I'd say you found two beautiful old quilts, congratulations.

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!!

Those are such wonderful treasures! and to think that they evaded the previous searchers.

looking good!!!

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.

I need to take more pics of the log cabin one But it looks like paper piecing but on fabric
Each log cabin is sewn to another piece of fabric.

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

Wow! Thank you!

What a great find! What did you end up doing with them?