Thursday, September 8, 2011

Old quilts

Dear's mother gave me the quilt of Dear's paternal grandmother.  It appears it was made from worn men's clothing, mostly suits.  It was in pretty rough shape. 
1. I took off all of the ties and the backing. 
2. I removed the wool batting and tossed everything but the top. 
3. I don't think it had been washed in 100 years.  I washed the top by hand in the kitchen sink a few times and rinse a bunch more, until the water was clear (did I say it was dirty). 
4. It is now hanging on the clothesline to dry and for the sun to kill what washing did not. 
5.On the clothesline, I inspected it for holes and found 4 very small ones that will need some kind of creative patching. 
6.Once it is dry it will get new wool guts and a new backing.

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