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Old 04-24-2010, 01:50 PM
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Great finds!
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Old 04-24-2010, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by JeanDal
The first one reminds me of a spider web pattern.
Lovely quilts both of them! I was going to say Spiderweb on the second one too - I'm working on spider web right now!! I saw one Birmingham Art Gallery (or was it a museum?) in Alabama last year... That one was 1930's - but I think some of the fabrics in your one are '50's' - just have that look! BUT as we all know so well - could be much older fabrics in there too!!!!

Great find - I'm agreeing with enjoying them too!!
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Old 04-25-2010, 10:34 AM
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I REALLY have to start going to estate/garage sales. What a find - lucky you! Looks like someone did alot of work on both of them.

Congratulations!!!
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Old 04-25-2010, 12:21 PM
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Put them on top of the spread where you can see them and enjoy them. What good are they if you can't see them?
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Old 04-25-2010, 12:27 PM
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I can see why you got them. They are beautiful.
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I have two very old orange and other scrapy colors in them for queen size beds that i use in our camper when we go camping. They are very warm when camping in the winter even though we have heat. We still like to use them.
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Old 04-25-2010, 02:42 PM
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I have two very old orange and other scrapy colors in them for queen size beds that i use in our camper when we go camping. They are very warm when camping in the winter even though we have heat. We still like to use them.
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Old 04-25-2010, 03:42 PM
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I have an old quilt that my husbands Great-Aunt made over 70 years ago. It's quite worn, and in that time when anyone made a quilt they really used it. It has some bad spots and the binding (also back to front binding) is a little ragged in spots. But because of the sentimental value, I would never try to fix or add fabric to it. Even if I could find vintage fabric...Not sure it would hold a new tug of thread anyway. I have it on display in a room away from the sun hanging on the wall. I just love it.
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those are beautiful. thank you for sharing. God bless. Penny
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Old 04-26-2010, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Honey
WOW!! What a find. The second one looks like it has flour sack fabric in it. A couple look like dresses I had as a baby in 1951.
that's what i was going to say. saw my grandma with that material on her aprons about then. and in l956 she was still using some of the material for new aprons.
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