Quilt Restoration

I'm starting something new and different. Someone came to me to see if I could restore a very old quilt that her Grandmother had made for her family. It was very well used, tattered around the edges and had been well loved over the years. This was something that was absolutley worth saving and was something that I could restore.

It was really fun to begin to carefully take it apart, not knowing what I would find behind the backing. Every stitch was hand stitched, pieces of material were put together like a jigsaw puzzle, and beautiful embroidery decorated the the top of the quilt.

The backing was paper thin material, the lining was a gauze type of material and old flour sacks adorned that back of some of the old material from the front. I believe some of the material could date back to the '40s.

It's currently under construction with new cotton batting & a new backing being sewn. So far, it's looking pretty good. It's going to be heavy duty and should last for many more years to come. A photo will be posted upon completion.