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Old 10-04-2011, 06:54 AM
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Lucky you. Great find.
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Old 10-04-2011, 07:07 AM
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My experience with very old quilt tops is that our threads today are so much stronger than at the time they were made that the thread will cut thru the fabric. I would seriously consider leaving them unquilted and finishing the edges with a bias strip, carefully, and using them for what my grandmother called a summer bed top.
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Old 10-04-2011, 07:09 AM
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the red one~~~definately hand quilt.
I would not change the integrity of it.
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Old 10-04-2011, 07:22 AM
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Get them appraised first as has been suggested. They may be worth a great deal more left unquilted.
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Old 10-04-2011, 07:32 AM
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I love attics. Great find. Are you thru going thru the attic, or do you need us all to come help you?
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Old 10-04-2011, 07:42 AM
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These are very pretty!
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Old 10-04-2011, 07:45 AM
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Beautiful and great find! You should talk to a quilt appraiser before you do anything. They will be able to advise you about what to do and not do to the quilts. If you finish it now, it becomes a 2011 quilt. Good luck!
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Old 10-04-2011, 08:11 AM
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Just beautiful, what a find
Have a Blessed day
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Old 10-04-2011, 08:41 AM
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Wow! how lucky are you, all we found in the attic of a old house, 100 yrs was a pole lamp a picture of a tiger , and some glass beads and old purse, and canning jars. The purse and tiny beads were great,but a quilt would of been better.
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You are lucky. Love the red one.
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