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06-08-2008, 04:28 AM

Karenmay

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Yesterday dh and I went to York for the day and had couple of hours in the Castle museum......guess what I found? A tumbling blocks quilt from around 1860. Sorry about the flash in the pic....it was so dark in there, and of course it was in a glass case! I know it will interest you Loretta!!

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06-08-2008, 04:45 AM

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Wow!! It looks in great condition Karen, don't worry about the flash, you can still see alot of the detail!!

06-08-2008, 04:45 AM

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i think its so fun to see older quilts. thanks for sharing

06-08-2008, 07:02 AM

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Wow. The border on that quilt is awesome! Did it have a history on it, as in who made it?

06-08-2008, 07:53 AM

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That is a great quilt-thank you so much for sharing a picture with us!

06-08-2008, 09:40 PM

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Thank you, Karenmay for posting this. Fascinating.

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Yesterday dh and I went to York for the day

Funny, my mind automatically put "New" in front of York. :oops:

06-08-2008, 09:52 PM

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Wow! It's beautiful and the border is outstanding!!!

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06-09-2008, 12:11 AM

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lol! Celeste!....not New York!....a very old York ....the one in Yorkshire!

Karen xx

06-09-2008, 12:21 AM

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Sorry Melissa....no history on it other than the fact that it was made out of dress silks and ribbons!.... One of the quilts there was done by a husband and wife, she did the sewing but apparently she had no eye for colour so he had to decide which block went where!

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06-09-2008, 05:34 AM

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It said 1860-1880 Loretta!

http://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/Page/YorkCastleMuseum.aspx

I'm not very good with things like this but hopefully you'll be able to have a look with this link

Karen