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This quilt is circa 1850's. It was found in a Thrift Shop my distant cousin worked at and going to the dog shelter. She grabbed it when she noticed names hand stitched in each block. I was able to locate a great great granddaughter through ancestry.com who supplied me with information about each person listed on the quilt. I plan on sending the quilt to her, as it belonged to her 80+ year old mother's people and I believe it should be with her.
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What a great story. If only this quilt could talk and tell the story of places where it has traveled since the 1850s. Hugs Joyce
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Good job she saved it from 'going to the dogs'! It's smashing that you took the trouble and had such good results. I'm sure the family will be very pleased. Jan
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hightechgrammy
22 Jul 2012
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YOU are incredible for taking the time and all that effort to find the rightful owner of this quilt! Wow! What a story!
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How much this young woman will thank you, very nice of you!!!
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How wonderful of you. This must make you feel really good! So it should. Lots of good Karma coming your way Im sure.
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love it and your kindness to send it to the family .The Bible does say you will be blessed for your act of doing unto other right??big hugs carolyn
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What a wonderful story! I commend you and your cousin for saving this quilt. And for the work you did to find the relatives. Hopefully this time it will be saved forever with the family.
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shirlener88
22 Jul 2012
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What a sweet thing to do - once your researched it - that should really be a great family story, too.
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scrappinhappie
22 Jul 2012
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How wonderful for the family to have a lost heiloom come home, and it looks like it is still in very nice condition to be so old. That was good work on you and your cousin too!!!!
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Wonderful! So glad it will be going back to it's "family". You are such a good person to do that. I know that if it was a quilt from my family I would be excited and gracious to get it back.
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beautiful quilt is going back home what kindness think to do. Maria
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dlonnahawkins
22 Jul 2012
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What a special thing you have done - that is great, and what a kind thing to do.
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This is so nice of you to do for the creator of this wonderful heirloom quilt! She will be smiling proudly from heaven, knowing that her great great granddaughter has it! Bless YOU!
Angel
Angel
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carolpountney
22 Jul 2012
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What a find how nice of you to give it up I am sure she will be delighted you deserve a 100 flowers
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blueeyedblonde
22 Jul 2012
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WOW! Good thing your cousin had seen it - and then to pass it to you and for you to make the effort to track down the gg g/d. Way to go!
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snowbird42
22 Jul 2012
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wonderful story and you did a beautiful thing finding the rightful owner....soozie
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jofrog2000
22 Jul 2012
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What a wonderful thing the 2 of you did. The GGD must be so excited waiting to receive it back to the family.
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WOW that is simply a fantastic thing that you are doing! What a wonderful pc of history for the family!
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marjialexa
22 Jul 2012
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What a great story! I'm so glad your cousin was so observant, and that you could find that twice great granddaughter. It warms my heart that you WOULD do that! What a priceless piece of family history to return to that young woman. This quilt is surely hand made, maybe someone in her family can identify the names, the reason for making the quilt. This is in amazingly good condition, I do wonder how it managed to end up in the "dog box". I'm impressed!! Big hugs to you, Marji
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What a nice find. It is a nice jesture to give it back to the family!
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What a lovely quilt and so nice of you to serch out the family and to return it to the family I wonder why it was donated to a thrif store .so many things are just tossed .one time a friend of mine found a candy box at the dumpster it looked old and he opened it had a bunch of jubnk in it started to dump it out and there was a plane envelope that had money in it but nothing to show who it belongsd to.
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Story of being in the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time; I applaud you for the effort you made in tracking down the owners...and, for restoring it to its owners;Cuties continue to AMAZE me!
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keeponsewing
23 Jul 2012
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What a SPECIAL thing for you to do and you will be blessed for doing this. I know they will be excited to receive it. There is quite a bit of wear and tear and hopefully they can find someone who can repair it for them. I bet this was originally bright red. I love the shade the red has faded too. You have done well with this. Bless you and your cousin.
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Oh my what a rescue. You both have the "quilt angels" touch right now. If you get a chance share this story with your local paper. More people need to be aware not to discard those old quilts especially the ones with names. You have added to the history of this beautiful quilt. It is memories of people that bring them to life again. Bless you.
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very nice , glad you were able to trace the history and get it to the right family..
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highlandermom
24 Jul 2012
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What a wonderful gift from you to take time to return this to family as the heirloom it should be.