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A few weeks ago, I was given a very pretty quilt by my step-mother-in-law, who is cleaning out her house in preperation for her and my FIL's move to Kentucky (and who is using the opportunity to clean out mementos of his family while retaining mementos of her family). I like the quilt very much, as it's a lovely Sunflower/modified Crown of Thorns pattern, and took it in to work to have our quilt curator and various knowledgable quilt volunteers have a peek at it.
Turns out it's not from the 1930s, like I thought - it's from 1870.
I may get it washed by VeniceLover (a quilt volunteer and researcher who knows her stuff), because I don't have the space to be fussing with Orvis and bathtubs and wet quilts and drying racks, and she can do it for me for fifty bucks. It'll turn the cream background a little brighter, make the design pop, and help the quilt last another hundred years. And one day, when I have a house to call my own, it'll look very nice on a wall.
One of the colors of the fabric used is "cheddar" (otherwise known as anyline orange) because that's the color - a bright, cheddary orange. It's so fricking cool.
Turns out it's not from the 1930s, like I thought - it's from 1870.
I may get it washed by VeniceLover (a quilt volunteer and researcher who knows her stuff), because I don't have the space to be fussing with Orvis and bathtubs and wet quilts and drying racks, and she can do it for me for fifty bucks. It'll turn the cream background a little brighter, make the design pop, and help the quilt last another hundred years. And one day, when I have a house to call my own, it'll look very nice on a wall.
One of the colors of the fabric used is "cheddar" (otherwise known as anyline orange) because that's the color - a bright, cheddary orange. It's so fricking cool.