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09-04-2008, 08:36 AM

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Bevanger

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that is alot of work yet so beautiful

09-04-2008, 08:38 AM

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Moonpi

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Old silks are so fragile. It is stunning!

09-04-2008, 08:40 AM

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Jim's Gem

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It is beautiful. Anxious to hear where you got it from. Is it from a family member?

09-04-2008, 09:21 AM

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zyxquilts

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It is amazing! I wonder who did all that gorgeous hand work & how long it took her to do it? How lucky you are to have it. :mrgreen:

09-04-2008, 09:52 AM

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auntluc

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I really don't know a lot of history about it but as well as I can tell the quilt dates back to the early 1800's. I found it in a plastic bag among my mother's quilt pieces after she passed. I don't know...maybe she was going to try to finish it. It's amazing when you see all the hand work and artistic talent that went into a quilt that never got finished....some lady must have spent lots of long winter nights working on it.

09-04-2008, 10:08 AM

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dkbeck

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incredible, have you thought about talking to some one about how to preserve it so it doesn't have any more damage to it? would be a shame to lose.

09-04-2008, 10:30 AM

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Quilting Aggi

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Originally Posted by Loretta

I think you have a museum piece here and I hope you can get it appraised very soon. It should be displayed in a special case. The embroidery work is stunning and you own a very valuable quilt! Congratulations! Let us know what you decide to do with it.

I agree.... it definetely should be appraised and properly displayed under safe lighting or stored properly. Just go to your local museum and they could tell you the proper way to handle your quilt. What an amazing and stunning piece you have there. There is just so much work put into it!