Thread: Old Quilts

Those are beautiful quilts.

WOW how special

what treasured of your family history, how lucky you are to be able to appreciate and preserve them for future generations. They're beautiful. Deb

i would make a cloth tag for that last quilt. keep the papper one also as it is. but find a way to sew those words to the quilt and then date it this year. just an idea

Oh, please at least put some date reference on the notes ... and the names of the people involved .... It will help your own children in figuring it all out later ..... What treasures! Thanks for sharing.

What wonderful treasures. I love the history.

Thank you somuch for sharing! Wonderful piece of history!

Both of them are absolutely beautiful !!!! What a Treasure !!!

Incredible piece of history! Thanks for sharing your precious quilts!
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What wonderful pieces of your family heritage! Thanks for sharing!

Wow precious quilts.

You are so lucky to have that piece of your heritage!! Pay it forward.

What treasures to hold dear!

These are my kind of treasures!!! Priceless!!!!!

Beautiful! You are very lucky to have these quilts. I can tell that you treasure them.

Treasures for sure!

Wow... this is something. The quilts my grandmother made disintegrate over the years. I would wash it by hand with woolite in the tub and have two people ring the water out of it and hand it on a clothes line. There are some certain kind of boxes you can preserve them in instead just putting them on a shelve.

Awesome!

You have a beautiful treasure in those quilts.

Originally Posted by QuiltE

How nice to have these treasures.

As a suggestion ... perhaps put a permanent label on there, so that as it gets passed along the generations the story can be told. Include the names, their birth/death dates and the approx year you think it was made ... and any other family lore related.

The hand written note is nice, though pieces of paper fall off and get lost!

scan this handwritten note and print it on fabric you can run through your printer ... a great keepsake ... you can add more information underneath

i love that applique quilt. that is so pretty.

How wonderful that you have these beautiful quilts that are a part of your family history. I would personally be afraid to wash anything so special, so precious. You might want to bring them around to the different dry cleaners in your area and compare their methods of stain removal suggestions and prices, and then choose one of them to professionally clean them for you. You definitely should label them with the story. Good luck and thank you for sharing!

Very nice. I would scan the note and put it on fabric. Laminate the origional and keep it safe somewhere. That quilt must be very special.

What wonderful treasures and history!!

What amazing treasures ... they are just beautiful