A Beauty of a Quilt
from Ann Quilts
Here's a gorgeous quilt. It's as simple as that.
This quilt came to me for repair. The quilt dates to c1850. As old as it is, it is in nearly pristine condition, save for a place in the center where it got wet somehow with something.
Here's how fabric looks in an undamaged block.
You can see that whatever spilled on the quilt ate away at the brown fabric, and also carried some of the dye into the white background. It's interesting (though sad, of course) to witness how the liquid ran along the fibers of ...
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