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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
Posted in antique quilt, conservation techniques, decorative motifs, preservation, process, quilt repair, reparation, restoration techniques, textiles
Tagged #antiquequiltrepair, #beadwork, #campbellhouse, #crazyquilt, #crewel, #crewelwork, #embroideredquilt, #hand-sewn, #handsewn, #handstitched, #matchingvintagebeads, #mpfconservation, #needlework, #pacificnorthwest, #portlandoregon, #quilt, #quiltconservation, #quiltrepair, #quiltrestoration, #repairquilt, #textileconservation, #textilepreservation, #textilerestoration, #traditionalneedlework, #visiblemending, #wool, embroidery
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CRATER LAKE CENTENNIAL QUILT REPAIR
The center of the Crater Lake Centennial Quilt after treatment, above. Not all quits brought to us are antique quilts. Sometimes they are special project from one of our institutions. Our repairs still are in keeping with the quilt’s year … Continue reading
Posted in antique quilt, conservation techniques, decorative motifs, Interim Report, preservation, process, quilt repair, reparation, restoration techniques, textiles
Tagged #antiquequiltrepair, #beadwork, #centennialquilt, #craterlakenationalpark, #craterlakenp, #craterlakequilt, #crazyquilt, #crewel, #crewelwork, #DouglasBrinkly, #hand-sewn, #handsewn, #handstitched, #matchingvintagebeads, #mpfconservation, #needlework, #npsqquilt, #portlandoregon, #quilt, #quiltconservation, #quiltrepair, #quiltrestoration, #repairquilt, #textileconservation, #textilepreservation, #textilerestoration, #TheodoreRoosevelt, #traditionalneedlework, #visiblemending, #wool, embroidery
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STAR of BETHLEHEM QUILT RESTORATION
The antique Star of Bethlehem Quilt was brought to us for repair, a family heiroom. Above, before treatment, left, and after, right. Note that I rotated the before image so it aligns with the cleaned quadrants of the after image. … Continue reading
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Tagged #antiquequiltrepair, #bethlehemstar, #hand-sewn, #handsewn, #mpfconservation, #needlework, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #portlandoregon, #quilt, #quiltconservation, #quiltrepair, #quiltrestoration, #repairquilt, #rhombus, #starquilt, #textileconservation, #textilepreservation, #textilerestoration, #traditionalneedlework, #visiblemending
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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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Tagged #antiquequiltrepair, #crazyquilt, #embroideredquilt, #familyheirloom, #hand-sewn, #handembroidered, #handsewn, #handstitched, #kentucky, #kentuckyartist, #mpfconservation, #needlework, #nwportland, #objectconservation, #objectconservator, #oregonartist, #pacificnorthwest, #portlandoregon, #quilt, #quiltconservation, #quiltrepair, #quiltrestoration, #repairquilt, #slowstitch, #textileconservation, #textilepreservation, #textilerestoration, #topper, #traditionalneedlework, #upholsterypacificnorthwest, #UpholsteryPortlandOregon, #visiblemending, #wool
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The Repair of Mary’s Antique Log Cabin Quilt
MPF Conservation recently had the pleasure of repairing a beautiful antique quilt in the Log Cabin pattern. “Log cabin quilts have a rich tradition in America going back to the mid-1800’s and, according to Karen Griska, carried special symbolism – ‘A … Continue reading
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Tagged #antiquequiltrepair, #antiquequilts, #conservationtechniques, #eighteenthcentury, #fabricscraps, #hand-sewn, #handsewn, #handstitched, #logcabinquilt, #mpfconservation, #needlework, #nineteenthcentury, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #portlandoregon, #quilt, #quiltconservation, #quiltrepair, #quiltrestoration, #repairquilt, #textileconservation, #textilepreservation, #textilerestoration, #traditionalneedlework, #visiblemending
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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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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
Posted in CAUTIONS, conservation techniques, mold, reparation, restoration techniques, textiles
Tagged #antiquequiltrepair, #cigarquilt, #crazyquilt, #crewel, #crewelwork, #hand-sewn, #handsewn, #handstitched, #needlework, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #portlandoregon, #quilt, #quiltcare, #quiltconservation, #quiltrepair, #quiltrestoration, #repairquilt, #textileconservation, #textilepreservation, #textilerestoration, #traditionalneedlework, #visiblemending, embroidery, foxing, humidity, mold, pests
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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
Posted in antiques, CAUTIONS, decorative motifs, history, musings, preservation, textiles
Tagged #antiquequiltrepair, #cigarquilt, #crazyquilt, #crewel, #crewelwork, #familyheirloom, #hand-sewn, #handsewn, #handstitched, #needlework, #nwportland, #pacificnorthwest, #portlandoregon, #quilt, #quiltcare, #quiltconservation, #quiltrepair, #quiltrestoration, #repairquilt, #textileconservation, #textilepreservation, #textilerestoration, #traditionalneedlework, #visiblemending
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