300 Years of Red and White Quilts

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03-27-2011, 05:48 PM

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malega

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That is absolutely beautiful pictures.the quilts are so very gorgeous.thanks for sharing.

03-27-2011, 06:03 PM

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grandma Janice

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an awesome display and an unusual lady to have collected that many quilts of one kind. Thanks for sharing, most of us would not get to see this.

03-27-2011, 06:12 PM

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4girlsmimi

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Wow! Bet they were breathtaking! Beautiful bunch of quilts! Thanks for sharing these with all of us.

03-27-2011, 06:28 PM

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rahaube

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Thank you so much for sharing these with us. they are so beautiful.
It makes me dizzy just looking at the pictures. they are awesome.

03-27-2011, 06:39 PM

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chickadee_42us

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goodness

03-27-2011, 06:48 PM

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IDquilter

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so awesome! I have never seen just a red and white quilt show - love it. Thanks for sharing.

03-27-2011, 06:53 PM

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primgranny

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Thank you for sharing these are amazing

03-27-2011, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by StitchinJoy

Quote:

Originally Posted by butterflywing

there are a number of new ones, machine pieced and hand quilted. a very few machine quilted that i was able to see. i don't know about what was up top.

i only saw three dates and those were worked in as part of the piecing ...1858, 1856 and 1853. none of the others that i saw were dated. many had places worn right through and many had holes due to the red dyes. it will be there until the 30th.

ADD: i only saw one that had a small pale flowered print on the back. the rest were all muslin. of course, the backs were mostly hidden by other quilts.

I believe the red dyes were mostly Turkey red-- very stable.
Those small holes are often where the black or dark printed figures were on a red fabric. Those places often oxidize and rot due to the iron mordant used to make dark colored dyes, black or brown.

How wonderful that the red has survived so brilliantly!

the turkey reds did survive well. the holes were not where figures were. oddly, the reds were hardly figured at all. for some reason, some of the reds had holes. maybe the fabric was just poor quality. the whites were still almost perfect. many of the quilts were hardly used at all.