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Antique Quilts: Care and Repair
This article is an update of our old article! Kate at the Hillsboro Museum, above; members brought their quilts and asked questions and/or had a quilt assessed. The advice in this post is referring to antique quilts, though it might … Continue reading
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CRAZY QUILT WEDDING QUILT “TOPPER” RESTORATION
Our client has a Kentucky-born crazy quilt top dated 1900, shown above left, and brought it to us for repairs. It was made to be a wedding quilt for her grandmother, Lula Shirrell, and her grandfather, Pleasant Melvin Cook, but … Continue reading
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Susan’s Antique Crazy Quilt Repair
End of this year I had the pleasure of repairing on our client’s Grandmother’s antique quilt. Pleasure because as I worked on it the imagined original beauty came alive; pleasure because our client is interested and excited! Our antique quilt … Continue reading
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Tagged #antiquequiltrepair, #crazyquilt, #crewel, #crewelwork, #embroideredquilt, #hand-sewn, #handsewn, #handstitched, #mpfconservation, #needlepointrepair, #needlework, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #portlandoregon, #quilt, #quiltconservation, #quiltrepair, #quiltrestoration, #repairquilt, #slowstitch, #tentstitch, #textileconservation, #textilepreservation, #textilerestoration, #traditionalneedlework, #visiblemending
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