24 November 2014

A quandary



What to do?  This is a  perfectly nice working mans  wool quilt from about 1940 or earlier, just needs a couple of seam separations fixed.


The underside has a largish tear revealing a much older 19th century, turkey red quilt inside.



Should I take the whole thing apart and retrieve the older quilt or not?  Wool quilts are a hard sell and I have several. Perhaps I would be better off selling the  antique cutter quilt and a vintage  wool quilt top.

I hesitate to put the ' as is'  quilt up in my etsy shop as it is so darn heavy the postage would be
astronomical.




8 comments:

  1. Definitely a good question! I don't know what you should do, but I wonder if the wool quilt top could be removed in one piece and make it then re-usable as a 'new' top and thereby releasing the older one beneath. Must admit to a great deal of curiosity as to what lies beneath!

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    1. I think my curiosity may get the better of me.

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  2. love the reveal....can you not keep it together, red as the reverse, wool as the front?

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    1. not sure, but the torn back does not do anything for it.

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  3. I think if the wool quilt will be hard to sell, you must satisfy your curiosity. Is the older quilt attached to the top and bottom (apart from with the ties) or has it just been used as the batting. If it has, perhaps you could extract it and salvage the top.

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    1. think that is what I will do. I may leave it till the spring as it might be a messy job best done outside.

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  4. I would love to excavate this one! Not sure I could wait until spring.

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  5. seems the jury is in, I will have to unpick it.

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