This Quilt top was hand sewen by my Great Great Great Grandmother in the early 1900,it has been in the family in someones cupboard for years .I got it in the mail early this year so i thought i would finish it off with some straight embroidery stitchs.I need to phone a few older cousins and get more info ,so i can put a tag it on it .Not sure what i am going to do with it .Any ideas please?

A treasure to keep in your family

1 comment

by noah 23 Apr 2023

Yes 4 sure thanks

I love old quilts! I can’t blame you, for wanting to finish this one and find someone who appreciates and will cherish it, to pass it on to. I’m glad to hear your son appreciates it.
I have been trying to figure out the block. When I first saw it I thought it had to be a version of Broken Wheel or a Rolling Stone block. As I looked closer I lean more to thinking it is the Bow Tie, 4 bow tie blocks with the ties rotated when you lay them together to make a larger block. See the picture I cropped of your first picture? You have 4 of these together in your top picture. Thanks for showing us this layout. It gives a different look for these blocks.
What do you other quilters think, is it the Bow Tie?
Great you saved it Carolyn.
Ps Here is an easy way to make the Bow Tie block. It looks like your ancestors’knot’ piece was cut smaller than the one in this link. Different colors or different prints can make a block or pattern look so different, as in the case here, where you have stripes, this link used polka dots.

1 images:[1]

1 comment

by noah 23 Apr 2023

I think it is bow tie to :):)Thanks Toogie xx

How special.
My daughter enjoys going to thrift shops at least once a week to get out of the house. I told her to keep an eye out for unquilted quilt tops. It is amazing how many she finds. When "grandma" or other family member passes away or is moved to a care facility, the family doesn't know what to do with them, so they donate them to a charity. Usually no one buys them, so they are very cheap. She brings them to me, and I finish them. I just received two that were made in the very early 1900s (there were notes pinned on to them), and they are really interesting. They are definitely feed sack quilts.
When yo u finish it, display it! If you have a spare bed, put it there, so your family can see it. It would make a great conversation piece. Just be sure to not put it in direct sun, but otherwise, it should be just fine. What fun!!

1 comment

by noah 22 Apr 2023

I never thought to look for Quilt Tops .I must ask them.Thanks

Wow, this is a treasure.

1 comment

by noah 22 Apr 2023

Yes 4 sure

Beautiful and oh, what a treasure. Can you put a hanging pocket on the back and hang it on your wall out of sunlight? Or, another idea is, do you have a glass cabinet you could fold and store but it show since it is show worthy? It would have to be refolded so fabrics don't weaken over time in the same position. I'm glad you finished it. Yes, please get any info you can and write that on a large label on the back. I'm bad about not putting on labels and need to make the time to do that on a few of mine and a few family heirlooms.

1 comment

by noah 22 Apr 2023

yes i plan to do just that hugs xx

What a beautiful thing to have. I have a quilt that my grandmother made. Hopefully I will have a daughter or granddaughter that will cherish it. I have a quilt top and backing that both of my parents made together. I had it packed away and took it out this year to see if I could finish it. I know if I can do it like they did so many quilts that I have a little great that will love to snuggle under it.
Carolyn, I would make sure that the quilt stayed within the family.

Hugs

2 comments

by noah 22 Apr 2023

Yes my son said he wants it.

by asterixsew 22 Apr 2023

Excellent news

Omg Carolyn...what a treasure!

1 comment

by noah 22 Apr 2023

Yes 4 sure

Such a wonderful family heirloom. I’d have trouble letting it go to someone outside the family, so I hope one of your relatives will cherish it.

1 comment

by noah 22 Apr 2023

My son just called as he say it on facebook and he wants it.

What a treasure! Perhaps a quilt guild or museum, if no one in family want it. Love that you quilted it the way you did , complements the quilt pattern.

1 comment

by noah 22 Apr 2023

I was thinking that's how they would Quilt it (i hope)

Hi dear. Great job. I am impressed, looking at that last photo at how very modern a look this was for the turn of the century. I'm thinking of the flapper dancers! A big change in fashion.

1 comment

by noah 21 Apr 2023

Maybe sew thanks Grace:):)

Carolyn what a find. How lucky that it was posted to you and you have the skills to complete it. Ideas for it are to use it or give to another family member

2 comments

by noah 21 Apr 2023

I posted it and will wait and see if any family member wants it .I was told by my granddaughter to sale it lol

by asterixsew 22 Apr 2023

Well that’s one to cross off the list of suitable new homes then 😂

Wow.And still looking as if made Yesterday...Just shows HOW the Patchwork has made a Come Back now adays!!!Therapy for the Soul!!!

1 comment

by noah 21 Apr 2023

For sure Thank-you:):)