My Garage Sale Find
06-07-2010, 07:20 AM
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Found this at a local garage sale Sat. morn. It was late in the morning and I couldn't believe no one had grabbed it up. It's a quilt top, probably from the 30's or 40's. Hand stitched but in need of some TLC. I think someone has washed it before finishing and some of the seams have come apart. I think I can fix the seams, if not I have plenty of vintage fabric to replace some blocks. Whichever, it is going to be a PROJECT! But I believe it will be well worth the effort. If I can repair it I will hand quilt it. Thanks for looking.
06-07-2010, 08:09 AM
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I love that quilt. I can't believe someone would put that out. Just the memory of fabrics that remind you of your family or friends...That is what happens when families die off. My brother-in-law , who had no knowledge of hand crafted things just put everything out on tables and got rid of them. I had made a very special large counted cross stitch for my DMIL and cried while I worked on it. It was so special to me. Never saw it again. It was called "His Mother, Or Our Mother". Then 15 or 20 years later my DDIL found the poem and did it for me, then in 10 more years she walked out on my wonderful son. Change happens along lifes pathways.
06-07-2010, 08:11 AM
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I wonder what pattern the quilt is? I really do love it...wish I had something like that from someone in my family. My parents back in the 70's lost a lot of things in a tornado in MN. But they were not hurt...TG
06-07-2010, 08:47 AM
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I checked a couple of books and one (The Patchwork Qlt & Design Coloring Bk) gives me the idea that the blocks were started in the Trip around the world pattern. Any other ideas?
Originally Posted by I go To The Sea To Breathe
I wonder what pattern the quilt is? I really do love it...wish I had something like that from someone in my family. My parents back in the 70's lost a lot of things in a tornado in MN. But they were not hurt...TG
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