My great grandmother left me one of her quilts from 1936 which is in need of repair. I'd like to frame and hang it on a wall like a flag. I have just subscribed to your channel.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Love the antique quilts....you certainly have some beauties in your collection...not only from the fabrics, but from how they were quilted! The picture you showed of the early longarm quilter was a treat! And here we thought we were so modern? lol! I am quickly learning that I like the simplicity of hand quilting as it lets the beauty of the fabric shine! Anyways....looking forward to learning more and seeing more! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing this video Christine…these are such lovely quilts…I have my grandmother’s quilt…made from her 9 children’s clothes…it is purely sentimental value…looking forward to watching your future video podcasts…thanks again❤❤
Oh that “civil war” quilt. Heart be still. The browns, the cheddar, the poison greens. Such a humble quilt made from squares yet so totally beautiful. That would be a great quilt for a company to make reproduction fabric lines from. I feel like I’ve just been to a vintage quilt study group. I’d take pictures of the fabrics dreaming of some company reproducing the fabric. Lol, my husband look up and commented “look at the neon blue square !” Yes, he worked in my quilt shop where we specialize in reproduction fabrics especially from 1920 and older. He remembers how I’d be looking for lines with the neon fabrics. Really I get on kicks looking for certain kinds of fabric as I learnt early on people had misconceptions of what “old time” fabric looked like. They usually believed they were brown and dull. I loved blowing peoples minds and giving them some interesting facts. Thanks for sharing.
Wouldn’t it be fabulous to reproduce them all?! That would be incredible. Some of those old fabrics blow my mind and I’ve been and the history block a few times.
I've enjoyed your video. I have a quilt from about 1890, I think, made by my great great grandmother. It is the Texas star pattern. Ted, blue (that has faded to green in places) and cream. It was inside a tied quilt that I took apart to put new batting in and have quilted...and this was inside. Much of the fabric has become thread bare. I did rebind it because the binding was gone and I was afraid it would fall apart more. It has cotton batting coming out in some places. I'd like to restore it...maybe put new pieces on top of old shattered ones? I'd sure like to see your next video.
What a wonderful lesson! It made me think of my grandmother’s quilts. She was born in 1882 and had 10 children. I loved her scrappy tied quilts! I have several blocks that she pieced for a “friendship” quilt.
I can just soak up any and all knowledge concerning quilts and their preservation. My mother was an antique dealer, specializing in quilts and textiles. (She is still with us at the age of 91.) I learned a lot from her but there is always so much more. Some of our favorites were ones that you could hold up to the light and see the seeds still in the cotton batting, we always thought those were special. I really look forward to your next two videos.
Thank you so much for doing this series! You have such a beautiful collection of quilts, what a treat for us to see! All the lovely old fabrics ❤❤❤❤. Looking forward to the next one!
Hello, Christine, thank you for this video, it was incredibly interesting! I love quilts, I have made several quilts starting with the very basic one using old scraps of fabrics stashed over the years in my family. Unfortunately, this one is gone as it was overused and loved and at that time I didn’t see your video :) I am still a learner, having some quilts in process, I love broderie perse applique quilts, EPP quilts.. A special place in my heart take Japanese Wa quilts made from indigo cotton. I have put together a top using some antique and vintage japanese pieces of fabrics and need to quilt the sandwich, but after your video I know what I have to do to make this special quilt last longer to preserve these great fabric pieces :) Thank you and looking forward to the next videos.
Civil war reproductions are my personal favorites, but I love all types of quilts. I’m particularly drawn to the Japanese fabrics. I’m sure I would love your quilt.
Wow, a look at the past and good information. I will be most interested in storage issues for 2 quilts made by my mother. I only have the one previous generation of utility quilting as my mother made us all gift quilts in retirement in her 70s and 80s but want to preserve for my daughter/granddaughters. They will value and love that heritage. Thank you.
I absolutely love this!!! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! My takeaway is I will never wash another quilt again!!! I look forward to future episodes and seeing your restoration techniques! ❤
Beautiful collection and a lot of interesting things the average person would not even notice. I’m really interested to see how you age some of the fabric that will replace the deteriorating fabric. Thank you!!
Chris, This was such a valuable video. You are very knowledgeable. What a treasure trove of quilts you own. Thank you for sharing. I would love to see more episodes concerning quilt conservatorship. Stay well. Best, K
Very interesting video. Thanks for taking the time to share information. I would like to find out how often the quilts need to be taken out of their storage and refolded? Thanks in advance. Have a Blessed New Year.
This was fascinating and I greatly look forward to the next videos. A couple of questions…do you ever find actual old fabrics (that cd be used for repair), perhaps from a quilters sewing box, or is that extremely rare because heirs just threw it out long ago. Also, how do you make labels with information about repairs made, it cd be lots of words. Also, in knitting there is a well-respected group of artisans who do VISIBLE repair work that becomes an addition to the original piece, thus one might consider putting a visible patch on the quilt with the rodent hole smack in the middle of the solid block and the visible repair becomes part of the history (i.e., this is visible on purpose, unlike earlier repairs on some of the quilts you showed which were intended to be not noticed). Visible repair would be an artistic decision intended to both repair and enhance. I'd be interested in your thoughts about this when you do the repairs video. Thank you for doing these videos!
My great grandmother left me one of her quilts from 1936 which is in need of repair. I'd like to frame and hang it on a wall like a flag. I have just subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge it was very interesting
Great video, Christine! Wonderful collection of quilts. Thanks so much for sharing. Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Thank you, I’m busy tracking down the perfect fabrics.
Thank you for sharing! Fantastic interview. Eager to see next part you mentioned doing. 🌲🌲⭐️⭐️
Thank you for sharing the process have a wonderful evening 😊🧵🪡🤗🤩
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Love the antique quilts....you certainly have some beauties in your collection...not only from the fabrics, but from how they were quilted! The picture you showed of the early longarm quilter was a treat! And here we thought we were so modern? lol! I am quickly learning that I like the simplicity of hand quilting as it lets the beauty of the fabric shine! Anyways....looking forward to learning more and seeing more! 🙂
Hand quilting will always be my favorite but I realize I’m only going to live so long so I forced myself to learn to be okay with machine stitching.
Thank you so much for sharing this video Christine…these are such lovely quilts…I have my grandmother’s quilt…made from her 9 children’s clothes…it is purely sentimental value…looking forward to watching your future video podcasts…thanks again❤❤
Wonderful!
Oh that “civil war” quilt. Heart be still. The browns, the cheddar, the poison greens. Such a humble quilt made from squares yet so totally beautiful. That would be a great quilt for a company to make reproduction fabric lines from. I feel like I’ve just been to a vintage quilt study group. I’d take pictures of the fabrics dreaming of some company reproducing the fabric. Lol, my husband look up and commented “look at the neon blue square !” Yes, he worked in my quilt shop where we specialize in reproduction fabrics especially from 1920 and older. He remembers how I’d be looking for lines with the neon fabrics. Really I get on kicks looking for certain kinds of fabric as I learnt early on people had misconceptions of what “old time” fabric looked like. They usually believed they were brown and dull. I loved blowing peoples minds and giving them some interesting facts. Thanks for sharing.
Wouldn’t it be fabulous to reproduce them all?! That would be incredible. Some of those old fabrics blow my mind and I’ve been and the history block a few times.
I've enjoyed your video. I have a quilt from about 1890, I think, made by my great great grandmother. It is the Texas star pattern. Ted, blue (that has faded to green in places) and cream. It was inside a tied quilt that I took apart to put new batting in and have quilted...and this was inside. Much of the fabric has become thread bare. I did rebind it because the binding was gone and I was afraid it would fall apart more. It has cotton batting coming out in some places. I'd like to restore it...maybe put new pieces on top of old shattered ones?
I'd sure like to see your next video.
What a wonderful lesson! It made me think of my grandmother’s quilts. She was born in 1882 and had 10 children. I loved her scrappy tied quilts! I have several blocks that she pieced for a “friendship” quilt.
I can just soak up any and all knowledge concerning quilts and their preservation. My mother was an antique dealer, specializing in quilts and textiles. (She is still with us at the age of 91.) I learned a lot from her but there is always so much more. Some of our favorites were ones that you could hold up to the light and see the seeds still in the cotton batting, we always thought those were special. I really look forward to your next two videos.
Yes, I agree about the seeds! I’m also fond of the ones that use feed and seed bags for the backing that still have words printed on them.
Great video. Love the info you shared
Thanks, Wanda.
Thank you so much for doing this series! You have such a beautiful collection of quilts, what a treat for us to see! All the lovely old fabrics ❤❤❤❤. Looking forward to the next one!
Hello, Christine, thank you for this video, it was incredibly interesting! I love quilts, I have made several quilts starting with the very basic one using old scraps of fabrics stashed over the years in my family. Unfortunately, this one is gone as it was overused and loved and at that time I didn’t see your video :) I am still a learner, having some quilts in process, I love broderie perse applique quilts, EPP quilts.. A special place in my heart take Japanese Wa quilts made from indigo cotton. I have put together a top using some antique and vintage japanese pieces of fabrics and need to quilt the sandwich, but after your video I know what I have to do to make this special quilt last longer to preserve these great fabric pieces :) Thank you and looking forward to the next videos.
Civil war reproductions are my personal favorites, but I love all types of quilts. I’m particularly drawn to the Japanese fabrics. I’m sure I would love your quilt.
When it’s ready I’ll show it.
Wow, a look at the past and good information. I will be most interested in storage issues for 2 quilts made by my mother. I only have the one previous generation of utility quilting as my mother made us all gift quilts in retirement in her 70s and 80s but want to preserve for my daughter/granddaughters. They will value and love that heritage. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your quilts and knowledge. Very helpful.
I absolutely love this!!! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with us!!! My takeaway is I will never wash another quilt again!!! I look forward to future episodes and seeing your restoration techniques! ❤
Love that!
Beautiful collection and a lot of interesting things the average person would not even notice. I’m really interested to see how you age some of the fabric that will replace the deteriorating fabric. Thank you!!
Chris, This was such a valuable video. You are very knowledgeable. What a treasure trove of quilts you own. Thank you for sharing. I would love to see more episodes concerning quilt conservatorship. Stay well. Best, K
Thank you! That’s high praise coming from you. :)
What gorgeous quilts. I loved each and every one. Very interested in the next segment!
Thanks! Happy New Year!
Love your video - looking forward to future ones- very helpful thank you
Very interesting video. Thanks for taking the time to share information. I would like to find out how often the quilts need to be taken out of their storage and refolded?
Thanks in advance.
Have a Blessed New Year.
This was fascinating and I greatly look forward to the next videos. A couple of questions…do you ever find actual old fabrics (that cd be used for repair), perhaps from a quilters sewing box, or is that extremely rare because heirs just threw it out long ago. Also, how do you make labels with information about repairs made, it cd be lots of words. Also, in knitting there is a well-respected group of artisans who do VISIBLE repair work that becomes an addition to the original piece, thus one might consider putting a visible patch on the quilt with the rodent hole smack in the middle of the solid block and the visible repair becomes part of the history (i.e., this is visible on purpose, unlike earlier repairs on some of the quilts you showed which were intended to be not noticed). Visible repair would be an artistic decision intended to both repair and enhance. I'd be interested in your thoughts about this when you do the repairs video. Thank you for doing these videos!
So informative! But can’t find Part 2 re: shattered fabric. Would love to learn!
Coming soon!
Where is part 2? I want to see how you fixed them!
Coming soon. I have finally found the fabrics I need.