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Old 10-07-2012, 04:45 AM
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What a marvelous find. And the workmanship is amazing
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Just beautiful and thank you for sharing, what a treasure
Have a Blessed day
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Old 10-07-2012, 05:13 AM
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Beautfiul and a wonderful quilt to have
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Old 10-07-2012, 05:24 AM
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City of Hinesville had a quilt given to them by a family that had a family member who live in the city in the 1940-1950s. There are ladies names embroderied in to scrappy blocks. Some of those names have streets named after them. some names are from families that still live in the city. It is neat that the City had the quilt frame and sitting in the Mayor's reception room. (It framed out at apro. 80" by 90", to big to hang on the wall. Had a fun time getting into the building throught the double doors.)
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What a treasure!!

I'm so happy for you that you were able to learn it's story before your Aunt passed, as you might have found it without that story being passed on.
In about 1985, we moved from Montgomery, AL to India. Friends in Montgomery made a beautiful table cloth for us with flowers by each embroidered name. I can only imagine how much trouble it must have been to do all that and to organize its construction too. The downside was that I had to store the table cloth because we could only bring two suitcases each and had to leave the cloth in storage along with most of our household goods. One year when we returned, I found the cloth had huge holes in it because the rats had gotten into the storage shed. =(
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How wonderful that you get to be the current keeper of this treasure!
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Old 10-07-2012, 06:43 AM
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A rare beauty! I love it.
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Old 10-07-2012, 07:35 AM
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This is a GREAT coverlet.
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Old 10-07-2012, 07:38 AM
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A beautiful treasure! Neat that you know the story of it as well. Do write down what you know, so the history can go along with it.
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What a wounderful find. You are so blessed to have it.
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