Wow! What an assignment!
10-19-2011, 06:31 AM
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You might consider giving them back the one with the newspaper so they can gently take them off...tell them they would have to pay you for your time to remove them...then you could start with one of the other quilts. That way, if they want to do something with them they could.
10-19-2011, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by libbiebean
This was a special posting for me. I have a quilt top made by my husband's gr.mother. And it is pieced on newpaper, I found some dated in 1923. Long story short: I DO NOT want to quilt it, but feel I should and give it to my step daughter. Hubby died and I never finished it for him. I just cannot get into it. No one else in the family quilts. Go ahead and quilt it? Just give her the top? Burn it and pretend it never existed? (The last was sarcasm!)
10-19-2011, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Olivia's Grammy
Quilt #2 looks like it could have some Feed Sacks in it, not Flour Sacks. The difference is the texture. Feed Sacks are more course than Flour Sacks.
10-19-2011, 08:23 AM
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I think that adding a border around the old quilts will decrease the value of them. My grandma made a quilt like the one with the newspaper on it. Ask the family to reconsider adding to the quilts and removing the newspaper.
10-19-2011, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by MarthaT
Originally Posted by Olivia's Grammy
Quilt #2 looks like it could have some Feed Sacks in it, not Flour Sacks. The difference is the texture. Feed Sacks are more course than Flour Sacks.
I do have have and sell Feed Sacks. PM me if you are interested in what I have.
10-19-2011, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Peckish
Hmmm I don't know, the dentist might want to consult a quilt historian, these quilts might be more valuable if left in their current state. That is - if that's important to him. He may just want to have them quilted so they can use/display them as family treasures. (If it were me, I'd have them appraised!)
I'd be reading those newspaper bits for hours! lol
I'd be reading those newspaper bits for hours! lol
10-19-2011, 02:26 PM
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wow, beautiful
maybe you can remove the papers and then just sew the papers together for a cool wall hanging and put it in smaller picture frames (like the poster frames)
maybe you can remove the papers and then just sew the papers together for a cool wall hanging and put it in smaller picture frames (like the poster frames)
Originally Posted by MarthaT
On Saturday I was quilting with my mother at a "pioneer settlement" as one of their demonstrations of the way we used to do things. (But we still do it that way!) A local dentist and his wife came along and asked us to finish three of her late mother's quilt tops they had brought with them. They are old! One was foundation pieced on newspaper and some of the newspaper is still attached. We found 1923 and 1925 dates on several of the pieces. I asked her if she really wanted the paper removed and have it quilted, but she insists she does. I'm open to any advice on finishing these quilts. She wants borders added to the other two to make them bed sized. I hand quilt, so that will be in keeping with the time period. Do you think the other two are '30 prints?
10-19-2011, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Wanabee Quiltin
The string quilt top with the newspaper is not rare. I have bought several sets of blocks off eBay and the dated newspaper is still attached. These are all from the 1920's too.
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