Would it still be there?
I had to run in and see –
Yes! There it is!
I open the folds to inspected further – it is every bit as wonderful as I remembered, with the addition of another label plainly visible on the back corner.
How did I miss this one? The label reads Walkertown Mills!
Walkertown is even closer to me than Winston-Salem.
This quilt is such a rich example of North Carolina history, I am definitely not leaving it behind again – this will be coming home! :-)
31 comments:
somehow I knew you would adopt it :)
There is something to be said about those thick cotton quilts that can't be said in 15 stitches per inch. I have two and they are truly wonderful. So comfy and so heavy and warm. I love the different vertical and horizontal sashing colors on your find. Be well. Lane
Good girl!~
They aren't making them anymore... In a few short years you are going to see fewer and fewer.
Bonnie: You might need a 12-step program.
You did good. Isn't it amazing how certain quilts stay on our minds, until they join us at the house!
I'm sure it was meant to live the rest of it's life with you!
SCORE!!!!!!!
SCORE!!!!!!!
Is that a stamp on a feedsack that was used for a back? I'm glad it was still there waiting for you. I would have bought it, too. Lois
The quilt stayed in your mind through 2 visits....you definitely did right by getting it...
So glad it was still there for you. When something stays on my mind after the fact, that is a pretty good sign to me that it is supposed to be mine.
I am hoping for the same good luck on a Featherweight I saw on craigslist the other day. The person who got there first is supposed to pick it up today, if not ... it's mine!!!!!!
It was meant to be .... ENJOY!
enjoy it! I don't think I could have left it the first time lol
I firm ly believe if it was still there when u went back for it u were meant to have it! There is one in the window of A LOcal charity shop am v tempted especially since the price is reduced .
I firm ly believe if it was still there when u went back for it u were meant to have it! There is one in the window of A LOcal charity shop am v tempted especially since the price is reduced .
I'm so glad you went back for it! It belongs with someone who really appreciates it's local history! Yay!
Oh I would have done the same!
It was just waiting on you to take it home and love it! :)
One word Bonnie, "Addiction"!
So glad the quilt was still there for you ! Score !! Such a Great find ! It must have been fate :-D
Yeah, take 12 steps away from the quilt, turn around and walk 12 steps back to go get it!! Works the same for vintage sewing machines.
I'm happy to see the quilting stitches on that quilt. Definitely "git 'er done" style. But it kept someone warm and cozy many nights, just like it was supposed to--a noble quilt. Thanks for sharing, Bonnie.
It was meant to be. If the hubster dont like it, he can do the errand running, and leave you safely in your studio...lol
She may need a 12 step program for sewing machines.... one can never have too many quilts.
I knew it! You at least waited to be "sure." It will have a loving home.
I hope you make a reproduction on this one!
Naw, she doesn't need the 12 step for sewing machines. My fifth Featherweight (tan) arrived today!! Woot Woot!!!
That's awesome,! I love local quilts. We have a very early 1900s friendship quilt with names of early Lewisville families embroidered on it.
Yay! I love those old quilts. I am still kicking myself for not buying one I fell in love with over a year ago. It was gorgeous and plainly told me it wanted to come home with me and I didn't listen.
Good for you! It looks like a wonderful quilt!
Bonnie - you make me laugh! Glad it was still there - a score.
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