Company (oldest company in Canada, I think) was a fur trading company and had wool blankets with stripes on the ends on them. Most were white with red, black, green and blue stripes. Some were red and are considered quite rare and worth quite a bit of money. The red ones only have a black stripe on each end. Worth several hundred dollars.
Edit to add - I checked, it is not a Hudson's Bay blanket, but IS pretty much exactly as you described. It's made by another Canadian company, though - Horn Brothers. Some quick searching tells me that these blankets are often mistaken for HBC blankets because the label on it has a big "HB" on it. lol
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