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How old is the oldest piece of fabric in your stash?

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Old 05-27-2010, 08:29 AM
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funny you should ask. Sorting through my fabric today I found some old fleece and double knit my mom had from the late 60's and early 70's. I bet by the time I get through it all I will find some older stuff. I found my baby quilt top she never sandwiched from 1954. It was a dutch girl pattern. I am trying to decide if I should leave it as is or finish it.
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Old 05-27-2010, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Sew_Deer
funny you should ask. Sorting through my fabric today I found some old fleece and double knit my mom had from the late 60's and early 70's. I bet by the time I get through it all I will find some older stuff. I found my baby quilt top she never sandwiched from 1954. It was a dutch girl pattern. I am trying to decide if I should leave it as is or finish it.

Finish it :D
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Old 05-27-2010, 09:37 AM
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Recently did a good clean out of fabrics.
Needed space.
Got rid of good dress fabrics and anything old so that I just have fairly up to date fabrics. Someone made a killing from my yard sale as I also had cotton fabric for quilting. Can not part with some old feed sacks though.
My mom made a wedding ring quilt and used a lot of fabrics that I gave her in the 80s so that is the best memory of any older fabrics plus seeing some that I know she used for other things.With prices of fabrics sky high now I will be a little more selective. Not sure what fabrics she had when she passed away.
Someday I should go check out what my sister has of hers.
There should be fabric scraps from when she made clothes for my little sister who is now 54
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Old 05-27-2010, 09:50 AM
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Not counting feedsacks, probably 1940's or thereabouts, I have a few yards of wool purchased in Ireland in 1977 and recently found some quilting fabric with 1994 on the selvage. That's probably my oldest.
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Old 05-27-2010, 11:01 AM
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I am blessed with original feed sacks from my grandmothers mother which died in 1920, I am working on some wall hangings for my sisters so all can have some.
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Old 05-27-2010, 11:54 AM
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I have some feedsacks that were in my mom's stash of fabric when she passed away. Some are in blocks she had been working on when she died. I will cherish them always. I also have some that were from the 40's, 50's & 60's that were my grandmothers.
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Old 05-27-2010, 12:18 PM
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I dare say my oldest piece is thirty years old. I bought it for my daughter (who is now 29) and she didn't like it.
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Old 05-27-2010, 12:20 PM
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I have a piece I receive when I was 9, I'm now 65.
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Old 05-27-2010, 12:27 PM
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Mine dates back to the seventies. It's funny how my taste in fabric has changed.
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Old 05-27-2010, 12:38 PM
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I have Pendelton wool that my uncle sent to me from the Pendelton Mill, early 60's. I have six yards of navy blue, and no idea what to do with it. I'm not as navy person!
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