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10-24-2017, 11:23 PM
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Posted By JustAbitCrazy

Yes, it does. The black fabrics with white...

Yes, it does. The black fabrics with white prints on them and the medium grey fabrics with black and white on them are called mourning fabrics, made from dresses ladies wore while in mourning after...
Forum: Main
10-20-2017, 11:53 PM
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Posted By JustAbitCrazy

We had a car in the 80's (I think)---it was a GM...

We had a car in the 80's (I think)---it was a GM Hornet, which had front seat covers that were white with black dots all over. The dots were the size of pencil erasers and kind of closely spaced, in...
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10-20-2017, 11:43 PM
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Posted By JustAbitCrazy

Yep. Sometimes it was lead. Lead was the cause...

Yep. Sometimes it was lead. Lead was the cause of all the old silks disintegrating in the crazy quilts. Lead was deliberately used in the manufacturing process because silk was sold by the pound...
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10-19-2017, 08:29 PM
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Posted By JustAbitCrazy

The closeups are a bit blurry, but I believe the...

The closeups are a bit blurry, but I believe the inside quilt top dates to around 1880. I think I see indigoes, cranberry reds, and mourning prints. Great find!
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