My super amazing estate sale find today!
03-30-2012, 08:07 PM
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Jacquie could you put it in one of those XXL ziplock bags with freezer/frig boxes of
Baking soda then into the freezer? That is such a great historical/art find!!! Yeah for you!!!!!Off to see the rest of your pics.
Baking soda then into the freezer? That is such a great historical/art find!!! Yeah for you!!!!!Off to see the rest of your pics.
03-31-2012, 04:25 AM
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I think I would contact a museum to find out how to get rid of the smell and salvage it. The freezer does sound like a good idea to me. Any little buggies would freeze hopefully.
Its a good thing you spotted it. Now it will be treasured.
Its a good thing you spotted it. Now it will be treasured.
03-31-2012, 05:58 AM
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I am always so amazed when I find or hear about such treasures being 'cast off'. I'm sure this beautiful quilt holds a long history of a family, and I am saddened that the present seller thought so little of it to just let it go. On the flip side, I am so thrilled that it's found its way into your loving hands. I'm off to check out its details in photos....congratulations!!
03-31-2012, 07:54 AM
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Beautiful! I have a similar one a great aunt of mine started probably around the same time period. One piece was definitely supposed to be a pillow top and I had it framed. The other was definitely going to be a quilt. Needle and thread are still in place, left there by the sewer of long ago. I love the stitches, fabric, ribbons and flour sacs used. Wish these quilts could talk!
03-31-2012, 09:02 AM
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How wonderful !!!! last year, we had a quilt expert, from the Maryland Historical Society here for a day, to look at quilts that were antique. My daughter has a quilt much like yours that has been handed down in her husband's family. Like yours there were several pieces that were very worn. The suggestion given to her was to get fine netting and hand baste it over the worn piece to keep everything, in that block, together until you decide how or if it needs to be repaired. While doing this it was discovered that the batting in the quilt was wool...........we had wondered why such the quilt was so heavy. Now we know.
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