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

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Old 05-26-2010, 11:27 AM
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As I was pulling out a piece of leftover fabric that was about 10 years old, I got to wondering how old y'all have fabric? My oldest pieces are from the 80's. I have a length of orange knit was was going to be a Halloween pumpkin but never made it, a piece of yellow flannel that would have been a nightie & a nice piece of stretch terry from when we wore those strapless rompers (yikes!!!! good thing I was skinny minnie back then! :-P ) ah the 80's gotta love them! So, what's your oldest????
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Old 05-26-2010, 11:35 AM
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I know I have fabric in my stash left over from making clothes when my oldest daughter was really small, and she's 31 now!
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Old 05-26-2010, 11:45 AM
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Nineteen-fifties, 100% cotton, mostly ginghams and calicos.
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Old 05-26-2010, 11:45 AM
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I have 5" squares from fabric my mother was going to use in a quilt but never did - these were leftover scraps from clothing she made for us in the 1960's!
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Old 05-26-2010, 11:48 AM
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I pitched mine years ago. Out with the old and in with the new! ;-)
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Old 05-26-2010, 11:51 AM
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I have fabrics in my non quilting fabrics from the early 70s. My oldest quilt fabrics would be around 11 years old.
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Old 05-26-2010, 11:52 AM
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Have my Mom's stash now and there are fabrics from my wee childhood and I am 66. That makes them late 40's.
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Old 05-26-2010, 11:53 AM
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I have knits from the mid 70's!
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Old 05-26-2010, 12:17 PM
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I just started my stash after we moved here and then got back into quilting - so after 2004 ... I did have some stuff that I had gotten for grandkid clothes that is cotton and can be used and that's from the 90s...
then a lady gave me a huge stack of one yard pieces and I'm not sure when they are from - maybe 60s/70s, not sure...
I think I'm going to make hst blocks out of that ...
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I have some (many) original feed sacks and other fabric from the 30's that were my Grams'.
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