I Love Old Quilts!
Each top I buy is a piece of lost history. Lost is the name of the maker and what her intentions were. Was this quilt going to be a gift...or was it needed to keep her family warm next winter? Why wasn't she able to finish it? Who packed it away?
I purchase quilt tops anywhere I can find them! Antique stores, flea markets, yard sales, Ebay. I'm always on the look out! I make the necessary repairs and then find the perfect backing fabric. After quilting and hand stitching the binding, I machine wash in cold water. Then machine dry on warm giving the quilt the vintage "wrinkled" look.
Can you imagine how happy the piecer would be to see her quilt finished?
1940's Butterfly
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