From The 40's or earlier
08-27-2010, 10:12 AM
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Your Mom's about my age. The quilt is a real treasure. I love how they made those beautiful quilts with fabrics they had then. Some of mine, from then, have pieces of fabric like a dress or apron that my grandmother, aunts, mother had.
08-27-2010, 04:37 PM
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This is the meaning of family values. What a wonderful legacy. I'll Bet great grandma never imagined her 'little quilt' would be seen all over the world. Thank you for sharing a family gem.
08-27-2010, 06:01 PM
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How wonderful that this treasure has survived through the years! Congrats to you! If you keep it in a cedar chest, do wrap the quilt in a pillowcase or such to protect it. Thanks for sharing! :)
08-27-2010, 08:13 PM
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What a treasure!! I see pieces in that quilt that my Mom made a dress out of in the 1940's. I think some of the same scraps are in some of her old quilts, too.
It is the next best thing to being able to hold them once they are gone. I would show it, but not use it, aside from hugs.
It is the next best thing to being able to hold them once they are gone. I would show it, but not use it, aside from hugs.
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