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Taking Care of Your Antique Quilt

  We are redirecting you to our new and improved article: Antique Quilts: Care and Repair   And further reading on:  Textiles + Quilts + Beaded Objects    ©MPF Conservation.  May be printed for your own use. May be reposted … Continue reading

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Quilts as a Microcosm of History

I am sure that more eloquent history writers than I have written on the role of quilts as historical objects.  I want to share my perspective on the single object that we: see the most distress over condition issues, even … Continue reading

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