Originally Posted by
JustAbitCrazy
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!
The prints with black in them are the most fragile. One block that had a black dot on the fabric has a hole now, with a little bit of black around the edges of the hole. Isn't this indicative of some sort of dye? It seems like I've read something about that, but I can't remember what it was.