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Absolutely a beautiful find !! Good luck in whatever you decide to do !
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You can use a healthy amount of white vinegar (comes in gallon size at Walmart or grocery stores) to disinfect.
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What great finds, I hope they clean up so you can finish them into real treasures.
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What a great find! Good luck with the repairs.
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Very pretty. Hope the repairs and cleaning go well!
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The tops are a real find. Do wash!! I agree with AZ Jane. Breathing the dust and polutants in the air of an old uninhabited building can cause serious disease. Consider wearing a mask when poking about these places! Like the cartoon says...I hate those mieces to pieces!
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These are very nice. You are right to try to save them!
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WHat a great idea! I have an old one with a few holes, too.
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Originally Posted by AZ Jane
(Post 6768880)
Hope I'm not too late but wash that quilt!! If it falls apart, it falls apart. As said previously, mouse urine carries diseases. That's not an if!! It is a fact. The Hantavirus kills.
[h=2]Outlook (Prognosis)[/h]Hantavirus is a serious infection that gets worse quickly. Lung failure can occur and may lead to death. Even with aggressive treatment, more than half of people who have this disease in their lungs die. |
Camouflage is the name of the game ... applique pretty flowers over places on the blue and white. There are so many good spot removers out there now and the front loader machines will just tumble the quilts, not beat them with the agitator. Good luck!!
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I'd say you found two beautiful old quilts, congratulations.
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I would mend the border and the tiny hole. If the border is too difficult, if would be a good (if unusual) place for the quilt label. I wouldn't worry about the stains, after all it is an old quilt top. They just add character, and you can have a wonderful time telling the story about how you happened to acquire the top. LOVE the log cabin!!
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Those are such wonderful treasures! and to think that they evaded the previous searchers.
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looking good!!!
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I got a old quilt that had a few stains and smelled musty like a trunk. I soaked it in the machine overnight in dawn ultra dish soap, about 2T and about a 3/4 c of soda. I pretreated the stains with dawn before and rubbed them a little. It came out real well. I washed on gentle and hung it out to air dry in the shade. One woman that is all she will wash her quilts in is dawn ultra.
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I need to take more pics of the log cabin one But it looks like paper piecing but on fabric
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Thought I'd show everyone the old house they were in.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psb9uzxess.jpg |
one name for the blue and white block is Blazing Arrows.
http://quilterscache.com/B/BlazingArrowsBlock.html |
Originally Posted by PatriceJ
(Post 6777551)
one name for the blue and white block is Blazing Arrows.
http://quilterscache.com/B/BlazingArrowsBlock.html |
What a great find! What did you end up doing with them?
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Originally Posted by QM
(Post 6767854)
Great find. I would mend, but I don't think it matters which you decide on. Being somewhat flip by nature, I would put a mouse applique over the spot on the body, as a reminder of the joyous day of your find.
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BTW, I looked in Brackman's Encyclopedia and did not find the blue one.
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What treasures.........I was wondering about putting them in a pillowcase and than wash in gentle cycle..........calla. But, they are fragile, especially the log cabin....just a thought
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