Krisb

I repaired a quilt first made by my niece’s great-grandmother. It was a Lemoyne Star with about 6” mint green borders. So it is your choice. Quilters have always done it their way. I also have a Turkey Tracks feed sack quilt pieced and sewed on a machine by my aunt born in 1904. And another she hand pieced and tied. There are no rules.

Jingle

You are so lucky to have them. Your Daughters will be so thrilled to get them.

JustAbitCrazy

Will you be hand or machine quilting them? Let me know and I'll see what vintage examples I can find for you, if you want authenticity.

tesspug

The Baptist Fan is an old quilting pattern from that era.

illinois

My thinking is that the quilts of that era were mostly hand quilted and the quilting was in a style that highlighted the piecing--not the "pantograph" style that LA quilters of today use. Most of what I remember being tied were comforts, not pieced quilts. To me a comfort is perhaps simply squares pieced together and tied at the corners--utility type bed coverings.

Ellen 1

This was a quilt top that belonged to my Great Aunt. ca. 1930. I was very excited when it was gifted to me in September 2018. I designed the quilting pattern and yes, I longarmed it. (Custom, not panto). Most important is the fact that it is finished and has great sentimental value to me.

I recommend you finish your quilt top as you wish and not worry about it. My quilt is now technically a ca. 2019 quilt..... :-)

QuiltnNan

Ellen, this is a beautiful quilt

maviskw

Way back when, quilts were hand quilted or tied. No machine quilting. You have many suggestions here, so have fun choosing, and enjoy what ever the final choice gives you.

Rose_P

I agree. I have a few vintage quilts that all happen to have borders, but I'm not sure about their age and I don't have an applique quilt. I tend to think that quilters had a lot of leeway to border or not based on how big they wanted their quilts to be and how much matching fabric was available. There may have been other influences like what part of the country they lived in and the habits of their particular quilt group. I don't think you'd be doing it wrong either way, and anyway, your generation counts, too, in this process.

Ellen 1

Thank you. I hope this was inspiration to eimay to enjoy whatever the process she decides on.