Eclectic-Meanderings: Some Vintage Quilts

Monday, January 31, 2011

Some Vintage Quilts

My bobbin lace teacher shared 2 quilts with us that she unearthed while cleaning out her dad's home. She found a total of 8 but these 2 were the oldest. One is a Civil War quilt, 1860s, I believe and the other is a WW II quilt. The Civil War Quilt has a note stitched on it by the quilter and there are initials in the center of the quilt---maybe of the person who received it as a gift. I love the WWII quilt with all the woolen patches. Here are some pictures. Click on the picture for a close-up view.

Initials embroidered in center of Civil War Quilt

Civil War Quilt around 1865


label stitched on by quilter

patches stitched on top layer

back of quilt appears to be linen--batting coming through where linen has worn away

more back views

Karen showing her WWII quilt

woolen patches

back of WWII quilt---feedsack

4 comments:

Sweetpea said...: Deanna, these are so wonderful, thank you for posting them...and extra thanks for those back views :>]]; February 1, 2011 at 1:23 AM
Karen said...: oh my, they are just too beautiful for words....; February 1, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Lis Harwood said...: Thank you for the photos of those wonderful quilts, the things they must have seen? What is going to happen to them, they look very fragile.; February 3, 2011 at 11:20 AM
deanna7trees said...: hi Lis. she's not sure what she will do them but they will be preserved and taken care of.; February 3, 2011 at 2:17 PM