Antique Quilts
06-04-2011, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Yooper32
I can't help but marvel at the work that some women did so many years ago, especially in light of how much harder everything was for them to do in every day life. No micro, no fridge, probably no electric, only gas or oil lamp to work by in the evening, gather wood for stove, bake bread for the day and no Maytag, for sure, haul water, heat up water, scrub on board with soap that you had to make first and on and on and on. Then they maybe got to sit and cut and sew after the children were fed and bedded down, by pale flickering light. I just can't imagine how they managed it all. I marvel at the results.
06-04-2011, 09:13 PM
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I really have enjoyed the postings. Please continue to share. Just to see these antique quilts is wonderful but to be able touch them also is really quite marvelous. The stories that you share is something that is so great. Thank you so much. Please keep us posted. :):):)
06-04-2011, 10:26 PM
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Thank you so much for my Sunday afternoon trip back into the past,I have just been sitting here thinking about what sort of things they would be doing on a Sunday after church, and after dinner at night settling down under those beautiful quilts.
Good luck with your adventure and thank you so much for sharing with us all. :D :thumbup: ;)
Good luck with your adventure and thank you so much for sharing with us all. :D :thumbup: ;)
06-09-2011, 07:53 AM
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OK, you win the most interesting and intriguing posting!!! Now I'll have to document what I know of a sunbonnet sue quilt (made by Louisa Ann Conner of LaConner, Washington) that has been passed down to me and a crazy quilt from the other side of the family which has much of the silks rotted away, but still is very appealing. You have got a lot of us thinking in a new way. thanx. Keep the photos and info coming!
06-09-2011, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Patricia14
Hello, You probably already know Barbara Brackman, I found her web's amazing to learn about dating quilts.
Here some ideas and links.
Patricia
Here some ideas and links.
Patricia
06-09-2011, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by I Herd Ewe
Originally Posted by Happy Treadler
Originally Posted by I Herd Ewe
Originally Posted by oksewglad
What a wonderful story these quilts will tell!
If you can find "Dating Fabrics..A color Guide 1800-1960" by Eileen Jahnke Trestain ISBN # 0-89145-884-0 published by AQS in Padukah This may help date the unknown quilts from the paternal line.
If you can find "Dating Fabrics..A color Guide 1800-1960" by Eileen Jahnke Trestain ISBN # 0-89145-884-0 published by AQS in Padukah This may help date the unknown quilts from the paternal line.
06-09-2011, 02:05 PM
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So happy to hear that families treasure their heirloom quilts. I found one recently at a flea market from 1930's, a dresden plate, that someone has used as a drop cloth to paint a room. It has some paint splatters, and a few tears, but we use it for picnics and such, and I think it's still beautiful.
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