How Old is your Oldest Fabric? <>
10-10-2010, 06:08 PM
#53
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My oldest fabric came from both of my grandmothers. So that would be 80-90 years old. Both of my grandmothers quilted but by the time I was old enough neither of them were quilting. My oldest purchased by me fabric was when Eisenhower was elected President and I was 14 -15 (I'm 72)and I bought flannel with Red and White stripes and Green and White strips to make flannel PJ's. I pulled my mother's singer out in the LR in front of the TV to watch the election and make the PJ'S. I wore the PJ'S all though nurse's training and long after and to this day I still have scraps of that fabrics in my stash so it would be about 57 years old.
10-10-2010, 06:16 PM
#54
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I have fabric that my grandfather got from a dress factory. They made Princes Peggy house dresses. He would pick up the scraps around the cut out pieces. I found these after my aunts passed on. This was in the late 30's early 40's. I have made several quilts using some of the material. I am working now on another quilt using only this old material. I think I will try to hand quilt it but that could take years. We'll see.
10-10-2010, 06:26 PM
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I have some fabric from my mom's stash...she wasn't a quilter but she had some cotton fabric...so most of it is 20-40 years old. I also "inherited" some fabric and hand-embroidered quilt blocks from my DH's aunt (an occasional quilter) after she went into a nursing home. She was still doing handwork up until about five years ago, but some of her stash is from the 1940s.
10-10-2010, 06:58 PM
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i have some "skinner's satin" that was my grandmother's--i suspect that it's around a century old. my mom was born in 1917, and she remembered it being around as long as she had been. it has the identifying "skinner's satin" woven into the selvedge. i keep it with an old advert from the skinner's satin company.
10-10-2010, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace
This is mine (scroll down) http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09...ders-surprise/
Dated to around 1930. So...80 years old. What do I win? :>
Dated to around 1930. So...80 years old. What do I win? :>
Josi in FL
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