A forty year old trunk revels some treasures
01-12-2013, 07:21 AM
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These are beautiful quilts - treasures as you state. Love the color combinations. Be very careful cleaning. I ruined a blue and white vintage quilt. I had balls of lint, batting, and cotton threads after my cleaning. I learned what not to do. (I haven't tackled cleaning any vintage quilts since.)
01-12-2013, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by TinkerQuilts
What wonderful quilts. Lucky your BIL found a good home for them with you, and hope he is happy in his new place.
01-12-2013, 08:05 AM
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It is interesting that I came across this thread today.
My Mother recently passed.
Her machine and a bin marked QUILTS came to me from under her many boxes.
I opened the box and cried all day.
Nothing is salvageable.
Projects started,some tops almost finished, lengths of fabric 36"wide.
I remember hearing, several generations ago men of the family quilted too.
This is effort and creation of generations back was never given to us.
People who were never introduced in stories.
Bring your treasures out of dark storage and share them with someone.
Or they will just wind up on Goodwill shelves when the boxes are finally dealt with.
My Mother recently passed.
Her machine and a bin marked QUILTS came to me from under her many boxes.
I opened the box and cried all day.
Nothing is salvageable.
Projects started,some tops almost finished, lengths of fabric 36"wide.
I remember hearing, several generations ago men of the family quilted too.
This is effort and creation of generations back was never given to us.
People who were never introduced in stories.
Bring your treasures out of dark storage and share them with someone.
Or they will just wind up on Goodwill shelves when the boxes are finally dealt with.
01-12-2013, 08:12 AM
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I inherited a family quilt that has the same red, tan & white colors. My mother said that the tan had originally been bright green, but that it had faded when they were in a gas-heated home. There was even a tiny bright green repair. (It is still there!) It was made in 1897 for my grandparents' marriage. Machine pieced, hand quilted.
01-12-2013, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Bliss
It is interesting that I came across this thread today.
My Mother recently passed.
Her machine and a bin marked QUILTS came to me from under her many boxes.
I opened the box and cried all day.
Nothing is salvageable.
Projects started,some tops almost finished, lengths of fabric 36"wide.
I remember hearing, several generations ago men of the family quilted too.
This is effort and creation of generations back was never given to us.
People who were never introduced in stories.
Bring your treasures out of dark storage and share them with someone.
Or they will just wind up on Goodwill shelves when the boxes are finally dealt with.
My Mother recently passed.
Her machine and a bin marked QUILTS came to me from under her many boxes.
I opened the box and cried all day.
Nothing is salvageable.
Projects started,some tops almost finished, lengths of fabric 36"wide.
I remember hearing, several generations ago men of the family quilted too.
This is effort and creation of generations back was never given to us.
People who were never introduced in stories.
Bring your treasures out of dark storage and share them with someone.
Or they will just wind up on Goodwill shelves when the boxes are finally dealt with.
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