Vintage Postage Stamp Quilt Top
#31
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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I don't know about quilting it (maybe contact a museum that specializes in quilts?) but at the very least, PLEASE contact the consignee again, get the names of the women who pieced it, and write the story down. This is history.It is a beautiful UFO, and its story is worth saving.
#35
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Illinois
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Totally agree with hand quilting so that you are carrying through with the age and the hand work already done. I understand that you want to display the top but I'd question the wisdom of hanging it while unquilted since the design is on the bias. Will the weight of it tend to distort the "squareness" of the pieces? I'm told that quilting now will destroy the vintage value of a quilt top but it also stabilizes the fabrics and helps preserve them in my opinion. Do what you think is best for both you and the quilt. What a wonderful story with it. Glad you now know --the rest of the story. Makes it even more special!
#38
Originally Posted by sushi
This quilt top is a treasure, and I would treat it as such. Given its vintage, it probably deserves hand-quilting. If you're not up for that, I encourage you to keep and continue to display it (away from sunlight) as is.
#39
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 114
As I understand it, the quilt top's value will decrease if quilted now.
The age of the latest item in the project is when the entire quilt will be dated- 2011.
Have an appraiser tell you more.
If resale or donation to a Museum is not of interest to you, hand or machine quilt it. Home sewing machines were invented in the 1830's IIRC, so machine quilting is definitely "to the Period". Since the top was hand pieced though, hand quilting may be preferable, if you decide to do anything to the top.
The age of the latest item in the project is when the entire quilt will be dated- 2011.
Have an appraiser tell you more.
If resale or donation to a Museum is not of interest to you, hand or machine quilt it. Home sewing machines were invented in the 1830's IIRC, so machine quilting is definitely "to the Period". Since the top was hand pieced though, hand quilting may be preferable, if you decide to do anything to the top.
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