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Thought you might be interested in seeing this quilt. My DIL brought it to me to see if I would know how to wash it and get rid of some stains on it. Her grandmother made it probably 50 years ago, maybe more. She was also wondering if I knew where the designs came from. I told her it was called redwork. I thought maybe they were from the old Workbasket magazines. I remember some of those designs from when I was little and my mother collected them. I washed it on gentle cycle with warm water and Oxyclean and my detergent. Then I dried it in the dryer on warm. The stains are gone and it looks a little brighter. The hand quilting is perfect.
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Oh that is a gem!
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How beautiful!
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Wow, that is a beauty, I so love redwork.
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What a beautiful treasure. I remember the Workbasket Magazines. I think I still have some that Mama and I subscribed to.
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Beautiful! And it's held up well.
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That is beautiful. I remember workbasket magazines too..wish I had all of them my grandma and mom had when I was growing up.
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Beautiful!
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Beautiful quilt. I can just feel the nice quilting!
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What a wonderful quilt.
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Beautiful!
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Definitely a treasure!
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I agree, what a gem.
I believe you are right about teh Workbasket designs. I remember several of those that my Grams did. Lovely. |
That is beautiful, wonderful, and a treasure! I love it!
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Truly a treasure from Granny's days. This is a beautiful quilt and appears to have weathered very very well. You did an excellent job of cleaning, etc.
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What a treasure she has. I wish I had something whole from one of my grandmothers. I have small pieces and scraps, but nothing near to this. Very nice!!
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It looks wonderful! I can't help but think of all the hours spent doing embroidery, then cutting and piecing and finally quilting it. She did a wonderful job on it without any of the goodies we have to help us today! :thumbup: :thumbup: :D
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Wow, what a lovely quilt!
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What a beautiful quilt! Our foremothers are an inspiration to us all.
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Gorgeous work and quilt. What a teasure it is.
I got The Workbasket magazine for years. Threw them all away years ago, got tired of moving them around. I'm not much to hold onto very much stuff. |
What a treasure!
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Such a beauty!
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Beautiful quilt. There's just something about the old/vintage quilts!
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beautiful!
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How beautiful and such a treasure!
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what a beautiful quilt, truly a work of 'heart' . Your DIL is sooo lucky to have it and so lucky that you took the time to help restore it to it's former beauty. Thank you both for sharing.
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Originally Posted by watson's mom
what a beautiful quilt, truly a work of 'heart' . Your DIL is sooo lucky to have it and so lucky that you took the time to help restore it to it's former beauty. Thank you both for sharing.
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What a beautiful treasure she has!
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Thanks for the pictures. It's beautiful. Your DIL will be thrilled.
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I would make a label w/info trhat I knew to be true, perhaps when she lived, instead of when she made it,if you don't know that. I would PIN IT W/ SAFETY PINS(sm), vs sewing it , as I've read alot lately that the age of a quilt is based on the NEWEST fabric & thread. I wouldn't chance de-valuing it! VERY PRETTY!!!
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Originally Posted by quilt crazee
I would make a label w/info trhat I knew to be true, perhaps when she lived, instead of when she made it,if you don't know that. I would PIN IT W/ SAFETY PINS(sm), vs sewing it , as I've read alot lately that the age of a quilt is based on the NEWEST fabric & thread. I wouldn't chance de-valuing it! VERY PRETTY!!!
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A very lovely quilt! A treasure for sure ;)
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a credit to the past-----superb
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Originally Posted by grann of 6
Originally Posted by quilt crazee
I would make a label w/info trhat I knew to be true, perhaps when she lived, instead of when she made it,if you don't know that. I would PIN IT W/ SAFETY PINS(sm), vs sewing it , as I've read alot lately that the age of a quilt is based on the NEWEST fabric & thread. I wouldn't chance de-valuing it! VERY PRETTY!!!
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Originally Posted by dyer804
Originally Posted by grann of 6
Originally Posted by quilt crazee
I would make a label w/info trhat I knew to be true, perhaps when she lived, instead of when she made it,if you don't know that. I would PIN IT W/ SAFETY PINS(sm), vs sewing it , as I've read alot lately that the age of a quilt is based on the NEWEST fabric & thread. I wouldn't chance de-valuing it! VERY PRETTY!!!
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What a beautiful quilt. I'm glad to see you could help.
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SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have never seen anything like that. It is just gorgeous!
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What a treasure!!! So glad you could get it clean for her.
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I'd stitch it on by hand with long stitches. You never know what damage a pin might do. I've come across things that I had held together with pins, and the pins rusted.
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