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Gladys 09-06-2012 11:17 PM

Found at my Great Aunt's house!
 
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Found this pillow sham at her house now to find the quilt. Isn't it beautiful and it appears to have been done all by hand! What a treasure!

wuv2quilt 09-06-2012 11:47 PM

How pretty! Good luck on finding the matching quilt :thumbup:

rootyr 09-07-2012 01:34 AM

A treasure indeed!

quiltinggirl 09-07-2012 02:03 AM

This is so pretty!

gingerd 09-07-2012 02:57 AM

WOW! Yes a treasure for sure. I hope you find the quilt!

Babs194068 09-07-2012 03:26 AM

What a treasure.

nunnyJo 09-07-2012 03:27 AM

what a great find, hope you find the quilt

QuiltnNan 09-07-2012 03:46 AM

a treasure indeed! hope there is a matching quilt

Tweety2911 09-07-2012 04:11 AM

It's a beauty! Sure hope you can find the quilt, that would be so wonderful!

Grandma Bonnie 09-07-2012 04:27 AM

Good luck in finding the quilt! The sham is beautiful - so glad you found it!

Diane007 09-07-2012 05:37 AM

it looks like it is also in good shape.... lucky

joyce j 09-07-2012 06:33 AM

The Sham is great an I hope you find the quilt that goes with it. joyce j

Jingle 09-07-2012 01:45 PM

Very pretty and looks all hand sewn. Lucky you to get this treasure.

fleurdelisquilts.com 09-07-2012 02:06 PM

It's absolutely beautiful. You have found a treasure.

I don't mean to be negative, but I can't help but wonder how do you know there is a quilt? Besides, the responses all seem so sure there is one. Where does that assurance come from? (Am I missing some info that everyone else knows?)

n2scraplvr 09-07-2012 03:01 PM

What a treasure --- good luck in finding the quilt! It's soooo pretty! :thumbup:

GramaLaura 09-07-2012 03:41 PM

Oh so pretty....hope you find the quilt!! :)

Noiseynana 09-08-2012 06:00 AM

Oh so pretty

sniktasemaj 09-08-2012 08:00 AM

I have a quilt the sham would look nice with. If you don't find the quilt, you can send me the sham (if you can part with it)

Dakota Girl 09-08-2012 10:54 AM

I hope that I am wrong, but, see if you can find a label on it. About ten years ago, I bought two shams just like that at
Big Lots. They looked very authentic and all hand done. They had been made in China. Apparently by some cheap labor.
They certainly fooled me. The price was so cheap, I don't know where my usually curious mind was at the time. They also
had bed size quilts. I just dug out one of my shams and the similarity is very striking. Fabric, quilting etc.

JanieH 09-08-2012 11:11 AM

What a wonderful find! I hope you will be able to find the quilt and that you will share it with us. But even if you don't find the quilt, you have your treasure!

sewsew busy 09-08-2012 11:14 AM

Hope you find the quilt. What a find!!!

GammaLou 09-08-2012 11:27 AM

Oh how beautiful. What a treasure!!

Grandma Peg 09-08-2012 04:07 PM

Congrats on your find. You will cherish it.

Dee 09-08-2012 07:46 PM

What a precious treasure. Hope you find the quilt.

nstitches4u 09-08-2012 09:18 PM

What a lucky find! Sure to become a family heirloom.

Toni C 09-10-2012 09:40 AM

That looks like the quilt I bought a few years ago at Wal-Mart. Same colors and looks like same fabric. I use it on my bed. I never get to keep the quilts I do LOL If I remember it had shams that you could buy extra. It is hand quilted too.I noticed the 'new' ones now just use material that is like cheater cloth instead of piecing

JNCT14 09-10-2012 09:51 AM

Oh dear - i do hope you find out that your aunt made the sham! But even if not, she had an appreciation for the art of quilting - always a good thing!

QUILTNMO 09-10-2012 10:24 AM

what a nice find!!!!

audsgirl 09-10-2012 02:11 PM

Just lovely! Love the hand quilting.

Gladys 09-10-2012 04:51 PM

Thank you guys for the great comments. I'll take it to a friend who is an expert but it has been here a long time because I found it with some of the quilts she had made with her Mom. I could be wrong. There is no tag on it nor a place anywhere I can find where one's been cut out. On the other hand if she didn't make it maybe I could find a match to it one day. It was special to her and now it's special to me that's all that matters to me now.

Gladys 09-10-2012 04:56 PM


Originally Posted by fleurdelisquilts.com (Post 5498086)
It's absolutely beautiful. You have found a treasure.

I don't mean to be negative, but I can't help but wonder how do you know there is a quilt? Besides, the responses all seem so sure there is one. Where does that assurance come from? (Am I missing some info that everyone else knows?)


I don't have any idea just very wishful thinking on my part. I've found a lot of quilts made by she and her mom. My aunt was 96 when she died in 2008. She loved blue and I can just see her fingering and patting this. So no I have no idea if there is one but I've only gotten through about a half of her stuff and am just seriously hoping.

Gladys 09-10-2012 05:01 PM


Originally Posted by Dakota Girl (Post 5500044)
I hope that I am wrong, but, see if you can find a label on it. About ten years ago, I bought two shams just like that at
Big Lots. They looked very authentic and all hand done. They had been made in China. Apparently by some cheap labor.
They certainly fooled me. The price was so cheap, I don't know where my usually curious mind was at the time. They also
had bed size quilts. I just dug out one of my shams and the similarity is very striking. Fabric, quilting etc.

LOL it's ok. Maybe I can find one like it then. IT is beautiful and those where her favorite colors. I cannot find a tag or any evidence that one has been removed. It's all good. It was hers, our favorite colors and that makes it special. Someone may have even given it to her. I am still amazed at all the hand quilting.

lynnie 09-10-2012 05:29 PM

Wow, lucky you

Jammin' Jane 12-07-2012 03:18 PM

That's beautiful! What a treasure! :)


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