Old Quilt.rescue from thrift store
05-01-2008, 12:53 PM
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When I look at it, I sense old dresses and shirts. I wonder if it was made from used fabric like a memory quilt. Do all the fabrics feel the same, or are they different like they came from several sources and are they all cotton?
It was in the 70's that almost everything was polyester or some synthetic. My girls said I killed so many "polys" making clothes that never needed ironing, that I made them an endangered species. :D
Great find! IMHO, if your cat likes it, it has love vibes in it.
It was in the 70's that almost everything was polyester or some synthetic. My girls said I killed so many "polys" making clothes that never needed ironing, that I made them an endangered species. :D
Great find! IMHO, if your cat likes it, it has love vibes in it.
05-03-2008, 06:32 AM
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The Dog and cat went for it as soon as I spread it out. My other cat got on it as soon as it was out of the bag. Larry is the one on the blanket he is the one who had an abcess a t base of tail. Cost me a lot of fabric money lol
I agree it looks like old clothes to me. There is some seersucker, like nightgowns...some looks like mens shirts and some floral dress prints. One or two look like feed sack. There is a couple small pieces that look like polished cotton..........I wish it could talk.
:D
I agree it looks like old clothes to me. There is some seersucker, like nightgowns...some looks like mens shirts and some floral dress prints. One or two look like feed sack. There is a couple small pieces that look like polished cotton..........I wish it could talk.
:D
05-03-2008, 03:57 PM
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The feed sacks make me think of the 40's. My grandmother used to sew feedsack dresses for me and one thing I remember about them, was that they faded. It also sounds like a time when clothes were reused for quilts because there was not enough money to just go out and buy new fabric. Nothing got thrown away; clothes were patched, handed down and finally put in the rag-bag. They then became cleaning cloths, braided rugs or maybe quilts. That could have been during the war, or even the depression. It has that look to me.
If it could talk, I bet it would say, "Wow, I just woke up in a whole new world!" :)
If it could talk, I bet it would say, "Wow, I just woke up in a whole new world!" :)
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