New here; worthwhile to save worn out quilts?
06-12-2011, 08:03 AM
#23
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Welcome to the board and congratulations on having choices about old quilts. If you want to keep and display them intact, strategic folding can often conceal the bad places, but you probably need to do a little more research on cleaning and restoration before you make a decison. How fortunate you are. I would give a lot to have even one of the quilts my grandmother made.
06-12-2011, 10:43 AM
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since they are quilts, and you are asking quilters, most of us will say there is value there. i have 3 that my grandmother handpieced and no way would i give them up, altho' my mom wanted to throw them away. i have plans to re-batt them and use them as intermediate level quilting practice. then they will be put to work keeping g'kids warm, as soon as i have some. even falling apart, my kids loved them!
oh, how rude of me! welcome from philly!! :oops:
oh, how rude of me! welcome from philly!! :oops:
06-12-2011, 12:29 PM
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Haven't read through all the posts but another idea if not already mentioned and you are interested in the memory is to cut out the good/fairly good parts and frame behind glass making sure fabric doesn't touch glass. Everytime you look at it you'll think of grandma. that' a nice way to remember her.
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06-12-2011, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by rock0sock0
Looks like a lively site; great!
I've inherited a lot of quilts from my grandmother and some are definitely worth keeping but a few were made in the 30's during the depression. She used her kids old shirts to make some and some of that material is still ok while the rest has practically dissolved, leaving something that really can't be used anymore.
What's a reasonable outcome for old quilts like this? Burn it like an old flag that's served its purpose or what?
Thanks for any insight, been hanging on to these for a decade now.
John
I've inherited a lot of quilts from my grandmother and some are definitely worth keeping but a few were made in the 30's during the depression. She used her kids old shirts to make some and some of that material is still ok while the rest has practically dissolved, leaving something that really can't be used anymore.
What's a reasonable outcome for old quilts like this? Burn it like an old flag that's served its purpose or what?
Thanks for any insight, been hanging on to these for a decade now.
John
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